Knowledgeable consulting experience to help position your company's automation products for the future.

Halcyon Development is a "niche" International Business Development consulting firm that provides strategic marketing and sales channel development, new product commercialization planning, strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions services to international clients in the industrial and life sciences automation markets.
 

• Industrial automation
• Life sciences automation
  
   

Jeff DePree
Managing Director

Jeff DePree brings over 18 years of international business development and entrepreneurial experience to Halcyon Development. he posses a solid well developed set of skills in the areas of sales, marketing, market channel development, operational development, and strategic planning.

With an extensive background dealing with automation and technology related issues in the international automotive, aerospace, electronics, consumer products, medical device, and pharmaceutical markets, Jeff has the ability to quickly understand the key issues and challenges that are currently facing small to mid sized companies in today's rapidly changing, global manufacturing environment.

Jeff began his professional career at Applied Robotics, Inc. an international automation and robotics solutions company, holding a variety of key executive positions including Vice President of Sales and Vice President of Business Development. As Vice President of Business Development he was responsible for planning, developing, and validating business models for strategic business partnerships, joint ventures and acquisitions throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. In addition, he actively sought out and raised several million in equity investment from two overseas investors. During his tenure in sales he was responsible for developing and coordinating international sales and distribution networks in Europe, Asia and South America as well as establishing a wholly own subsidiary company in Belgium and branch office in Mexico, all of which help to increase export sales from 8% to 45% of total company revenues.

After leaving Applied in 2005, Jeff established Halcyon Development a "niche" international Business Development consulting firm that provides strategic marketing and sales channel development, new product commercialization planning, strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions services to international clients in the industrial sand life sciences automation markets. Successes to date include setting up a manufacture representative network in India for a major machinery supplier to the pulp, paper and converting industries, establishing distribution networks the United States and Europe for several key international automation equipment companies supplying to the automotive and general manufacturing industries, and setting up wholesale and distribution networks in the United States for an international industrial valve and heating component manufacturer.

He studied Chinese Studies and Economics at the State University of New York in Albany and Chinese Studies and Language at Nankai University in Tianjin, People Republic of China.

Having traveled and worked on over 40 countries, Jeff feels comfortable in all parts of the globe. When not on a plane, Jeff spends his time backwoods skiing and snow shoeing in the winter and fishing from canoe in the summer in the Adirondack Mountains in Upstate New York.