User:Bhazelgren

Brian Hazelgren has been involved in executive management, entrepreneurship, motivational speaking, and business coaching since 1985. He is a globally recognized expert in business planning, strategic planning, infrastructure development, entrepreneurship, cause marketing, sales and operations, and has written 10 highly successful books. Brian has trained over 40,000 business executives, and over collegiate 3,500 students. During his business career, Brian has raised over $1.2 billion in charitable funds, and over $500 million needed to launch and expand small business ventures. He has developed hundreds of business plans to launch and execute new ventures and roll out new products and services.

Managing Partner of e3 Factor – August 2011 to present. Company Purpose: A training and executive coaching company to develop better business leaders and entrepreneurs through training, business tools & technology, to build Efficient, Effective, Execution. Achievements: Developed The Entrepreneurs Playbook with over 80 training modules used by many colleges, high schools, and foreign governments. Developed S.O.A.R. Business Assessment Tool that has saved companies over $10 million. Built social media platform and lists of customers and strategic partnerships.

Founder and Chairman, GO*VETS Foundation. September 2011 to present Company Purpose: Not-for-profit organization that trains military veterans how to launch and grow a successful business, provide scholarships and finance opportunities, and assist veterans to launch a business of their own. Achievements: Developed training curriculum for a 12 month entrepreneurial program; Brought in key regional and national corporate partners; Developed new fundraising programs for donors; Developed key board members; thoroughly trained over 200 veterans in year one.

Chief Development Officer, Children's Miracle Network, 2004-2011 Company Purpose: Raise Funds and Awareness for 170 children’s hospitals in North America, Europe, and Australia. Achievements: Led the team that raised over $1.2 billion in capital fundraising campaigns. Directly involved in working with over 130 corporate sponsors and raising funds; Developed a unique system of loyal involvement of employees, customers and vendors. Oversaw the non-profit capital fund raising campaigns exceeding $240 million annually, and an operating budget of $35 million; Development team added an additional $100 million in annual fundraising during the 7 year period with Hazelgren. Introduced 4 new lines of fund raising campaigns, which allowed the international charity to remain innovative in philanthropy. Regularly reported to the Board of Trustees and Board of Governors.

Adjunct Professor, University of Utah School of Business, 2001-2011 Purpose: Train college students in Entrepreneurship. Achievements: Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Program, David Eccles School of Business from 2001-2011; Developed the curriculum for the new degree in Entrepreneurship; Trained over 3,500 MBA students who launched over 1,000 businesses, and created over 18,000 jobs. Co-developer of the Entrepreneur’s Challenge business plan competition, which over 4,000 students participated in; raised over $500,000; Developed Opportunity Quest executive Summary Competition which over 2,500 students participated in; Co-developed Student Advisory Council Entrepreneur Center. Received 4.93 Instructor Success ave. (out of 5) for the 10-year period.

Motivational Speaker and Consultant, 1999 – 2004 Company Purpose: Provide high-end retreat training to corporate executives and small business owners; Business plan and strategic planning consulting. Achievements: Trained over 20,000 business executives; authored 3 successful business books; Three books received prestigious awards.

Sr. Sales Executive, and Sr. VP for the IT Consulting Division of Sprint, 1995-1999 Company Purpose: IT consulting and project management for medium to large enterprises. Achievements: Ran the division like my own small business and grew from 11 to 53 branches in four years; increased employee growth from 52 to over 1,300 employees; sales increased an average of 41% annually; Led the team that developed the strategic plan to merge with Sprint, which included a $425 million cash buyout.

Radio Talk Show Host, KFYI Radio 1993-1996 Company Role: AM radio talk show station in Phoenix, AZ Achievements: Developed the business talk show format called “All About Business” and hosted the show; brought in key corporate sponsorships; had a following of over 100,000; increased listeners by 29% for the weekend.

President, Universal Vending 1990-1995 Company Role: Manufacturer of vending machines Achievements: Designed and sold tens of thousands of vending machines globally; Developed complete merchandising line of products. Sold business.