Ivan Kennes has worked in SaaS, EdTech and Global Skills Programmes since 2005. He brings 15+ years of commercial leadership experience and expertise in international strategic partnerships, channel sales and operational delivery at corporate and non-profit organisations such as ACT Inc, DIGIRAMIS Solutions and Pearson plc.Ivan serves as Senior Channel Operations Director at ACT Inc, leading strategic initiatives to future-proof international & digital delivery of The ACT Test and Subject Tests and to secure re-accreditation for college admissions.He volunteers as Ambassador for International & Digital Development at Bipolar UK, working on digital strategy, thought leadership and strategic alliances to introduce the charity's e-learning resources to global audiences.Ivan has overseen major technology and service rollouts from concept to final solution, positioning thousands of international institutions in the private, public and non-profit sectors for sustained growth with digital learning and assessment capabilities.He built hundreds of career readiness and workforce development pathways by matching academic courses, apprenticeship programs, corporate learning initiatives and industry-recognised assessments.In the 3 years prior to joining ACT in 2019, Ivan carried out applied research, into the uptake of EdTech in the workplace by non-digital natives. He developed a full-pathway solution integrating neuroscientific coaching techniques with learning analytics to maintain productivity and deliver quantifiable ROI on training and L&D costs.Ivan is a Certified Designing Talent Coach and a member of the Interaction Design Foundation and the Corporate Governance Institute. He studied Leadership and Talent Development at IESE Business School in Munich (2017-2018) and took Business Administration courses at Manchester Business School (2010-2011). He is a Belgian polyglot fluent in 4 languages, and an avowed autodidact with interests in Research & Innovation and Behavioural Sciences.Ivan moved to the UK in 1997. After spending 7 years in Cardiff and 14 years in Manchester, he now lives in the Wirral in a restored 19th century coachman's cottage, overlooking the river Dee and North-Wales; with his wife, young daughters and menagerie of pets.
Listed skills include Solution Selling, Consultative Selling, Sales Process, Consulting, and 46 others.