ESG Navigators helps middle market technology companies revitalize top-line revenue growth within tight capital constraints through Strategic M&A Staging and global market expansion. We enable companies to leverage core business capabilities to access additional markets and develop new revenue streams by applying existing resources differently.
The full range of business, financial, marketing and investment expertise ESG Navigators offers guides companies to success in any economy.
With a comprehensive assessment, and fully-integrated solutions available, ESG Navigators aims to help you increase the value, efficiency and prosperity of your company.
We are uniquely qualified to guide you because we understand the strategy, technology and the business issues companies face. We have been there. All ESG Navigator team members have extensive experience working with electronics and semiconductor companies.
See why fresh ideas and a quick learning curve can help you be successful.
We guide companies to address critical areas that can result in stronger growth, higher earnings, and greater value realization for key stakeholders.
All successful journeys begin by knowing where you are, understanding where you want to be and finding the best route to get you there.
We help you uncover the answers from within by bringing a fresh perspective that is not cluttered by day-to-day activities or bound by existing structures and cultural norms.
We rely on the breadth and depth of our management experience, technology business skills, and financial market knowledge to match the functional needs of the client company with an expert team that delivers effective solutions.
Our defined approach provides the right balance of structure and customization to the unique needs and expectations of each client.
Our balanced organizational team creates clear expectations, maintains a high degree of accountability for deliverables, and provides built in management and multiple interfaces for control, feedback and continuous improvement.
ESG Navigators brings together a highly-skilled team to provide you with a full range of services to meet your business needs. Benefit from our experience, and take your company to the next level. Click on each name for a full bio.
We speak your language. Work directly with industry veterans who average more than 15 years of experience working specifically with technology companies.
Cross-functional expertise. All key disciplines are represented by experts in the electronics, semiconductor and technology markets.
Low management overhead. The depth and breath of our team provides a one-stop solution ensuring a cohesive strategy and greatly simplifying the sourcing process.
Fresh ideas for unprecedented market conditions. A cross-functional team provides a diverse set of
ideas, views and knowledge not available by singularly focused functional consultants.
Big picture perspective. We accurately assess the overall state of the company and its offerings relative
to its market opportunity and customer value proposition.
Work with the best. Our group consists exclusively of seasoned professionals,
so your implementation team is the same caliber as your assessment and
relationship teams.
ESG Navigators begins with a comprehensive, multi-disciplined, deep and expert assessment to identify key obstacles in your path and suggest strategic roadmaps and tactical guidance needed to maximize effectiveness. Our expert assessment team will provide a roadmap to negotiate or remove key roadblocks and reorient resources and assets toward the goal of achieving optimal stakeholder value.
After the assessment phase, we assemble a highly experienced, cross-functional team to help our client navigate their path to success as jointly identified and defined with the key stakeholders. This collaborative effort matches the best of our team with the best of the clients team to achieve optimum outcomes in the shortest amount of time. Our aim is to guide, coach and collaborate with management and investors who are then part of a company with dramatically higher growth, earnings and value.
The semiconductor market is suffering through significant consolidation brought on by progressive commoditization and margin pressures. In addition, the industry is struggling with the drop in consumer demand and other economic difficulties. ESG Navigators deep experience and industry specific knowledge makes us expert guides to help companies capitalize on the opportunities brought on by changing market conditions as the economy turns the corner into a recovery mode.
Spending has been significantly constrained due to the economy. Electronics companies are challenged with differentiating their products and creating enough perceived value in the minds of customers so that they spend precious dollars. Forecasting and predicting purchasing trends are key factors to success. ESG Navigators is able to help electronics companies stay ahead of the market and create game
changing strategies for success.
Almost every industry sector has varying elements of technology due to business requirements and customer expectations for most companies. ESG Navigators deep and broad experience in the advanced and competitive semiconductor industry seamlessly transfers to other industries. We use our collective knowledge in financial modeling, process development, business planning, marketing, intellectual property monetization, supply chain management, continuous process improvement, and other disciplines to increase profits and lower costs.
Never has consumer attention, business interest and government support been so high for the alternative energy sector. Many companies are moving quickly to capitalize on the numerous opportunities and work around the many challenges. ESG Navigators is well positioned to help spearhead all phases of alternative energy project development, building a business and funding.
ESG Navigators offers a fully integrated range of services to help your company achieve excellence across the entire organization. Our approach is to tightly integrate functional capabilities around the company's customer value proposition. This customer-centered strategy, coupled with aligned functional execution is our equation for reinvigorating sales and earnings growth, and maximizing stakeholder value.
Corporate Strategies
•Strategy formulation
•Business development
•Stakeholder value enhancement
•Retain vs. divest analysis
•Growth strategies
•Exit strategies
•Succession planning
Financial Visibility
•Due diligence preparation
•Forecast-budgeting for visibility and cost-efficiency
•Risk management
•Accounting and controls process implementation
•Metrics and scorekeeping
Operations
•Roles and structure analysis
•Cost control systems
•Supply chain and outsourcing analysis
•Business process redesign
•Quality systems
•Customer facing processes
Intellectual Asset Evaluation & Management
•Patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret assessment and evaluation
•IP landscaping and competitive intelligence
•IP asset monetization strategies: sale, licensing and enforcement
•IP value propositions and proof packages
•IP financial valuation
Customer Development &
Market Strategies
•Sales execution
•Market analysis and development
•Go-to-market strategies
•Channel partner management
•Product repositioning
Strategic Transactions
•Capital sourcing
•Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures
•Strategic alliances
•Systems, documents and procedure audits
•Proprietary deal flow generation
•Growth and exit planning
•Buyer or seller due diligence for
acquisitions
•Company valuations
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Rebound in chip sales causes major change in IC rankings
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Exceptional Preparation Key to Successful Capital Raise -- White Paper
Semiconductor companies now planning for
the future
6547 N. Academy Blvd.
#429
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
T. 719.646.4128
F. 719.630.8537
For all questions and comments, please email:
questions_esgnav.com
Reach us directly:
Loren Lancaster, President
719.630.1988
Chris Baumann, Business Strategies
719.231.2865
Loren has developed a wide range of leading-edge electronic products and technologies, and has directed teams of world-class engineers and scientists in the development of award winning communication products. He has also joined with entrepreneurs to start and build several high-tech electronics and internet ventures. In this role, he led the development of industry-changing technologies, designed and executed pivotal market strategies and negotiated strategic financial transactions of various types.
Loren is a 25-year veteran of the semiconductor and related technical industries with executive and management operating experience. He has worked with leading companies including AT&T Bell Labs, Motorola, Simtek, Cypress Semiconductor among many others.
He holds two degrees (with honors) in electrical engineering from the University of Texas-Austin, and 21 patents in the field of electronics.
In his off time, Loren is a pilot and escapes to the air any chance he can get.
Ajit offers deep and extensive experience in operations across a wide range of topics including managing globally distributed operations, product development, captive manufacturing, outsourcing, supply chain, quality, customer facing processes, etc. to help businesses achieve operational excellence.
Ajit is a 18-year veteran with experience in semiconductor device fabrication, assembly, and testing as well as PCB manufacturing and assembly industries. He has worked with leading companies including Intel, Hewlett Packard, and Agilent Technologies among others.
He has a Masters degree in engineering from University of Kansas and Bachelors degree in engineering from Institute of Technology, India.
Outside of work, Ajit is involved in the Cub Scout program along with his son where they love outdoor activities.
Ann brings strong strategic and market analysis skills to the table. Her ability to look in and across an organization to determine bottlenecks and gaps in the business model bring to light key areas of opportunity for business improvement.
Ann is a 22-year veteran with experience in technology, financial, media and retail industries. She has worked with leading companies including Trimble Navigation, Delta Airlines, Hasbro Toys, Gannett, iTradeNetwork, AlarmPoint Systems among many others.
She has a BS in Business from Montana State University.
When she is not navigating the turbulent waters of business, Ann spends time enjoying the mountains of Colorado with her husband and two kids hiking, snowshoeing and boating.
Chris offers clients skills as a strategic business advisor and navigator including analysis of a companys position in the marketplace, applicability of products and services to target markets. He brings to the client, significant skills in organizational structure, behavior and growth. Extensive experience in running high performance cross-functional teams and strategic business decision making are attributes clients value.
Chris is a 30-year veteran of the semiconductor and related technical industries with roles in senior management, operations, wafer fabrication, test, assembly, product engineering, design engineering and marketing. He has worked with leading companies including Texas Instruments, Honeywell, Atmel Corporation, and Aurora Semiconductor among many others.
He has a BSEE and MSEE from the University of Notre Dame and MBA courses at Texas Tech University and the University of Colorado
When Chris gets away from the office, he enjoys reading fiction novels as well as working with his hands restoring and repairing classic cars.
Jil brings strong marketing communications strategy and tactics skills to the team. Her expertise in public relations, advertising, online, direct mail and channel marketing help companies effectively communicate their value proposition to key target markets and customers.
Jil is a 25+ year veteran with experience in technology software, hardware, semiconductors, peripherals, computers and services and business-to-business marketing. She has worked with leading companies including TRW, Honeywell, AMD, Cyrix, Arrow Electronics, Fairchild Semiconductor, TI, United Technologies, Ford, HP and Sharp among many others.
She has a BS in Business Administration and an MBA from the University of San Diego. Jil also studied sociology at the London School of Economics.
As a mom, Jil enjoys family activities, such as watching movies and TV shows with her teenage son.
Kurt brings a unique set of skills in the area of intellectual asset, patent, and technical services evaluation to the group. He helps guide companies with IP asset evaluation, management, enforcement and competitive intelligence issues to maximize stakeholder value.
Kurt is a 30-year veteran with experience in the automotive, telecommunication, nanotechnology, semiconductor devices, advanced materials, biotech, and IP services industries. He has worked with leading global high-tech companies including Abbott Laboratories, Agilent, Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, British Telecom, GM, LG, Hewlett-Packard, Honeywell, Intellectual Ventures, Intel, LSI Logic, Motorola, N.V. Philips Research Laboratories, Nissan, Telcordia, Toshiba, United Technologies, Rockwell/Rockwell Science Center, Conexant, and IP Enginuity among others. He has also worked with many IP law firms including Foley & Lardner, DLA Piper, Katten Muchin, Kellog Huber, Darby & Darby and others, and has served as a testifying expert in patent litigation cases.
He has a BS and MS in Ceramic Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla.
When Kurt escapes the riggers of IP asset management, he enjoys golf, hiking, and scenic Kauai.
Pete is skilled in strengthening all aspects of a company's finance function -- both technical and strategic. He is well versed in aligning company strategy with market opportunity and internal execution to maximize profit. His finance deliverables typically include implementing metrics, streamlining financials, executing due diligence preparation before a financing, and fixing out of control accounting processes.
Pete is a 15-year veteran with experience in investment management, venture capital and as a CFO. His industry experience has focused on technology including the semiconductor, broadband communications, and software sectors. He has worked with leading companies including what is now Ameriprise Financial as well as small to mid-size companies such as Vistaar Technologies, Peakview Solutions, and Mesa Networks among others.
He has a BS in Economics from Brigham Young University and MBA with a finance and accounting emphasis from University of Arizona.
Outside the world of high finance, Pete enjoys backpacking and climbing Colorado's "14ers" with his children. He has notched fourteen 14ers now. He also enjoys basketball and is actively involved as a youth leader in Boy Scouts of America.
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ESG Navigators is dedicated to helping electronics and semiconductor companies in need of a fresh perspective and strategic guidance.
Contact us now to find out how we can help. Call 719.646.4128 or email questions_esgnav.com.
