Alan Cross Email & Phone Number

Palm Coast, Fl, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Providing Private Equity and Market Analysts with insight into the ERP market trends. Appointed as an independent member of acquisition due diligence teams

Raleigh, Nc, Us

Inaugural Head Soccer Coach at the newly formed NCFC Chatham County 2009 Team

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Key part of the executive team generating growth from zero ARR to a lot more ! Designed and executed the go to market strategy for the businessLead the Sales team to successfully execute customer Agreements in US, UK and SpainClosed first, long term multi-million dollar Agreement with Tier 1 Financial Services giant.Evangelist at Privacy Enhancing Technology conferences.Achieved Gartner Cool Vendor status - the youngest Gartner partner to achieve the acholade

• Achieved 35% YOY revenue growth since 2015, increased SAAS/managed services revenue by 300%, a 200% average YOY EBITDA growth from new product introduction, a 25% increase to annual recurring revenue, and a 15% annual increase in revenue per head (efficiency), and maintained a less than 7% staff turnover rate against the industry standard of 13%.• Integrated 2 discreetly acquired businesses, and launched a new ERP software solution requiring new sales, marketing and operations team.• Relocated to US to control the newest US-based business acquisition, inheriting 45 staff members and 60 customers.• Delivered reassurance and direction both internally to the staff and externally to the customer on new protocol or processes to maintain confidence and reassurance.• Launched the strategic ERP product into the US market, selling the first solution only 4 months after launch, while achieving sales success and YOY growth.• Acquired a second company in 2016, successfully leading a business integration of the company into the KCS group with revenue and EBIT growth only 1 year, post-acquisition. • Helped grow the company to 130 staff members and 100+ customers using products from across the group, earning recognition as the best performing BU for layered apps sales. Delivered process and organizational change to improve performance, profitability and team development.• Maintained a personal mission to inspire, motivate and serve as a benchmark for future internal leaders.

Hungerford, Berkshire, Gb

• Collaborated daily with cross-functional teams spanning 4 countries to communicate insights for advancing shared organizational goals.• Designed and implemented a software implementation strategy for KCS, yielding Method of Effective and Timely Implementation of Software (METIS). • Rolled out across global business units and achieved 40% increase in professional services revenue from 2011 to 2014.• Achieved 20% YOY EBITDA increase across the group professional services team.• Established global services team and methodology and served as an Executive Board Member heading all global professional services.• Served on an executive team, leading 80 staff members and growing revenue from $20M to $55M within 3 years of tenure, resulting in a successful PE ownership change.

• Achieved 100% revenue performance versus business targets, and a 15% rate for efficiency improvements with reduced FOC via tighter rigor and process.• Appointed to possess executive responsibility the European professional services organization.• Selected as senior member of the European management team, directing day-to-day management of 80+ professional services consultants and project managers across multiple offices in the UK, Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.