Ann Zeichner
"Senior team dynamics make or break a company: I’ve lived both outcomes. Each search is an exciting adventure of learning about my client’s business: the industry, market position, environment and company culture to find the best fit. Matching leaders to the right opportunity gives me great pleasure. I leave no stone unturned in order to create an optimal outcome."
Ann Zeichner runs Lonergan Partner’s software, wireless and wireline communications practices. With over twenty-five years of technology market experience, Ann has been instrumental in building winning teams for industry notables across the technology spectrum at service providers, software, and hardware firms. Leveraging her earlier career experience as a hands-on senior operating executive, Ann is able to focus keenly on candidate requirements for each search. Ann concentrates on senior operating management, CEO and BOD searches.
Most recently, Ann was the founder of Zeichner Consulting, a specialty marketing and management consulting firm in Silicon Valley. Ann advised emerging and established companies, venture and private equity clients on strategy, product marketing, sales, business development and market segmentation. Earlier, Ann was Vice President of Sales & Marketing at NorthPoint Communications, a pioneering carrier (CLEC). Ann launched the company and led the national roll out of DSL based local access services, successfully negotiating relationships with major carriers including Verizon, SBC, Global Crossing, and XO as well as 250 ISPs, generating $85 million in annual revenues while helping to lead Northpoint through an Initial Public Offering. Before Northpoint, Ann held VP level positions at 3Com, Ascend Communications (sold to Lucent), Fibermux (sold to ADC) and Micom Communications (sold to Nortel). Ann is a graduate of Rutgers University.
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