Black Diamond Science
Founder, CEO and General Partner
Hedge Fund and Family Office
Kevin Eagan
Board Member, Investor, Digital Innovator.
Fortune 100 C-Suite Executive and Digital Entrepreneur at Microsoft, IBM, and Cubic. Founder for Sidewalk.com, eHome, Black Diamond Science. Board Member for GE Smart, Advisory Board for Zoom and Box.
Board Member, Investor, Digital Innovator.
Fortune 100 C-Suite Executive and Digital Entrepreneur at Microsoft, IBM, and Cubic. Founder for Sidewalk.com, eHome, Black Diamond Science. Board Member for GE Smart, Advisory Board for Zoom and Box.
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Zoom Video Communications
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Exit
Advisor
GE Smart
Board Member
Chief Technology Strategist
Executive leader of Product Management, Engineering, and Sales for 25+ years. Product Manager for Excel 1.0. Led Developer Relations, the catalyst for Microsoft Windows dominance.... more Created Sidewalk.com, eHome Division, Signature Experience, Windows Media Center, and the Microsoft Online Store. CMO for the OEM Division while leading the growth of PC software revenue from $8B to $22B. Winner of Chairman's Award - Microsoft's highest recognition for outstanding business leadership and impact.
IBM
Chief Digital Officer
Leader for IBM Digital Strategy and Growth Transformation. Business and technical architect of IBM's software-led growth turnaround. Created and executed IBM's "Northstar"... more user experience playbook and successfully reversed a 10-year decline in revenue and client NPS. Established close working partnerships with the CEO, CIO, CMO, and Business Unit Presidents. Created and led IBM's Digital Platforms Group and launched the IBM Global Marketplace. Advised Fortune 500 CEOs on digital growth and transformation strategy.
Cubic Defense Applications
Chief Digital Officer
Digital architect and business leader for Cubic Corporation, an innovative national defense, and public transit contractor. Formed Cubic Transportation Platforms unit to... more transform Cubic's transit management offerings from outdated, monolithic on-premise custom solutions to a cohesive family of mobile-first, cloud-first SaaS offerings. Recruited, hired, and coached key technical and executive team members including new Corporate CTO and new Business Unit Presidents. Led partnerships and joint ventures with Microsoft and Moovit (Intel). Established Agile@Cubic and led the CIO to put in place digital workforce management that enabled Cubic to weather the Covid crisis and its deep impact on public transportation and national defense preparedness. Retired in October 2020.
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I build, lead, invest in, and coach winning teams that create products and services that customers love. I’ve led enterprise startups from ideation to launch including Sidewalk.com, eHome, GE Smart, Windows Media Center, Microsoft Signature Experience, Microsoft Online Store, and the IBM Global Marketplace. Board Member and Senior Executive with a range that spans from garage startups to Fortune 500 industry leaders.
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What's your favorite non-business book?
Inner Skiing by Timothy Gallwey, Dune by Frank Herbert, Illusions by Richard Bach
If money were not an issue, what would you be doing right now?
Creating new products and advising and investing in companies that make life inspired, safe, and rewarding.
What words of advice would you give your younger self?
Broaden my circle of friends earlier in life to include more people radically different than me.
What's the most creative thing you've ever done?
Business plan and user experience design for Sidewalk.com - the first and best online guide and search engine for all things in your city. Grew to 50+ cities before being acquired by Paul Allen (Microsoft co-founder)
Which founders or startups do you most admire?
Elon Musk - persistence and grit.
Bill Gates - vision for what is next.
What's your super power?
Creativity and the ability to see trends, lateral patterns, and connections that can make the impossible, possible.
What's the best way for people to get in touch with you?
email: [email protected]
cell/sms: 425-829-4147
What words of wisdom do you live by?
Do for others as you would have them do for you.
What aspects of your work are you most passionate about?
Seeing and hearing the delight of customers when they use or experience a new product from my team.
What was the most impactful class you took in school?
Justice - an incredible philosophy course at Harvard that taught me how much I will never know. It taught me how to build core principles and frameworks that enable me to listen, understand and synthesize the big questions around what is just and fair in
What's something you wish you had done years earlier?
Learned to type.
What's an obstacle you've overcome?
Dyslexia
What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?
Wealth of Nations
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