Gordon Davidson is an entrepreneurial senior executive with proven success in founding, building, and expanding companie...
Gordon M. Davidson Reston, VA 20194 Phone: 703-625-6621
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EXECUTIVE-LEVEL LEADERSHIP/CONSULTING Entrepreneurial senior executive with proven success in founding, building, and expanding companies, as well as in improving their performance, profitability, and value. Adept at assembling top talent, negotiating high-value deals, and commercializing technology. Experienced planner, leader, and manager with particular expertise in forging strategic alliances and identifying and exploiting business opportunities. Demonstrated record of meeting and surpassing promised objectives.
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY Co-founded three successful companies. Produced high margins, revenue growth, and market capture. Delivered more than $3 billion in structured deals. Commercialized cutting-edge technologies.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT, Reston, VA 10/2007 to Present Principal Advise wide range of clients on framing strategy, gaining market share, commercializing technology, and securing new business. Current and previous challenges include: Forming strong, effective relationship with major defense contractor for company with technology to convert munitions and chemical weapons into fertilizer. Developing and implementing commercialization strategy for early-stage company with radio-wave technology to detect cancer and biological weapons. Providing litigation support services to major law firm on environmental matters. Advising U.S. Department of Energy on converting its mega-weapons sites into clean energy parks and economic development zones through expertise in integrating cleanup and development, project finance, clean technology, and government regulations and policy. Assisting a bio-fuel company with financing and technology application services. Supplying market development services to energy-efficiency company. Instructing early-stage water-treatment company on strategy and partnership creation focusing on oil and gas (fracking), landfill leachate, desalinization, and water pollution sectors. Coordinated successful U.S. Navy and USDA proposal efforts. INTEGRATED ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS CORP., Crystal Beach, FL 03/1997 to 10/2007 Co-founder, Executive Vice-President, Director Created multi-billion dollar market with Fortune 100 companies by monetizing environmental and product liability risks. Responsibilities included: Conceiving the company and creating its business model. Recruiting and training top talent. Cultivating alliances with strategic partners.
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Developing market penetration strategy. Constructing sophisticated risk pricing model for determining deal value. Securing contracts with leaders in the oil and gas, chemical, paper, electric utility, mining, and manufacturing sectors. Managing interdisciplinary project teams. Negotiating deals valued at over $3 billion. Fostering direct business valued at $500 million. DOTRISK.COM, Washington, DC Co-founder Established internet platform for buying and selling insurance worldwide. Assembled blue-chip product development team. Raised $12 million through Series A and B rounds. Sold company to European insurer.
02/1998 to 08/2002
CAPITAL ENVIRONMENTAL, Washington, DC 04/1994 to 03/1997 President Partnership with Howrey & Simon LLP; profitable in first year with 35% margins. Hired and retained top talent. Provided management consulting services on environmental and energy matters to Fortune 100 clients including: Supporting complex environmental and insurance litigation. Team member on raising $12 million for technology company – took to IPO. Crafting and advancing corporate environmental management systems program (“Green Track”) for corporate clients. U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Washington, DC 02/1990 to 04/1994 Director, Office of Federal Facilities Enforcement Initiated new program for cleanup of military bases and nuclear weapons sites; largest such program in world. Responsibilities included: Establishing new national policy for cleanup. Setting up nationwide organization. Testifying before Congress. Leading U.S. delegation to NATO to negotiate treaty concerning pollution from former Soviet Union military bases.
EDUCATION Master of Environmental Management Duke University, Durham, NC Bachelor of Arts, Biology Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH
