Team
The Coast Consulting management team collectively brings many years of experience in advising businesses ranging from Internet and Online Media companies to Non-profit organizations. With strong functional expertise coupled with robust domain proficiency our consultants work with managers to build long-term value. The knowledge and experience of our team is vital to increase value for our most trusted partners, our clients. The Coast Consulting management team is led by President and Founder, Marc Hermsmeyer.
Marc Hermsmeyer – President & Founder
Marc has an entrepreneurial background and significant experience working in sales, marketing, and strategic roles for a wide variety of clients. In 2003, Marc founded Coast Consulting, with a focus on advising startups and new ventures in the high-tech, online media, and IT services industry on corporate strategic development and business growth initiatives.
Marc has a strong passion for innovation and entrepreneurship, with an interest in new markets and emerging technologies. Over the years he has consulted with numerous management teams and boards to achieve strategic growth targets. Most recently Marc has supported Los Angeles-based Zone Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, which focuses on disruptive information technology businesses. Marc has also recently contributed to the development of a new private equity firm specializing in the direct secondary venture capital market.
Marc has an MBA with concentrations in finance and strategy from the Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego, and remains an active alumnus of the Rady School, committed to helping shape the next generation of business leaders in the southern California region. He frequently contributes to the Rady School as a guest lecturer, business plan judge, and recently as a board member of the Rady School’s Alumni Board. He has also contributed to USC’s Marshall School of Business’ Entpreneurship & Venture Management Association. Currently Marc volunteers his time as a marketing domain expert at CONNECT, a business creation and development program in San Diego, where he provides mentoring and coaching to startups in the software and communications technology verticals. Marc recently co-authored an article in the Rady Business Journal on the Current Challenges and Future Directions of the venture capital industry.
Marc currently resides in San Diego and is an avid outdoor enthusiast who enjoys competing in triathlons in his spare time.
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