Sandy Montenegro Littlefield
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Sandy Montenegro Littlefield is a Guatemala-born American businesswoman.
, Sandy spearheaded the creation, structure and implementation of the Siebel Venture Capital Program, which provided Siebel with accelerated market penetration into the eBusiness economy, access to new technology created by startups, and potential equity appreciation of $1 billion dollars in five years. The VC program has invested in companies such as: PeopleSupport.com, MyDrugRep.com, Mrs Sandy LittlefieldBerkeley Enterprises, ComsCore Networks, Everdream, cEverything, Mutuals.com and Partminer.com.
Sandy secured strategic alliances with Compaq, Corio, and Applicast, who complemented Siebel's product offering by providing a turn-key, hosted solution for the start-ups' Customer Relationship Management (CRM) needs. She created partnerships with more than ten first-tier venture capital firms, thus creating a strong deal flow for Siebel's venture program. Additionally, she helped to generate revenues of $17 million from major corporations such as IRI, Whitehall Robins, Panasonic, Alberto Culver, Perrier, AC Nielsen, Gillette, Nestle, SC Johnson, Mars, Allied Domecq UK and Spain, Kraft, Philip Morris, Coca Cola, Henkel Germany, and Bank of Hawaii.
Prior to joining Siebel Sandy was the Worldwide Director of Strategy for Oracle Corporation
, where she co-conceived and developed the demand-creation and trade promotion modules for Oracle's Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Vertical, forecasting revenue exceeding $52 million. She added the retail and discrete manufacturing modules and developed the plan of action for the Industry Network, a virtual trading space somewhat like Nasdaq and designed to become the first CPG eCommerce Portal.
Sandy has been involved with the technology industry since she co-founded ICE, Inc., a business-to-business software tools and consulting company specializing in the development and porting of high-performance software across UNIX, DOS, Windows, and Macintosh platforms. Customers included Apple, The Learning Company, Vantive, Steck-Vaughn, Compton's, Alltel, Systematics, KnowledgeWare, and Sterling Software.
Sandy's hobbies include swimming, scuba diving, tennis, piano and guitar ("A Latina Who Defies Stereotypes", Urban Latino).
and a degree in International Marketing from Fribourg University in Switzerland
and Landivar University in Guatemala
. She is fluent in five languages, a dedicated athlete, and a world traveler.
Sandy is on the board of directors of the WAS Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity founded to help children suffering from Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome. The board helps organize up-scale, ladies-only events to raise funds to support the afflicted families.
Sandy established the Sandy Montenegro-Littlefield Fellowship at Harvard Business School
. This fund is awarded to deserving MBA students from Central America, with preference given to students from Guatemala
.
(November 21, 1949 – January 7, 2009). She has two children, Jacques Christian Littlefield and Jeannik Sandy Littlefield.
Biography
As former Director of Alliances with Siebel SystemsSiebel Systems
Siebel CRM Systems, Inc. was a software company principally engaged in the design, development, marketing, and support of customer relationship management applications. The company was founded by Thomas Siebel in 1993. At first known mainly for its sales force automation products, the company...
, Sandy spearheaded the creation, structure and implementation of the Siebel Venture Capital Program, which provided Siebel with accelerated market penetration into the eBusiness economy, access to new technology created by startups, and potential equity appreciation of $1 billion dollars in five years. The VC program has invested in companies such as: PeopleSupport.com, MyDrugRep.com, Mrs Sandy LittlefieldBerkeley Enterprises, ComsCore Networks, Everdream, cEverything, Mutuals.com and Partminer.com.
Sandy secured strategic alliances with Compaq, Corio, and Applicast, who complemented Siebel's product offering by providing a turn-key, hosted solution for the start-ups' Customer Relationship Management (CRM) needs. She created partnerships with more than ten first-tier venture capital firms, thus creating a strong deal flow for Siebel's venture program. Additionally, she helped to generate revenues of $17 million from major corporations such as IRI, Whitehall Robins, Panasonic, Alberto Culver, Perrier, AC Nielsen, Gillette, Nestle, SC Johnson, Mars, Allied Domecq UK and Spain, Kraft, Philip Morris, Coca Cola, Henkel Germany, and Bank of Hawaii.
Prior to joining Siebel Sandy was the Worldwide Director of Strategy for Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
, where she co-conceived and developed the demand-creation and trade promotion modules for Oracle's Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Vertical, forecasting revenue exceeding $52 million. She added the retail and discrete manufacturing modules and developed the plan of action for the Industry Network, a virtual trading space somewhat like Nasdaq and designed to become the first CPG eCommerce Portal.
Sandy has been involved with the technology industry since she co-founded ICE, Inc., a business-to-business software tools and consulting company specializing in the development and porting of high-performance software across UNIX, DOS, Windows, and Macintosh platforms. Customers included Apple, The Learning Company, Vantive, Steck-Vaughn, Compton's, Alltel, Systematics, KnowledgeWare, and Sterling Software.
Sandy's hobbies include swimming, scuba diving, tennis, piano and guitar ("A Latina Who Defies Stereotypes", Urban Latino).
Education
Sandy Montenegro Littlefield holds an MBA from Harvard Business SchoolHarvard Business School
Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
and a degree in International Marketing from Fribourg University in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and Landivar University in Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
. She is fluent in five languages, a dedicated athlete, and a world traveler.
Charity Contributions
Sandy is one of the largest individual Guatemalan donors to HELPS International. Helps International is a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that in partnership with individuals, local and national governments, works to improve drinking water quality, medical care, education, housing, agricultural and economic development in Guatemala.Sandy is on the board of directors of the WAS Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity founded to help children suffering from Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome. The board helps organize up-scale, ladies-only events to raise funds to support the afflicted families.
Sandy established the Sandy Montenegro-Littlefield Fellowship at Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
. This fund is awarded to deserving MBA students from Central America, with preference given to students from Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
.
Family
Sandy Littlefield was married to Jacques LittlefieldJacques Littlefield
Jacques Littlefield founded the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation , also called the Littlefield Collection.-Collection:...
(November 21, 1949 – January 7, 2009). She has two children, Jacques Christian Littlefield and Jeannik Sandy Littlefield.