Volition Capital returns to Colorado and strikes gold in PlayerLync
Team Up With PlayerLync
Our history of supporting championship sports teams with fail-proof solutions means we’re committed to operational perfection and being a reliable part of your team.
Our Core Value Principles:
- Collaborate – Work positively and professionally with our team, our customers, and our Partners to drive collective long term value.
- Innovate – Listen to our customers, think ahead of the masses, and create the future without fear of criticism.
- Remain Disciplined – Execute on your plan to achieve expected results, gain trust and build lasting relationships.
- Exhibit Integrity – Be empathetic and respect others.
- Have Fun – Enjoy the journey, have fun and improve the work lives of everyone using our software.
- Win Together – Treat our customers and partners as team members and always have their back.
Our Mission:
To provide a more fulfilling life through optimized individual and team performance to achieve exceptional business success.
PlayerLync’s mobile workforce enablement platform combines content management, mobile learning, operational support and compliance, and communications in one easy-to-use application.
We help companies with mobile workforces like Starbucks, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Southern Company Gas to ensure that every front line employee has the personalized and timely information they need to do their job, delivered automatically through a mobile device.
Our customers span many industries, including professional sports franchises, global retail brands, top restaurant concepts, field services organizations, and utility companies.
The Founders
Bob Paulsen
Co-Founder & CEO
Bob leads the PlayerLync team as President and CEO. As a multi-company Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, Bob prides himself in building great teams to capitalize on new market opportunities, leveraging technologies to solve real business problems in mainstream markets. His business acumen, management, and sales skills have positioned Bob as a standout technology leader with 20 years of experience building companies from their inception to industry leadership.
Prior to PlayerLync, Bob was Chief Operating Officer and Board Member at Telesphere Networks (now Vonage Business), one of the largest privately held cloud communications companies in North America. He was responsible for all strategic and tactical initiatives within Operations, including product management and pricing, implementation, field operations, support, information management and development, and strategic customer relationships. Before joining Telesphere, Bob was co-founder, President, and CEO of Unity Business Networks, an industry leader in Hosted PBX / Cloud Communication services to large multi-site businesses throughout the US.
Paulsen leads by example and believes in a balanced lifestyle. He embraces this philosophy through his work with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, the Food Bank of the Rockies and United Way. He pushes himself weekly on the tennis court, and is a proud husband and parent of 2 wonderful children.
Greg Menard
Co-Founder & CTO
Greg drives the vision and product development of PlayerLync. With incredibly broad technical experience, Greg has the ability to bring concepts to life in a meaningful way. His personal touch and past successes guide prioritization of the team’s efforts based on customer input, proven strategies, and his unique intuition.
Greg has worked with Bob Paulsen, CEO of PlayerLync, since 1999 where the two met at AuraServ. Soon thereafter, Greg and Bob launched Unity Business Networks. For more than a decade and across several businesses, Greg has led all technical efforts, including network design, build out, and management. He’s also developed multi-language software required to automate business processes and complex systems integration in easy-to-use formats.
Robert Smith
Co-Founder & CIO
Robert takes system scalability to another level. His deep understanding of the vast technology landscape makes him the ideal CIO, overseeing the concept-to-production development efforts at PlayerLync. With over 20 years of telecommunications and data networking experience, Robert’s network engineering and coding expertise is respected by multiple industry experts and patent holders.
Robert has been side-by-side with Bob & Greg since 2005 after leaving his post as Director of Engineering at ICG Communications. Through the years he has proven his capacity to lead a variety of organizations through all stages of development including design, architecture, testing, implementation and support. Robert possesses an outstanding ability to identify technology opportunities that lead to service improvement and cost savings.
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PlayerLync in the News
Black Rock Coffee Bar selects PlayerLync as their digital employee training and operations platform. With the growth Black Rock Coffee Bar has planned, PlayerLync’s paperless, modern approach to learning management was a perfect fit.
How Starbucks ordered, loaded and delivered 23,000 iPads for training
Starbucks Newsroom, July 10, 2018
For a week, Mary Stumpf had been compulsively watching an app on her phone that tracked the number of packages being delivered to Starbucks stores around the United States. Stumpf leads collaboration products and devices for Starbucks, but this spring her job narrowed to one single goal: Get 22,709 new iPads to 8,500 Starbucks stores spread across the United States by May 29.
PlayerLync announced today that it has been named a Colorado Company to Watch, acknowledging the drive, excellence, and influence of PlayerLync as a growing company in the state. Colorado Companies to Watch honors second stage companies that develop valuable products and services, create quality jobs, enrich communities, and create new industries throughout Colorado.
Blaze Pizza Selects PlayerLync as Their Modern Learning Management System for All Franchise Locations
PR - February 1, 2018
PlayerLync has entered into a multi-year agreement with Blaze Pizza, the recognized world leader in fast artisanal pizza. Blaze Pizza continues to enhance their world-class operations by selecting PlayerLync for its technology forward platform that delivers learning management, operational performance support, and business insights elegantly across the nation. Specifically designed for mobile devices and teams that work on their feet, PlayerLync’s progressive approach to video learning and intuitive user interface were key to ensuring engaging and consistent training for its technology-savvy team members.
Join the PlayerLync Team
We’re looking for exceptional people that share our values and want to innovate the way people perform at work. Check out our job openings and become part of the PlayerLync team.
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