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North West, UK

I am a product consultant, working with clients on the delivery of software and data-centric products and services. I also provide interim product leadership, and help clients build their internal product capability.Current Engagement:- Working with the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to launch a new service for farmers and land.

Manchester, United Kingdom

I am a member of the Equal Experts associate network.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Director of Product for THG Hosting (including former UK2 Group brands), responsible for a range of dedicated hosting, cloud and Software as a Service products used by both external customers and other THG business units.Launched new web hosting brand (THG Hosting), website, and support systems, plus 10 product releases driving in excess of £1m incremental.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Built the product management and product marketing functions at one of the UK's biggest independent cloud and web hosting businesses. Responsible for development and in-life management of UKFast's range of cloud and dedicated hosting, SaaS and security solutions.Oversaw revenue growth in excess of 600% during 2017 on several new product lines, supported by.

Surrey

Taxi for Two was a mobile phone-based taxi sharing service, designed to help people find and share taxi journeys with others heading in the same direction. I co-founded Taxi for Two early in 2012.Taxi for Two received positive coverage in a range of media, including the London Metro and the Telegraph. However we decided to close the business in 2017 after.

London

Barclays Information Business develops innovative products and services which leverage the wealth of data at our disposal as a major financial services provider. Our goal is to improve our customer's financial lives through the responsible use of data. I led the propositions team, responsible for SmartSpend and Identity lines of business.Achievements.

Hayes, UK

Responsible for building and leading Rackspace Academy, a wide-ranging programme to educate customers, developers and the market as a whole on how to use hybrid cloud products and open API-based technology effectively. Rackspace Academy encompasses a variety of channels including classroom-based training, office hours, hangouts and more.Achievements.

Hayes

Senior Product Manager for Rackspace open cloud products, based on OpenStack. Responsible for launch and ongoing product management across the Rackspace international footprint (UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific). Work closely with Rackspace product colleagues in the US, both remotely and at Rackspace HQ in Texas, to meet the requirements of.

Led a team of Product Development Managers and Project Managers, responsible for delivering excellent customer propositions which drive revenue and enhance the O2 brand. This covered the full delivery process – strategy, proposition development, design, delivery, testing and take-to-market execution. Key objective was to differentiate O2's services and.

Achievements and responsibilities included:- ongoing enhancements to O2 UK's mobile internet services, including Yahoo! search- development and management of O2's smartphones experience, including iPhone and Palm Pre- marketing and customer communications to drive mobile internet usage and revenues- successful launch of Bluebook, O2's unique back-up and.

Product Manager for several of O2 UK's business and consumer messaging services, including- consumer mobile email- imode "imail" and instant messaging- business SMS and MMS applicationsResponsible for driving sales of these products through the Marketing and Sales teams. Also for the development of new messaging products to address identified customer.

Managed a team of six people responsible for all pricing, trading and buying of UK interconnect-based services (including Internet dial and broadband, and Premium Rate / Non Geographic telephony services). Oversaw all pricing support requirements for the Service Providers sales teams on the demand side, and negotiations with BT, other licensed operators.

April 2001 – June 2002 Business Development Manager, Content, Application and Internet ProvidersFeb 2000 – April 2001 Commercial Manager, Service Providers and ResellersMarch 1999 - Feb 2000 Commercial Consultant, Service Providers and ResellersApril 1998 - March 1999 Marketing Graduate

B.A (Hons) Upper Second, Management Studies

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