Brian Collins Email & Phone Number

Dublin, Ie

Dublin City, County Dublin, Ireland

At Wriggle, we understand the importance of utilising technology effectively for teaching and learning in education. Our focus is to support schools with the implementation of tablet technology in the classroom. Wriggle now partners with over 150 schools throughout the country, to develop their digital environments and are the market leaders in this area.This opportunity allowed me to enter a closing role whereby I operate as a consultancy sales specialist and speak with Principals and Head Teachers daily around their schools digital learning strategy. I have become a senior member of the Sales Team whereby I Team Lead on sales initiatives and campaigns. I played an integral role in building our new Sales Development Team which included the initial interview process right through to designing detail sales scripts and sales methodology for the business function. Increased sales revenue in 2022 to to €1.2n from €675K in 2021. This includes over €350K GP and over €540K ARR. Increased sales revenue from 2023-2024 by 25% to €1.5m which includes €396K gross profit and also increase ARR by 45% to €830K for 2024. • Top Sales Person 2023 and 2024• Developing and maintaining relationships with current and new Principals, Headteachers and Deputies• Develop, maintain and document detailed Digital Learning Strategies for Schools whom are at different stages on their digital journey• Developed and implemented a new business strategy in organising international field trips, resulting in a significant increase in closing 1:1 (1 device per student) business deals within a reduced timeframe• Discover the main pain points schools are experiencing including Teaching and Learning, Assessment for Learning, and staff collaboration aswell as building lasting relationships for future opportunities• Initiate SDR and wider Sales and Marketing team Outbound campaigns for new and existing business• Consistently hit and over-achieve monthly and yearly targets

Person in charge of the U20's programme in Wanderers FC. In my first season we finished 3rd in JPF Premier 2 which is the highest finish in over 10 years for the club at this level. We fielded a total of 44 players competitively throughout the season and have built a strong pipeline of players for the Senior Mens sides for next season.

Key Responsibilities- Lead the coaching programme for the Senior squad and ensure alignment with the underage players and coaches.- Work and develop a recruitment group to identify and evaluate potential new players.- Develop a winning culture with game plans and training strategies focused on getting the optimal results from players on match day.- Plan, prepare and deliver coaching sessions for the Senior squad ensuring that all sessions are designed to develop the skills and understanding of the players.- Lead and implement AIL match day processes in conjunction with team management.- Evaluate, analyse and reflect on all coaching sessions and games with the coaching team and players.- Attend all coaching sessions and matches involved with the club’s Senior squad and where possible be visible at underage games.- Mentor and advise coaches and players within the club.- Provide feedback to coaches, players and appropriate club committees.- Lead the team culture, working with other team management to ensure the team is organised, disciplined and has a positive team spirit ensuring the team has pride in themselves, their club and their sponsors.

Dublin

I established myself very quickly within the company by contributing to new business revenue and garnering a strong working relationship with my assigned Account Executives. We work closely to create specific account targeting strategies which allowed me to pass qualified low funnel opportunities. In my short time here, I was able to influence £1,285 of MRR for my assigned representatives. This is a hybrid role where I combine my focus on primarily outbound activities complimented by some inbound duties.• Cold Calling car dealerships each month to create qualified opportunities for Account Executives.• Scheduling qualified meetings and demonstrations of the CarGurus solution for Account Executives.• Prospecting daily online to identify potential new customers to ensure Account Executive’s books of business are replenished and company sales goals are achieved.• Gold Standards achiever – KPI metrics for quality calls and non-responsive dealers.• Conducted Outreach campaigns for new dealers.• Lead SDR team huddles and outbound call power hours.• Overachieved on quota hitting 105% of Quarter 1, 2020.

Ashbourne

• Management and development of existing client/adviser relationships.• Implementing new sales and marketing campaigns.• Arranging meetings with clients facing business decisions.• Working with external, client facing business development managers.• Providing ongoing support to existing clients and serving as a primary point of contact. • Initiating potential sales of new and existing products to new and existing customers.

The role of lead practitioner involved monitoring the level of teaching in the school, ensuring new teachers were implementing the same practice as existing staff and assessing what areas staff needed to improve. Responsibilities: • Setting objectives for new and existing members of staff to implement in their day to day teaching.• Research and develop the latest educational methodology and adapt to fit the needs of both teachers and students.• Communicating with other schools in the borough of Ealing, developing strategies for staff to learn about other ways of improving their teaching and learning. • Responsible for AS and A-Level Economics results. Student results rose from 37% to 60% A*- C. • Lead the school’s enterprise programme involving over 1000 students in different entrepreneurial tasks.

Wallington County Grammar School

Teacher in charge of Economics and Business Department in one of the UK’s leading grammar secondary schools in which there was huge emphasis placed on student outcomes and results. Role included setting targets to drive performance where A-Level results improved from 44% to 86% A*- B and GCSE results from 67% to 86% A*- B. Responsibilities: • Teacher responsible for GCSE, AS and A-Level Economics and Business results spanning a department with over 300 students. • Increasing the level of Oxbridge and LSE entries in our department by developing rigorous out of lesson activities for student’s results to improve.• Introducing and coordinating the Student Investors Challenge both in our school and in the borough of Sutton and Croydon. • Communicating with other department from other schools about the latest news on examinations, UCAS entries and current affairs within the subject of economics. • Developing and co-ordination the young enterprise challenge and young apprentice competitions with all schools in the borough of Sutton and Croydon. • Establishing the Economics Society in which students were able to develop their understanding of the subject by applying what they learn in lessons to real life scenarios and current affairs.

• This was my first appointment following graduation from my Postgraduate in Education Course in university. Due to my extensive experience in rugby, I was also appointed as the schools skills coach for all rugby teams. Responsibilities:• Teach outstanding economics lessons on a consistent basis throughout exam and non-exam classes. • Develop into an outstanding teacher, capturing the student’s imagination and engaging every student in the classroom. • Develop an understanding of the Edexcel Exam Board mark schemes in order to adapt my teaching to help improve student results.• Coach rugby sessions to help improve the skills of all players as well as increase the uptake in the sport throughout the school.• Coach members of staff to a level in order to undertake the Rugby Football Union Level 1 and Level 2 RFU course.

Woking

I have worked with students with learning difficulties including:- Autism. - Aspergers. - Dyslexia. - Dyspraxia.- By stage of information processing.- By function impaired - reading disorders/written expression/math disabilities. I also initiated the Toe by Toe Literacy Programme with Year 7 students.During my time working as a LSA, I have travelled to Kenya and Ypres with different student groups. I was constantly involved in extra curricula activities within the school such as department and tutor group meetings and open evenings. My experience of representing Ireland at schoolboy, U19 and University level at rugby was valuable in taking clubs such as rugby, football, swimming, and athletics after school.

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