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Cape Town, WC, ZA

Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

As a Mentor & Coach for the EO Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA), I evaluate and mentor student entrepreneurs.The EO Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) is the premier global competition for students who own and operate a business. Nominees compete against their peers from around the world in a series of local and national competitions in.

Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

Founded in 1987, the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is a global network of more than 18,000+ influential business owners with 220 chapters in more than 70 countries.

Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

As a Marketing Consultant, I provide strategic guidance and hands-on execution across Marketing, Sales and Customer Experience. I offer cost-effective Fractional CMO services to help organisations scale faster. I am passionate about collaborating with clients to achieve their goals and maximize organizational potential. My expertise lies in incubating.

Started Craft+Graft as a coworking and events space with inhouse coffee shop. Built the business up from the ground and scaled it successfully despite a global pandemic. Expanded the company’s product and service offering, designed and opened a second location, achieving full occupancy within a few months. After seven years of running the physical venues.

Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

TooMuchWifi has proved to be a real challenger among the internet service providers in Africa. In a market infamous for its prohibitive data costs and economic divide, TooMuchWifi offers low cost, super fast internet to underserved township communities. By connecting the previously unconnected, TooMuchWifi closes the connectivity gap and opens up their.

Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

Headed all commercial efforts with a customer-first approach. Responsible for Marketing, Sales, Product Management, and the Contact Centre. Leading a team of 50+ staff members at Head Office and in the Region. Led pricing, geographic expansion, and GTM strategies, achieving 300% year-on-year sales growth. Aligned sales compensation with commercial.

Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

Developed a modern marketing organisation from the ground up. Hired and managed 25+ central and regional marketing and sales staff. Led brand redesign, defining brand identity and repositioning brand. Built the framework for an integrated marketing strategy across all customer touch points. Overhauled the entire digital presence and launched performance.

Walldorf, BW, DE

Partnered up with influencers around content, events, and other initiatives that provide value to Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance, and IT audiences.

Walldorf, BW, DE

Led cross-functional strategic programs and integrated marketing planning to generate leads, drive demand, and accelerate pipeline.

Walldorf, BW, DE

Supply Chain Program Lead, headed global campaign strategy, content development, and campaign execution. Sprint Team Lead, drove alignment across all marketing programs and campaigns across the organization globally. Cross-functional liaison with SAP Marketing, built joint marketing programs around products, digital trends, innovations, and events.

Walldorf, BW, DE

Generated demand and awareness for SAP's networked solutions and the Ariba Network, targeting procurement, supply chain, finance, and IT audiences. Developed marketing programs and led generation campaigns for the company's cloud portfolio to drive and accelerate pipeline and optimize ROI. Focused on digital campaigns around webinars, targeted emails.

Walldorf, BW, DE

Educated the market on the value of business networks and drove awareness for SAP's Business Network, including Ariba, Fieldglass, and Concur. Accelerated pipeline for the company's networked solutions, focusing on webcasts, multi-touch email campaigns, blog posts, and executive events.

Walldorf, BW, DE

Headed in-product marketing and lead generation efforts for Ariba Discovery. Developed positioning and messaging and worked closely with Engineering and Product Management on new product releases and the feature roadmap. Managed a broad range of customer acquisition and nurture campaigns focused on social media, SEM and email marketing as well as SEO. Led.

Delray Beach, FL, US

Streamlined international expansion, leading strategic projects from initial inception to final approval. Managed and coordinated cross-functional projects across 10 departments, regional subsidiaries in the United States, Europe, and Latin America, and 45+ international distributors worldwide.

Founded CleanTechies and led all brand and acquisition marketing activities, focusing on online tools and email campaigns. Managed digital content/social media strategy, banner advertising, marketing partnerships, and eCommerce/Affiliate offering. Headed up development of online products, closely cooperating with engineering. Hired and supervised 6.

New Brunswick, NJ, US

Played key role in multimillion-dollar technical product launch. Analyzed customer motivations to identify key barriers and enablers for product adoption. Spearheaded project to drive adoption of innovative new sales approach.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Developed two business cases for AstraZeneca and CoopNorway, interviewing senior managers in Europe, India, and Guatemala on strategic CSR projects. Published by the EU in Business & Poverty: The global CSR casebook.

Hamburg, DE

Played key role on global team of four MBA students from IESE and INSEAD to develop internationalization strategy and business case for Turkish market entry.

Bonn, DE

Served as liaison between Global and Regional Headquarters, facilitating communications, aligning team on strategic goals, and providing consistent messaging. Served as official spokesperson of board member.

Bonn, DE

Managed marketing communications activities of global air and ocean freight business unit in Germany. Created marketing materials, including flyers, Internet/Intranet copy, merchandising, direct mailings, speeches, and presentations.

New York, NY, US

Assisted in consulting global high tech companies and startups, including Analog Devices, HP, and Siemens.

Mba, Marketing, Strategy, Entrepreneurship

Ma, Diplomatic History

Graduate Studies, Turkish History And Politics

Undergraduate Degree, North American Studies, History, Politics