About Us

Our team draws upon many decades of real-world entrepreneurial and corporate experience in finance, marketing, operations and strategy consulting.  Based on this experience, we have developed technology tools, analytical frameworks and best practices that we leverage in our work.

Chris Davis

Chris is a business & finance executive with over 25 years experience in international finance, public accounting, startups, M&As and IPOs within the technology, chemicals, manufacturing, services and distribution sectors.

Chris led finance and operations for a major US chemical manufacturer from its startup to sales of $1 billion and ultimate IPO.  In this role he established business locations in 10 European and Middle-Eastern countries and headed the team that planned, acquired and managed R&D laboratories and manufacturing plants in France, Belgium and Spain.

Chris subsequently established consulting practices in London and Southern California, with clients varying in size from startups to national/global accounts.   He has completed a wide range of consulting engagements; these include business restructuring, IT business process audits, acquisition planning, turnarounds, developing new business strategies, and Corporate Business Advisor to a technology startup.

Over the past six years, he has developed considerable expertise in the application of optimization, artificial intelligence and other decision analysis tools to solving a wide array of business problems.  Chris holds a degree in economics from The Queen’s University of Belfast and an MBA in International Finance.  He is a Certified SAP Finance Consultant, SAP System R/3 and a Certified Consultant, Oracle Small Business Suite (now NetSuite).

Karen Davis

Karen creates and executes business and marketing strategies and programs for a wide range of businesses; from bootstrapping startups to directing large scale direct response marketing and sales programs at Fortune 500 companies.    She has held senior marketing, management and consulting roles with Compaq Computers, DSC Communications, Fujitsu ICL, Gateway Computers and Zenith Data Systems.

Karen led marketing and sales operations for Gateway Computers’ newly-formed Small & Medium Business Unit.  In this role she developed the company’s SMB marketing strategy and programs including segmentation, demand generation, affinity marketing, CRM, merchandising and sales operations for direct response call centers, field sales, ecommerce and over 300 stores.

As Co-Founder and President of ONteriors LLC, Karen led the founding team from concept through funding, startup and growth to $ multi-million sales in four U.S. states.  This “smart home”, entertainment, security and green technology integrator secured contracts with homebuilders, developers, homeowners and a national FTTH service provider.  ONteriors has won a number of industry awards, including the prestigious Electronic House Magazine Home of the Year and Green Home of the Year awards in 2008.

Karen holds a degree in political science from Schiller International University in Paris, France, and an eBusiness certificate from the University of California Irvine.  She is a US Green Building Council certified Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED-AP) professional with significant interest and expertise in clean tech and sustainable business strategy.

Empiricor Inc

16625 Dove Canyon Road, #102-405, San Diego, CA 92127

(760) 593 7601 | info@empiricor.com