Jean-Paul Damen Email & Phone Number

Eindhoven, Nb, Nl

Eindhoven, Nb, Nl

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, In

Leadership position, pioneering and scaling from the 1st to 150+ people• First foot on the ground supporting the Managing Director• Recruiting, onboarding and mentoring multiple people (Sales, Marketing, Office Mngt)• Leading a team of European account management professionals in the SaaS industry• Managing named accounts for customer success, revenue growth and retention• Implementing and building a competence center for Account Management in SaaS• Collaboration with consulting partners for excellent service delivery of SaaS solutions in Europe• Relationship and stakeholder management, providing guidance to optimise and scale• Development of customer references to build trust for growth in Europe

Boardroom Advisory and Consulting Services highly specialised in growing SAAS and Telecom companies by offering facilitating start-up initiatives and providing M&A guidance.• Full P&L accountability for two boutique companies in Start-Up and in M&A guidance• Assignments on average for 1-2 years at Tele2, XS4ALL, Claranet, SNS Bank• Mentoring and coaching professionals in sales, marketing, consulting, legal and accounting• Executing M&A strategies (Sourcing, Documenting, Pitching, Negotiating, Launch)• Executing growth and expansion plans (Business case investment 2nd DataCenter)• Executing strategy consulting and annual business planning (at ISP’s and MSP’s)• Contracted for interim Sales Management• Interim Product Development and Product Management• Interim Marketing Management and Strategy Implementation

Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nl

Post Acquisition Scale Up Executive Director • Integration and scaling up the growth of the customer base from 150 to 300+ accounts• Sales Management in SaaS (new business, upgrades, cross-sales, retention)• Transforming the company into a consulting firm • Executing Consultative sales Strategies • Development of digital transformation tactics to capitalise in Google Cloud Ecosystem• Financial planning and budgeting, outsourcing telecom activities• Market launch of the company including launch website

'S-Hertogenbosch, Nl

Early innovator SaaS Entrepreneur• Investor and founder of a Mobile Data and SaaS service provider• Officially listed as registered Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) in 2007• Passionate and experienced Google Cloud professional in business transformation• Sales Management, creating a 150 early adopters customer base for SaaS• Team leader for Marketing, Project Management, Implementation, Migration and Training• P&L responsible, financial planning and budgeting, bootstrapped• Acquired by GeeFirm

Interim Management to guarantee business continuity• Introducing a new vision, strategy and business plan to refinance the company • Restructuring the company while managing 35 direct reports on the payroll• P&L responsibility of €3M, increasing profitability with double digits • Sales Management, contracting accounts like McDonalds, Hero, FarmFrites, Rousselot, Ardo• Severe cost cutting, immediate relocation, sell and leaseback fleet • Outsourcing service department and downsizing non core activities • Business process redesign, implementing sales policies and setup website

Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nl

A Business Development cross-pollination experiment• Team leader of 3 business development experts• Executing the new sales strategy of innovative construction concepts • Introducing new marketing formats and new go-to-market strategies (DBFM,PPS) • Coordination of annual business planning and reporting• Screening and analyses of acquisition candidates (M&A)

Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nl

Enjoying a KPN Corporate Potential high performance career path, anAcceleration program for selected young professionals, coached by the board.2001-2003 Business Development - ProClare (KPN IL, Oracle, AtCostPlus) 1999-2001 Management Consultant Branche Finance - BU Corporate N/W1997-1999 Formula Mgr. Indirect Sales - KPN EDK - IT Channels 1995-1997 Project Mgr. New Media and Internet - Royal Dutch PostofficesResponsibilities• Product management of various services• Defining go-to-market strategies and commercial roll-outs• Management (acquisition and development) of IT partner channel• Pre-sales consulting corporate accounts• Branche management Financial Services sector• Development of KPN marketing academy

Kenosha, Wisconsin, Us

Norwich, Norfolk, Gb

Yokohama-Shi, Kanagawa, Jp

Nissan Motor Parts Centre Europe

Rab, Guidance Of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

Master, Strategic Business And Marketing Management

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Automotive Business Management

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