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Imran Patel Email & Phone Number
Founder and Managing Director
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Idea Pioneers
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@ideapioneers.co.za
1 phone found area 782
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Role
Founder and Managing Director
Location
City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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Imran Patel is listed as Founder and Managing Director at Idea Pioneers, a company with 8 employees, based in City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at ideapioneers.co.za, phone signal with area code 782, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Imran Patel.
Imran Patel previously worked as Chief Innovation & Marketing Officer at Futurist Group and Founder at Shieldforce Panic, Safety & Anti-Gbv Mobile App. Imran Patel holds Master, Business Administration from Graduate School Of Business, University Of Cape Town.
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About Imran Patel
Imran is pioneering the adoption of Innovation, Marketing, Technology, CX & EX within ambitious African organisations. He has added value to over 80 corporate clients across 4 continents, won 43 local & global awards, created 5 products currently licensed by corporations & created over 140 new jobs.Between his immersive corporate executive roles, projects & contracts, currently as the Chief Experience Officer at VMLY&R (the Global Brand and Customer Experience Agency), Imran is also the founder & director of several pioneering businesses including Idea Pioneers (a leading innovation management, marketing technology, CX, EX and loyalty practice), App Juice (an exciting mobile app development studio) & Internet Marketing & Innovation Agency (an award-winning digital marketing & technology agency), amongst others. He is also the founder of revolutionary technology products such as ShieldForce (the leading panic, safety & anti-GBV mobile app platform), EventForce (a revolutionary employee engagement and event management mobile app platform, and IdeaForce (an affordable and scalable IMS for emerging economies).Prior to his entrepreneurial career, Imran was the Marketing Manager for Edgars Club, Credit, Cash Card, Financial Services, e-Commerce, Events & Sponsorships at Edcon, before moving to SA’s biggest healthcare administrator where he championed innovation (at Exco level for the AfroCentric Health Group) & loyalty (via a JV with Old Mutual.) Before joining Edcon, Imran was the Head of Marketing for Momentum’s loyalty programmes, Multiply and Save Thru Spend.Imran is the founder of the award-winning IdeaForce IMS (Innovation Management System), the AuditForce suite of Loyalty, Innovation & CX audits & EventForce, a break-through feature-packed employee engagement app suite.He is a serial award winner & his leadership translated into AfroCentric Health, Edcon & his own businesses winning 43 local & international awards. Imran has worked with over 80 brands in the retail, financial services, healthcare, ICT, consumer electronics, entertainment, sports, transport and NGO sectors.He also serves as lecturer at Wits Business School. He graduated with an MBA from UCT’s Graduate School of Business in 2005, where he won 3 gold awards. He has served as a Board Member at the DMASA, and also as judge for the Assegai Awards.
Listed skills include Strategy, Direct Marketing, Crm, Management, and 66 others.
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Idea Pioneers
23 roles · 18 years
Imran Patel work experience
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Chief Innovation & Marketing Officer
Current
Futurist Group
Apr 2014 - Present
Founder
Current
Shieldforce Panic, Safety & Anti-Gbv Mobile App
Mar 2019 - Present
Founder
Current
May 2017 - Present
Managing Director
Current
Mar 2014 - Present
Founder Of The Ideaforce Innovation Management System
Current
Jun 2014 - Present
Chief Experience Officer
Chief Experience Officer: VMLY&R South AfricaHead of VMLY&R Commerce South Africa
May 2022 - May 2024
Executive: Customer Experience (Cx)
Nov 2018 - Mar 2020
Commercial And Creative Director
Jan 2017 - Dec 2019
Head: Innovation
Accountable for the Group's crowd-sourced innovation management program.
Mar 2012 - Mar 2014
Managing Director
I.E. Business Insight & Strategic Consulting (Jv: Old Mutual & Afrocentric Health)
Loyalty | Rewards | CRMDesign, Development & DeploymentHead of Innovation for Medscheme(This is not Imran's own business)
Dec 2010 - Mar 2014
Edgars Club, Financial Services, Events & E-Commerce Marketing Manager
- Duties
- Head of the Edgars Club loyalty programme (Profit Centre & the biggest programme amongst LSM’s 5-10 with over 1 million billed members) incl. the Edgars Club Magazine, the most widely circulated & read monthly magazine.
- Marketing Manager for the Edcon Department Stores’ Credit, Cash Card, Gift Cards, Financial Services & MasterCard portfolios,
- Head of the Edcon Department Stores’ e-Commerce Marketing division & the Events, Sponsorship, Stores Marketing and Internal Promotions portfolios
Jun 2007 - Nov 2010
Board Member
Direct Marketing Association Of South Africa
2008 - 2010
~2 yrs
Head: Marketing (Momentum Multiply)
Momentum
MARKETING, Momentum (Lifestyle Product House), July 2006 to June 2007DutiesStrategic Marketing Management of Momentum's wellness and loyalty programmes to members, partners and stakeholdersOperational Management of marketing campaigns focussed on increasing partner usage, activation and acquisition of members
Jun 2006 - Jun 2007
Project Manager
DutiesResponsible & accountable for Design & Implementation of Incentive, Rewards & Loyalty Programs for 4 leading SA & International FirmsDevelop and implement Marketing, Brand, Internal Communications, Website, e-Media, Print Media and Direct Mail strategies for clients
Apr 2005 - Jun 2006
Business Development Manager
Achieveglobal South Africa
Brief: Skills Development Consulting & ImplementationDuties: Marketing and Brand Management, IT Management, Account Management and New Business Development
Mar 2004 - Apr 2005
Project Manager
Highbury Monarch Communications
May 2003 - Mar 2004
Project Manager
Jet Computers / Enterprise Technologies
Jan 2003 - May 2003
Training & Development Consultant
Jul 2002 - Dec 2002
Manager
Spearhead Business Management Consultants
Aug 2001 - Jun 2002
Senior Project Manager / Corporate Accounts Manager
Blue Chip Institute Of Technology
May 2000 - Aug 2001
Project Manager
Durban Metropolitan Council
Apr 1999 - Apr 2000
Operations Manager
Fast Foods Group (Pty) Ltd
after hours mainly, while studying)
Jan 1995 - Jan 2000
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Sibusiso Nkabinde
Colleague at Idea PioneersJohannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, South Africa
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Isabella Pemberton
Colleague at Idea PioneersJohannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, South Africa
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Mohammed Mamoojee
Colleague at Idea PioneersCity Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, South Africa
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Mcminn Segalo
Colleague at Idea PioneersSouth Africa, South Africa
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Sibusiso Nkabinde
Colleague at Idea PioneersJohannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, South Africa
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Isabella Pemberton
Colleague at Idea PioneersJohannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, South Africa
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Mohammed Mamoojee
Colleague at Idea PioneersCity Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, South Africa
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Mcminn Segalo
Colleague at Idea PioneersSouth Africa, South Africa
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6 education records
Imran Patel education
Master, Business Administration
Graduate School Of Business, University Of Cape Town
Mba, Strategy, Marketing, Sports Sponsorships
Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English, Psychology, Media & Communications
Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology, English
University Of Natal
Education record
Matric, Orient High School, Durban
Matric With Exemption
Orient
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Imran Patel works for Idea Pioneers.
What is Imran Patel's role at Idea Pioneers?
Imran Patel is listed as Founder and Managing Director at Idea Pioneers.
What is Imran Patel's email address?
AeroLeads has found 1 work email signal at @ideapioneers.co.za for Imran Patel at Idea Pioneers.
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AeroLeads has found 1 phone signal(s) with area code 782 for Imran Patel at Idea Pioneers.
Where is Imran Patel based?
Imran Patel is based in City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa while working with Idea Pioneers.
What companies has Imran Patel worked for?
Imran Patel has worked for Idea Pioneers, Futurist Group, Shieldforce Panic, Safety & Anti-Gbv Mobile App, Eventforce, and Vmly&R.
Who are Imran Patel's colleagues at Idea Pioneers?
Imran Patel's colleagues at Idea Pioneers include Sibusiso Nkabinde, Isabella Pemberton, Mohammed Mamoojee, and Mcminn Segalo.
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What schools did Imran Patel attend?
Imran Patel holds Master, Business Administration from Graduate School Of Business, University Of Cape Town.
What skills is Imran Patel known for?
Imran Patel is listed with skills including Strategy, Direct Marketing, Crm, Management, Marketing Management, Marketing, Social Media Marketing, and Business Development.
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