Commitment

As the principal of Strategic Projects, LLC, I have created this web site to give you an idea of the projects that can be accomplished in a professional and thorough manner. 

Strategic Projects, LLC, came into existence to enable you to do projects without impacting your existing staff and without making a long-term commitment. You benefit from the breadth of expertise offered by Strategic Projects, LLC, in each engagement. 

My company will work with you on projects focusing on research, shaping strategy, business planning and development and marketing and financial analysis. I work either as a consultant, or as a facilitator to help your team through the process of developing a business plan to prove a new revenue stream.

I promise to provide the highest possible level of knowledge, competency and ingenuity to successfully complete your projects. I will only accept work that I am qualified to do.

I promise to listen to your requests and to design the scope document and project to fulfill your needs.

Qualifications

Ms. Duane is an executive with demonstrated strengths in strategic business planning and execution, project management, research and marketing.  She has been instrumental in the startup phase of several companies developing product mixes, seeking new revenue streams and setting up the sales/marketing infrastructure.

She served as Vice President of Business Development for High Speed Access Corp. (HSA).  At HSA, she was responsible for performing due diligence on acquisitions.  Prior to that, she developed the team concept and infrastructure organization for HSA’s Network and Affiliate Sales Organization. Jean came to HSA from Jones Intercable where she led operations for company’s national cable modem conversion and rollout strategy and was honored with the Most Outstanding Jones Associate Award.  She also served Jones as their Senior Director of Service and Product Integration, and developed a consulting practice for Jones Cyber Solutions as their Director of Consulting Services. Prior to joining Jones, Jean worked for the IBM Corporation as marketing specialist in services and for several startups. 

Her background includes a solid track record of successfully completed projects, qualitative and quantitative research, customer relationship development and an extensive knowledge of the telecommunications and information technology marketplaces. 

Specific education includes an MBA from the University of Colorado emphasizing finance and marketing; certified as a facilitator from Achieve Global and completion of certification classes at the Project Management Institute. Ms. Duane teaches business planning at Regis University and at the SCORE/SBA workshops.