Testimonials

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80+yrs old Defense & Medical Device Manufacturing Co. with Global Presence
Name withheld due to confidentiality

"James, we were doubtful how you could make us better with our top-notch experts around the globe working for us. You truly made us even better and exceeded out EBITDA benefit expectations. Equally important, your team installed Discipline, Rigor and Accountability among our team members. Sincere thank you for all these accomplishments!"
CEO

Panasonic Corporation of North America

"James is the consummate professional and has represented our business quite well. Excellent at cultivating business relationships and managing the complexities of bringing a new business to market. Beyond the scope of his role he brought insight and discipline to understanding customer needs and translating them to functional requirements for our solutions. Great team player working across various functions to get the job done, while also acting as a thought leader on the team"
Robert Dobbins, VP New Business Development, Panasonic Corporation of North America

Endeavour Capital

“The Stanford Group has provided our start-up with excellent advice regarding selling in the US and world-wide.  Their detailed knowledge of sales, marketing, logistics and product issues in the computer peripherals market has been very helpful to us.”
Dennis Row, General Partner, Endeavour Capital Ltd.

Intuitive Input

"James was able to leverage his experience to deliver great results at a reasonable cost.  His knowledge of the consumer device business is exceptional.  He has seen a lot of products, knows what would and won't work and has the contacts to get valuable input from subject matter experts to validate ideas and approaches.  He was able to set up key meetings, participate in those meetings while presenting our company's value and get honest, unfiltered feedback from those involved in the meetings.  On top of delivering great value, James has a great sense of humor and a strong set of ethics.  I highly recommend him."
Mark Creamer, President and CEO, Intuitive Input, Inc.

Targus

"James was very thorough, working very well with my team understanding at detailed level of all the cost components of our business. He's enthusiastic, positive and very easy to work with. The analysis and recommendations that James provided was truly remarkable and helped us become very competitive." 
Albert Seet, EVP Global Supply Chain, Targus

Kaiser Permanente

I" had the immense pleasure of working with James at Kaiser Permanente. He is a thoughtful, strategic leader and the rare combination of an experienced technology executive with fire in his belly and a deep commitment to innovation. James inspires all of those around him with his drive to always do better, and think big."
Connie Chen, MD Kaiser Permanente, COO Lyra Health

Epos (now, Qualcomm)

"The Stanford Group was the major contributor to our new successful strategy. James is a great partner and leader, true adviser that ready to work as much as needed to address the company goals and objectives and more. "
Oded Turbahn, CEO, Epos

Scanadu

"James is simply one of the finest people I have had the pleasure to work with. Professionally, he has a broad interdisciplinary knowledge of product development, management, business development, marketing, industrial design, and manufacturing. Personally, he is extremely professional, kind, wonderful to interact with, and helps foster a sense of community that is uncommonly capable of bringing a group of folks from varied backgrounds together."
Peter Jansen, Head of Artificial Intelligence, Scanadu

GlideTV

"James was instrumental in connecting us with the ideal partner to help grow our business. His guidance with partner negotiations and meetings was also extremely valuable. With his deep knowledge of how the industry works and broad network of connections I would highly recommend him to others looking for support with their business."
Chris Painter, Co-Founder

Livri Games

"The Stanford Group has helped us multiple times.  Their deep experience with tier 1 PC OEMs & ODMs has been very helpful in building a very pragmatic business case for our investors."
Nazeer Ahmed, CEO, Livri Games