Craig Hagopian
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Craig Hagopian is responsible for driving V-ENABLE's daily operations, including sales, marketing and support operations as well as business development, product planning, and market communications. Mr. Hagopian brings a wealth of experience to the V-ENABLE management team with more than 18 years of sales and marketing leadership across hardware and service based companies in the personal computer, wireless and broadband Internet industries. Prior to V-ENABLE, Mr. Hagopian was the Chief Marketing Officer of Axesstel, Inc., a San Diego-based CDMA terminal manufacturing company. At Axesstel Mr. Hagopian was responsible for overall sales, marketing and new product development, improving operating 2002 EBIT by 70% over prior year's performance through new accounts with Verizon, Sony Ericsson as well as major Latin American and Asia-Pacific wireless carriers. Notably, Mr. Hagopian was instrumental in coordinating Axesstel's investor and media activities, concluding in a round B $7M funding and a successful transition from private to public reporting status (AMEX: AFT). During his watch, stock appreciation increased by 10-fold (volume & price) and the company's market capitalization rose above $40M. Mr. Hagopian held management positions at Air2Lan, a South East regional provider of broadband Internet services, and from 1994-2001 he was GM, VP & Sr. Director of the Consumer Group for SkyTel Communications, a wireless data messaging service entity. At SkyTel, he was responsible for developing the consumer strategy and building strategic partnerships with major retailers and telecommunications partners. Mr. Hagopian was also recognized as the only manager to meet planned business goals in fiscal year 2000 by recording 435% year-over-year growth in sales and a 3x increase in distribution points while successfully building a $34 million business unit from ground zero. From 1987-1994, Mr. Hagopian was the Manager of Market Planning and Product Management for Epson America. During his tenure he researched numerous new product opportunities and authored the market entry plan for a $150M multimedia product line which EPSON today dominates #1 Worldwide and #2 in the U.S. Craig received his BS in Business Administration from the University of Southern California and his MBA from Duke University. He and his wife Lisa enjoying raising their two children: Brittany and Cole.
