Benjamin Holtz is a founding partner of Green Beacon, and serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer. Before Green Beacon, Ben spent four years with Breakaway Solutions, as the Managing Director for European Operations. Ben was responsible for Breakaway's expansion into the European marketplace - including starting the business and overseeing its growth to 85 employees. Prior to going to Europe, Ben was responsible for Breakaway's Onyx consulting practice, which included overseeing projects, business development, methodology and partner relations. Ben spent extensive time with clients architecting their CRM solutions and ensuring that the solutions would be highly utilized. Ben participated in hundreds of CRM projects while at Breakaway. Ben was also responsible for Breakaway's geographical expansion and business development to California and Illinois. Ben has also worked for Platinum Software Corporation (known today as Epicor Software Corporation) where he participated in hundreds of ERP implementations. At Platinum, Ben served in many roles, including General Manager for International Operations, GM for Asian Operations, and European Consulting Manager. Ben spent four years at Platinum Software where he participated in over 400 ERP projects. Ben also served as the Director of Business Systems Consulting at Arthur Andersen in Seattle, Washington. He started his career at Arthur Andersen as a staff member in the Audit division. Ben received a BA in Business Administration, Concentration in Accounting from the University of Washington. |