Wayne Vandekraak

SVP Strategic Partnerships at OptConnect

Wayne Vandekraak has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Wayne currently serves as the Chief Sales Officer at OptConnect, a position they have held since October 2020. Prior to this, they held the role of VP of Sales at the same company from February to October 2020.

From January 2019 to February 2020, Wayne Vandekraak worked as the Executive Director National Sales at OptConnect. Wayne also has extensive experience at Burroughs, Inc., where they served as the VP of Business Development from June 2012 to December 2014.

Before this, Wayne Vandekraak held the position of President CEO at Solvport from October 2004 to June 2012. Wayne also worked as the VP of Operations at Bluewire Technologies from March 2002 to October 2004.

Earlier in their career, Wayne Vandekraak held various roles, such as Director Customer Service at E*TRADE Bank from 2000 to 2002, Director of Operations at Card Capture Services from 2000 to 2002, and Call Center Director at Wells Fargo Bank from 1994 to 2000.

Wayne Vandekraak completed their education history with two notable achievements. From 1997 to 1999, they attended Portland State University - School of Business where they earned their Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree with a specialization in Finance. Prior to that, they studied at Portland State University from 1991 to 1995, obtaining their Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in History.

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Sherwood, United States

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OptConnect

OptConnect is in the business of networking physical objects that contain embedded technology--such as a self-service kiosks--to communicate and sense their internal status out to an external environment, all without human interaction.OptConnect is in the business of networking physical objects that contain embedded technology--such as aself-service kiosks--to communicate and sense their internal status out to an external environment, all without human interaction.Over the past 5 years, adoption of wireless solutions by multiple industries ranging from Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), PoS (Point of Sale), Digital Signage, Utility companies, etc... have outpaced many other connectivity options that are considered "antiquated" (telephone lines, Ethernet, etc).With benefits ranging from cost savings, flexibility, reliability, proactive alerting, and faster speeds, OptConnect is helping make cellular-wireless solutions the new standard for deployments. OptConnect provides a high quality, low cost package that enables operators to disconnect their land lines, and go completely wireless. Saving time, and money allows the operators to join the evolving technological movement known as the "Internet of Things".