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The unique expertise of affiliates can be brought immediately to bear on a client&rsquo;s needs. Located in key industry and research centres (including Sydney, Silicon Valley, Adelaide, Auckland, and Los Angeles), our colleagues bring their own networks and resources, helping ensure that our clients benefit from a truly unique global range of both expertise and access.<br> <br> The Managing Partner of Pacific Challenge is <a href="biography.html">Dr. J Craig Mudge</a>, who brings his years of international experience both in technology companies and world-class research centres to his work</p> <blockquote> <p><em>&ldquo;Over a period of many years as the technology industry has &quot;grown up,&quot; Craig has consistently exhibited an unusual ability to recognize and articulate important trends and opportunities before many others.&rdquo; <br> Karen Tucker, CEO Churchill Club, Silicon Valley's premier business and technology forum</em><br> <br> <a href="http://www.churchillclub.org" target="_blank">www.churchillclub.org</a><br> <br> </p> </blockquote> <p>Partnering with clients on strategy, or as board members or advisers, affiliates of Pacific Challenge, or the Managing Partner, provide leadership in strategy development. For more established companies and organizations, the consulting firm&rsquo;s cross-functional expertise in innovation drives the commercialization of research, product development and corporate venturing. For early stage technology firms, Pacific Challenge affiliates have the domain expertise and Silicon Valley track records to help guide a firm to success.<br> <br> <br> <strong>Current specializations</strong></p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Strategy</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Elements that are vital for a company to compete, win, and survive change over time. Notably it is context that changes those elements: the Internet, globalisation, and recently the global financial crisis. We work with our clients on deep dives to understand these elements and how a firm must respond for success.<br> <br> Industries we have worked with include software, defence, cloud computing service providers, semiconductor, medical diagnostics, telecommunications, and computer hardware, as well as government agencies in the management of innovation. <a href="strategy.html">Click here for more information</a></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Cloud computing</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>This disruptive technology, by deploying outsourced compute and storage at massive scale, via a pay-per-use model is bringing business value to business, government, and eScience. The current large amount of hype requires client firms to drive for business value. <a href="cloudcomputing.html">Click here for more information</a></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Reports for government</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>The team at Pacific Challenge has done analysis of market and technology trends for state and federal governments, covering outsourcing, enterprise security, e-commerce, and commercialisation of technologies developed in national labs. <a href="reports.html">Click here for more information</a></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p><br> </p> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td bgcolor="57593F">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td bgcolor="57593F">&nbsp;</td> <td><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="540"> <tbody><tr> <td><p class="style4" align="center"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="BottomLinks" -->home . <a href="leadership.html">leadership</a> . <a href="clients.html">clients</a> . <a href="publications.html">publications</a> . <a href="workshops.html">workshops</a> . <a href="practice.html">practice</a> . <a href="biography.html">biography</a> . <a href="contact-us.html">contact us</a><!-- InstanceEndEditable --><br> <br> Email: <a href="mailto:mudge@pacific-challenge.com">mudge@pacific-challenge.com</a><br> Phone: United States: (650) 224 2111 Australia: 0417 679 266 <br> &copy; 2011 Pacific Challenge Innovation Leadership</p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </body><!-- InstanceEnd --></html>