Marc Strauch
Consultant / Advisor at Arch River Capital LLC
Profile
Marc is a Partner in the Frontier Performance Fund I LLC (“Frontier”) and advisor to Arch River Capital LLC.
He contributes his expertise in providing strategic marketing guidance, brand development, and commercialization strategies for existing portfolio companies of Frontier.
Marc’s core strength is his ability to lead small to large market and commercialization teams to execute on immediate sales opportunities in intense competitive market arenas.
He is an expert in branding and product positioning for traditional and online market strategies.
Marc is able to quickly assess marketing and sales organizations and determine their strengths, gaps, or requirement for restructuring.
Marc has more than 25 years as a performance-based marketing advisor working with Fortune 50 technology companies including Microsoft, Cisco, Intel, Wipro, and Tata Consulting Services, and through Microsoft more than 300 global brands and well as numerous start-up and early-stage companies.
He has co-founded or has been a primary executive in five technology start-ups (media and e-commerce, malware discovery, video-on-demand and digital rights management, search+social, and enterprise middleware) of which three had successful exits.
Marc was a co-founder of Microsoft’s Business Value team and Microsoft’s go-to business value marketing.
Marc and his team were instrumental in launching four versions of Windows Server and Client and MS Office, as well as SharePoint and SharePoint Server, Enterprise Project Management, Tablet PC, Small Business Server, Forms Server, BizTalk Server, Azure, and Windows Phone 7 and 8.
Marc was one of the first at Microsoft, not long after Netscape went public, to write publicly about the business value of the Web for enterprise CXOs and why they needed to rapidly adopt the WWW for all aspects of a business.
Marc Strauch active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Arch River Capital LLC
 Arch River Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Arch River Capital LLC (Arch River Capital) is a private equity/venture capital arm of Liquid River Capital Corp founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. | Consultant / Advisor | - |
Former positions of Marc Strauch
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| TAGLIKEME CORP. | Founder | 2012-06-29 |
Topaz Bridge Corp.
 Topaz Bridge Corp. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Topaz Bridge develops Topaz Bridge S2, an HR self-service portal application combining the ease-of-use and flexibility of SharePoint® Services from Microsoft® with the strength and control of SAP® HCM software. Founded in 2007, Topaz Bridge delivers true strategic impact to companies by saving millions of dollars in support, customization costs and training, while dramatically improving employee satisfaction and usability. Most importantly, Topaz Bridge S2 enforces compliance with corporate processes while maintaining the integrity and security of corporate data. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, Topaz Bridge offers SAP interoperability and Microsoft® SharePoint® self-service portal solutions to enterprise corporations. The company was founded by Noam Topaz, formerly a SharePoint evangelist and collaboration expert at Microsoft. | Founder | 2008-01-30 |
| Microsoft Business Division | Founder | - |
Training of Marc Strauch
| City University of New York | Graduate Degree |
| Princeton University | Undergraduate Degree |
| University of Washington | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Private companies | 4 |
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Arch River Capital LLC
Arch River Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Arch River Capital LLC (Arch River Capital) is a private equity/venture capital arm of Liquid River Capital Corp founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. | Finance |
| Microsoft Business Division | Technology Services |
TagLikeMe Corp.
 TagLikeMe Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services TagLikeMe Corp. operates as an Internet media and digital information technology company. It connects online users with others while looking for online information to collect and share. The company was founded on October 19, 2004 and is headquartered in Metairie, LA. | Technology Services |
Topaz Bridge Corp.
Topaz Bridge Corp. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Topaz Bridge develops Topaz Bridge S2, an HR self-service portal application combining the ease-of-use and flexibility of SharePoint® Services from Microsoft® with the strength and control of SAP® HCM software. Founded in 2007, Topaz Bridge delivers true strategic impact to companies by saving millions of dollars in support, customization costs and training, while dramatically improving employee satisfaction and usability. Most importantly, Topaz Bridge S2 enforces compliance with corporate processes while maintaining the integrity and security of corporate data. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, Topaz Bridge offers SAP interoperability and Microsoft® SharePoint® self-service portal solutions to enterprise corporations. The company was founded by Noam Topaz, formerly a SharePoint evangelist and collaboration expert at Microsoft. | Commercial Services |
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