Grant Clifford Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Hostopia, owned by HostPapa, is a leading provider of White-label SaaS, Web Marketing hosting and email services, and has been working with ChannelCreator to develop its European market presence since 2007.With over 500 employees across Canada, USA and Europe we deliver everything from site builders, blogging tools, online stores, search engine marketing, social marketing, mobile synching solutions, email, hosting space through to wholesale web design and tier 1 white-label… Show more Hostopia, owned by HostPapa, is a leading provider of White-label SaaS, Web Marketing hosting and email services, and has been working with ChannelCreator to develop its European market presence since 2007.With over 500 employees across Canada, USA and Europe we deliver everything from site builders, blogging tools, online stores, search engine marketing, social marketing, mobile synching solutions, email, hosting space through to wholesale web design and tier 1 white-label support.Through its excellent track record with customers such as Telus, Bell Canada, Super Pages and Rogers in North America, Hostopia has expanded into Europe, where I am now responsible for managing major accounts such as Vodafone, BT, TalkTalk, T-Mobile and O2 with the assistance of an excellent Hostopia EMEA team.I am responsible both for key account management and forging new partnerships with businesses that want to provide hosted services and web marketing services to their SME customers on a profitable, sustainable basis. If you're part of a business that is looking to get into this space, I'd very much like to hear from you. Show less

London, United Kingdom

In the increasingly competitive and crowded market of Online Apps, Software and SaaS, ChannelCreator helps software businesses to develop indirect channels to market, creating a robust, scalable, long-term network through which to sell and deliver solutions to European SMEs.To this end ChannelCreator delivers the following services:- Channel Strategy Workshop and/or Report- Channel Development and European Representation- Marketing execution and Sales Kit creation-… Show more In the increasingly competitive and crowded market of Online Apps, Software and SaaS, ChannelCreator helps software businesses to develop indirect channels to market, creating a robust, scalable, long-term network through which to sell and deliver solutions to European SMEs.To this end ChannelCreator delivers the following services:- Channel Strategy Workshop and/or Report- Channel Development and European Representation- Marketing execution and Sales Kit creation- Partner Programs and associated Ts & Cs- Telemarketing and Lead GenerationChannelCreator has created and managed partner networks in the following markets: ISP, Telco and Hosting; Multimedia and Web Development; Accounting and ERP; OEM and Strategic Alliances.ChannelCreator uses experienced contractors to deliver your message to the right partners in the shortest possible time, giving you access to the largest possible end customer base through a scalable and sustainable network. Show less

The Gambia And Uk

Co-founded The Shadie Farage Foundation (www.ShadieFarage.com) which is a registered charity in the UK and The Gambia. The charity was founded in the name of my late best friend who tragically lost his life in March 2007.The Shadie Farage Foundation is focused on supporting charities in The Gambia with an educational focus and giving back to the country where I spent my childhood and 16 special years of my life. In order to raise funds I kayaked in tandem with Shadie's little… Show more Co-founded The Shadie Farage Foundation (www.ShadieFarage.com) which is a registered charity in the UK and The Gambia. The charity was founded in the name of my late best friend who tragically lost his life in March 2007.The Shadie Farage Foundation is focused on supporting charities in The Gambia with an educational focus and giving back to the country where I spent my childhood and 16 special years of my life. In order to raise funds I kayaked in tandem with Shadie's little brother Kamil, the full length (320 miles) of the River Gambia in 10 days raising in excess of £25,000. We have built 2 schools and donated to a number of other smaller charities. We are planning another adventure in 2016 to raise more funds. Check out www.kayakrivergambia.com. Show less

West Africa

SMP provides sustainable solar powered solutions to rural off grid communities driving economic growth to some of the poorest communities in West Africa. The business is going from strength to strength and is expanding to other areas of West Africa including Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Ghana.

Sutton, United Kingdom

Welwyn Garden City

• Developed and implemented standard global operating blueprint based on ITIL and leading the initial stakeholder engagement• Business transition lead for Global Wide Area Network (GWAN) £35 million project across 13 countries, migrating from C&W/Vodafone in-house solution to Verizon fully outsourced managed solution• Successfully established Project Management Office (PMO) including setting the global project standards for documentation, reporting, communication and… Show more • Developed and implemented standard global operating blueprint based on ITIL and leading the initial stakeholder engagement• Business transition lead for Global Wide Area Network (GWAN) £35 million project across 13 countries, migrating from C&W/Vodafone in-house solution to Verizon fully outsourced managed solution• Successfully established Project Management Office (PMO) including setting the global project standards for documentation, reporting, communication and governance• Orchestrating multiple international multi location project management and cross functional technical teams of up to 40 people• Successfully integrated Tesco and vendor business support ticketing systems to allow two way ticket flow for incident and change management• Demonstrated strong vendor, stakeholder and conflict management skills• Recognised for the ability to serve as the interface between technical, project and management teams ensuring business objectives are aligned to technical delivery Show less

London

Founded cloud based online and backup and disaster recovery managed service provider focused on the SME sector. Successfully grew customer base leading to acquisition.

Newbury/Paddington

• Re-developed Vodafone hosted services portal targeted at SME & SOHO sectors; hosted services proposition included domain name registration, hosted email and web services saving £3m over 3 years and improving delivery times to operating companies• Re-designed sign up and eCommerce portal to improve stickiness and upsell additional services• Project managed delivery & deployment of localised hosted services capability into Vodafone operating companies in Europe• Integrated VoIP… Show more • Re-developed Vodafone hosted services portal targeted at SME & SOHO sectors; hosted services proposition included domain name registration, hosted email and web services saving £3m over 3 years and improving delivery times to operating companies• Re-designed sign up and eCommerce portal to improve stickiness and upsell additional services• Project managed delivery & deployment of localised hosted services capability into Vodafone operating companies in Europe• Integrated VoIP capability into Zimbra email platform providing a true unified communications offering• Rationalised EMEA data centres and network infrastructure to reduce cost and operational complexity, leading to quicker deployment times of web instances Show less

London, United Kingdom

• Managed business transformation project reporting to CIO with 15 direct reports• Strategically developed and implemented standard operating models, delivering people and process change across four departments• Strategically aligned operational teams to achieve aggressive growth strategy• Supported the project team in the delivery of £1.5m Broadsoft VoIP platform upgrade through the entire project lifecycle• Introduced business reporting to sales and operational teams using a… Show more • Managed business transformation project reporting to CIO with 15 direct reports• Strategically developed and implemented standard operating models, delivering people and process change across four departments• Strategically aligned operational teams to achieve aggressive growth strategy• Supported the project team in the delivery of £1.5m Broadsoft VoIP platform upgrade through the entire project lifecycle• Introduced business reporting to sales and operational teams using a combination of CRM and customised management reporting tools • Delivered custom CRM and management tool with integrated cloud based helpdesk• Rationalised internal IT systems migrating key services to the cloud and outsourced other business critical services reducing internal IT cost and risk Show less

Performed 7 consecutive technical and project management roles reporting directly to the CTO as well as being an integral member of a global IT team working closely with global site level IT teams. My contribution was key to the global planning and implementation of the group’s IT strategies.

Ba Hons, Business Information Systems, 2:1

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