The people of Autobahn Consulting Group possess comprehensive business expertise, extensive experience in the technology
sector, and a passionate commitment to our customers' success. These qualities enable us to get the job done right the first time. We are a tight-knit team that is responsive, delivers on our promises, and achieves results.
Your engagement with Autobahn will be guided by one of our consultants—seasoned business professionals, each demonstrating more than twenty years of success in the development of early-stage technology companies. When needed, your consultant will enlist the skills of Autobahn's associates, who contribute a range of specialized marketing, technical, and corporate development skills and average more than sixteen years in the technology field. Autobahn applies the right individual at the right time for your most pressing requirements.
Management Consultant, Managing Partner
Greg White has over twenty-two years experience in executive management, business development, and sales within the technology industry. He has demonstrated success in all aspects of early-stage company growth including strategic planning, team building, partnership development, and fundraising.
Prior to Autobahn, White was Founder and CEO of Kablink, an innovative photo-sharing Web site. The privately funded company developed a means of quickly uploading images to the Web for consumer and business communications.
White was also founding CEO of TriTeal, an enterprise software company. After three private funding rounds, TriTeal went public in the first wave of Internet IPOs. Prior to TriTeal, White worked in various sales management roles at Sun Microsystems, AGE Logic (now NetManage), Apollo Computer, and Hewlett Packard.
White received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. He has served on the boards of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation and the San Diego Software Industry Council, in which he was also President and Chairman.
Strategic Planning Consultant
A successful entrepreneur in his own right, Paul Lemberg is a marketing and corporate strategy consultant who has achieved breakthrough results for fast-growing technology, financial, and manufacturing companies including JP Morgan Chase and Accenture. His popular
conference series has helped thousands of entrepreneurs in the U.S. and Canada to be more effective leaders and to have profitable, productive, and satisfying businesses.
Mr. Lemberg was the Founder of Henco Research (sold to Hogan Systems) and Vertex Business Systems (sold to WestDeutsche Landesbank). He is the author of
Faster than the Speed of Change,
Extraordinary Results (a monthly newsletter), and audio programs about corporate strategy, executive performance, and the future. He is a frequent contributor to industry trade publications and has been quoted in the New York and LA Times.
Paul was educated in International Finance and Marketing at New York University's Stern School and in Fine Arts at the University of Buffalo. He is a founding member of the International Consortia of Business Coaches and is a member of the National Speakers Association, UCSD/Connect, and American Mensa.
Technology Consultant
Stefan Scheinert has over twenty-one years experience in the telecommunications industry, including roles in technology management as a professional consultant and as an entrepreneur.
Prior to Autobahn, Scheinert was Founder, CEO, and CTO of Littlefeet, an innovative telecom company that develops distributed antenna systems. Scheinert filed several patents, partnered with a U.S. consulting firm, identified initial customers, hired the core team, and raised money for the seed and Series A investment rounds.
Scheinert was also the founding President of Phone Systems, a consulting firm in Germany specializing in mobile carriers. There he focused on technical marketing, license bidding, business development, and rollout strategies, including radio planning and cost reduction. Prior to Phone Systems, Scheinert was a Senior Consultant for Cap Gemini (then called Debis, now owned by Deutsche Telekom), successfully running software development projects. Scheinert also worked for Philips, where he filed several essential patents for the mobile industry.
Scheinert received a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Braunschweig in Germany. He continues to serve on the Boards of Littlefeet and Pointred Technologies and has filed more than fifty telecom-related patents.
Creative Director, Branding Communications
For over twenty-five years, John Benelli has lead the development of successful graphic communications campaigns for both print and Web. John combines outstanding conceptual design and communication skills with a comprehensive working knowledge of graphic techniques and computer applications.
Mr. Benelli has created
logos and brand identities, annual reports, collateral, catalogs, direct mail, packaging, Web site, and tradeshow graphics for dozens of large corporations including Qualcomm, Fujitsu, Castle Access, Ameritege, TriTeal Software, American Biosearch, Diamond Tree Technologies, Proflowers.com, Cryogen, and NCR Corporation. John was also a Creative Consultant to the technology-based public relations firm, Townsend Agency, and on staff as a graphic designer at Design Group West.
John's work has been widely published in local, regional, national, and international design competitions and publications. He received a BA in Graphic Communications from San Diego State University.
Human Resources Specialist
Jean Center has demonstrated over twenty years of human resources (HR) leadership. She has provided innovative
HR consulting services and products through her company, The Center Group; was the Director of Staffing and Employee Relations at Brooktree Corporation (now Conexant Systems), a technology company based in San Diego; and held key management positions with HomeFed Bank and Mellon Bank.
Center is a recognized expert and speaker on topics such as corporate culture, retention strategies, recruiting, employee relations, compensation planning, downsizing, and performance management and is routinely quoted in business and technology publications and newspapers. She has held executive and board positions for the Compensation and Benefits Association of San Diego, the San Diego Tech Force, and the Human Resources Certificate Program at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD). Jean has also been an HR instructor both at UCSD and San Diego State University.
Center possesses a BS degree in Business Administration from Robert Morris University, attended Carnegie-Mellon University's Graduate School of Industrial Administration, and completed Harvard University's Program "Increasing Human Resources Effectiveness."
Technology Public Relations Specialist
For more than twelve years, Michele Moninger has provided public relations and communications services to high-tech companies ranging from Fortune 500s to start-ups. Her areas of expertise include public relations planning, media relations, press/analyst tours, investor relations, message and creative development, product launches, trade show evaluation/support, bureau programs, special events, media training, and crisis communications.
Prior to Autobahn Consulting Group, Moninger was Vice President of The Ardell Group, a San Diego-based, high-technology public relations firm. She has worked with other PR firms including Nuffer, Smith, Tucker of San Diego and Rogers & Cowen of New York City.
Moninger is the founder of Technology for the Arts, a San Diego-based organization providing computers and training to non-profit art organizations, and is a current member of several technology associations and the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). Moninger earned a Bachelor's degree in Technical Journalism with an emphasis in Public Relations and Marketing from Colorado State University.
Technology Marketing Copywriter
Kari Nogle brings over twelve years of technology-based marketing communications and copywriting experience to Autobahn Consulting Group. She has written compelling copy for Web sites, brochures, articles, and advertisements for over twenty information technology companies, including SAIC, IBM, Cubic, and Strategic Data Systems (currently one of the nation's fastest growing companies).
Prior to Autobahn, Nogle worked as an account coordinator and copywriter for the technology marketing firm, The Oxford Group, where she consistently met client goals and deadlines. During her tenure as marketing communications coordinator of Simpact, she was responsible for an annual budget of $500,000 and sales climbed 1000%.
Kari earned a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Website Architect, Graphic Designer
Jessyca Wallace creates exceptional Web sites that meet business goals and user needs. By analyzing existing infrastructure, content, and competitors, she collaborates with clients to determine what works and what doesn't and then implements best practices and creative ideas for generating Web leads.
Wallace's skill set includes graphic design, programming, usability, accessibility, and search engine marketing. Her unique combination of creative flair, technical know-how, and marketing savvy has benefited a diverse range of technology companies, including Gateway, Aquent Partners, OKbridge, and Autobahn clients GuardianCam, Kreiss Johnson Technologies, Gianni & Associates, and DriveCam Video Systems.
Wallace has a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the University of California at San Diego and completed a minor course of study in Mathematics.
