Jim Wetekamp
About
Jim Wetekamp is from Atlanta Metropolitan Area. Jim is currently Member Board of Directors at Solifi. Jim also works as Chief Executive Officer at Riskonnect, Inc., a job Jim has held since Apr 2018. In Jim's previous role as a Chief Executive Officer at BravoSolution, Jim worked in Greater Chicago Area until Jan 2018. Prior to joining BravoSolution, Jim was a Senior Vice President, Solution Strategy at BravoSolution and held the position of Senior Vice President, Solution Strategy at Chicago, Illinois, United States. Prior to that, Jim was a Vice President of Consulting & Solution Strategy at Verticalnet, based in Ithaca, New York Area from Jan 2007 to Jan 2008. Jim started working as Vice President of Product Strategy at Verticalnet in Ithaca, New York Area in Jan 2002. From Mar 2000 to Dec 2001, Jim was Director of Product Management at Atlas Commerce, based in Ithaca, New York Area. Prior to that, Jim was a Team Lead - IGS WW Finance at IBM, based in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area from Jan 1996 to Jan 2000.
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Jim Wetekamp's current jobs
Riskonnect is the trusted, preferred source for enabling organizations to anticipate and manage strategic and operational risks across the enterprise.
Jim Wetekamp's past jobs
As CEO of BravoSolution, Jim Wetekamp led an industry-leading cloud procurement technology solution provider through rapid growth and a successful sale to Jaggaer. BravoSolution supported over 650 companies and 130 thousand users in 87 countries in the digitalization of the end-to-end procurement process. BravoSolution offers powerful cloud-based procurement solutions to fit the needs of today’s leading procurement organizations. BravoSolution’s mission is to create customer value by automating key procurement activities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the procurement function. This transformation drives cost reductions, improve procurement compliance, reduces supply risks and more effectively manages the procurement process.
Moved an internationally expanding European services-lead company from a regional, niche provider to global solution leader through innovative product expansion. Established BravoSolution as a visionary on the market in 2008, maintaining a leadership position in industry market evaluations such as the Gartner Magic Quadrant every year since. Expanded BravoSolution from single-module niche provider of services as software to a full-suite, cross-industry SaaS provider. Supported the ramp up and on-boarding of new BravoSolution markets including Germany, Asia Pacific, the Nordics and the UAE through leading shared services and subject matter expert teams in training, sales and service support along with direct sales and customer development activities.
Transformed a dot.com B2B marketplace into a supply management enterprise software provider through aggressive merger and acquisition. Lead the technology and professional services integration of four acquired companies into a single end-to-end supply management suite with supporting value-added services. Identified by leading industry publications as a top supply management solution provider including a #1 ranking by AMR Research for Strategic Sourcing Suites. Recognized by Supply and Demand Chain Executive as a Pro to Know.
Lead product management team for a SaaS technology startup moving from ‘prototype and pilot’ stage to fortune 500 enterprise customers. Lead the products team through growth of the company from 20 employees to 190 and revenues from $350K to $5M based upon a quadrupling of new clients. Partnered with leading fortune 500 companies such as HP, IBM, Wal-Mart, IKEA, and Valvoline on the development of a differentiated B2B collaboration platform. Developed industry recognition for platform capabilities among the likes of SAP, i2, and Manugistics.
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