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Scottsdale, Az, Us

Scottsdale, Az, Us

The Elev8™ mission is to help entrepreneurs build scalable, sustainable, and salable companies, while still maintaining a desirable lifestyle. We are part of the Industry Rockstar® Group, a global training company. The group has collectively trained over three million entrepreneurs around the globe (both virtually and in-person) over the past 15 years, across 80+ countries. The company and its founders have generated over $2B in sales, been featured in over 330 global publications, and have produced large-scale events with Tony Robbins, Les Brown, and Richard Branson.

ScaleUp Bridge is an advisory firm within business optimization for startups and scaleups. We are also co-founders of, and Partners in AI Scaleup Experts and Elev8 (part of the Industry Rockstar group).We help our portfolio companies and select private clients to bridge the gap between startup and scaleup. Less than three percent of companies grow to become scaleups in America, and even less globally. We believe that this statistic can be dramatically improved by implementing proven methodologies and systems to achieve growth and organizational excellence.

Novo Sarajevo, Federation Of Bosnia And Herzegovina, Ba

Chief Revenue Officer at an international startup studio that is ranked in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 CE & FT 1000 Europe lists. Co-led strategy and product success for our portfolio startups in pre-seed to IPO stages that generated > €500 million in new market value.• Drove an organizational turnaround, transitioning the company from a negative net profit margin to its best historical KPIs in just under two years.• Improved three-year revenue growth by 819%. • Raised compound annual growth rate (CAGR) by 109%.• Launched a new commercial model and renegotiated key service level agreements (SLAs) to achieve triple-digit growth.• Net Promoter Score (NPS) increased from 85 to 91.• Significantly contributed to achieving #21 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Central Europe 2019 list, #175 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2019 list, and selected as "Deloitte Technology Fast 50 CE Impact Stars" in 2020.• Played an instrumental role in placing #187 in Financial Times 1000: Europe's Fastest-Growing Companies 2020.• Contributed to winning UNDP's Sustainable Development Goals BiH, "Business Pioneers Award", People Category, in 2020.

Novo Sarajevo, Federation Of Bosnia And Herzegovina, Ba

C-Level corporate management as well as leading the operations, customer success, people operations, risk and legal departments. Implemented processes and projects that increased cross-functional efficiency.• Generated a 524% rise in earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization (EBITA).• Net profit margin growth of 42 percentage points.• Achieved NPS of +85 • Supported a 140% increase in staffing.• Ministry of Programming’s founders and I also co-founded a health tech startup where we secured a joint venture with Sweden’s largest psychology telehealth company.

Uppsala, Se

I have worked as an Interim C-Level Officer (Operations/Revenue) for the past five years (2015 - Present) in the following roles: • Chief Revenue Officer, Ministry of Programming (08/2019 - Present)• Chief Operations Officer, Ministry of Programming (01/2018 - 08/2019)• Senior Management Consultant, incl. government agency assignment (04/2016 - 12/2018)*• Chief Operations Officer (Interim), Scrive AB (07/2015 - 03/2016)*Senior Management Consultant, incl. government agency assignment (04/2016 - 12/2018)Assignments as a Senior Management Consultant, including an assignment for the Swedish Government's anti-discrimination agency.• Managed strategic and operational recruitment as well as partaking in strategic diversity, accessibility, and anti-discrimination projects. • Helped prepare for General Data Protection Regulation legislation requirements. • Oversaw an HRIS implementation where we partnered with the vendor to rebuild the system to become the most accessible HRIS in the country.

I co-founded and was the CEO of a health tech startup in 2017, which became part of Ministry of Programming's investment portfolio. • Secured a joint venture with Sweden’s largest psychology telemedicine company.• Nordic Startup Awards’ nominee in the categories: “Best Health Tech” & “Best Social Impact”.Mentane provided free and instant access to mental health resources such as:• Peer-recommended tools and methods • A story-sharing platform and forum• Access to subsidized appointments with licensed psychologists (10 USD/session).

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Se

Oversaw an organizational turnaround and centralization, optimizing the company for scalability. • Contributed towards achieving Nordic market leader status within electronic signatures, facilitating 12MM+ transactions/year.• Helped expand the customer base to 25+ countries • Recruited a new leadership team.• Led an end-to-end office relocation.

Joined the leadership team of a national telecommunications retailer, managing functions of 150+ employees, four direct reports, strategy, budgets, culture and built the Human Resources department.• Grew the business from a small startup to a nationwide chain with 28 stores and SEK 250MM revenue. • Launched company-wide processes and procedures. This included a leadership and sales training program that boosted revenue per full-time employee by 56% and reduced absenteeism by 31%.• Improved employee relations by implementing a fraud detection program that lowered internal theft by 94%, winning > 25 union negotiations as well as an extensive court case.• Led a restructuring and ensured the firm’s survival after 75% of the national telecommunications operators terminated industry reseller contracts (a scenario that bankrupted > 60% of direct competitors).

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Responsibilities included strategic recruitment, branding and employee engagement at the global fast-food company’s U.K. corporate level.• Co-created and led McDonald’s national employer brand campaign which generated £1MM+ in public relations value and 57MM opportunities to see in press and media. • Won the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development U.K. Campaign of the Year award.• Increased career website traffic by 47%+ in less than three weeks by leading a U.K. careers website redesign.• Produced and submitted 90% of McDonald’s UK brand award entries, winning more than 20 titles.• Selected twice to judge His Royal Highness Prince Charles’ Business in the Community Awards.• Assisted with the strategy and employer branding for the recruitment of 70K volunteers for the 2012 Olympic Games.• Selected for the company's High Potential Mentorship Program in 2010 and 2011.

San Francisco, California, Us

Reporting to the European HR-Director, I oversaw the recruiting departments at the EMEA headquarters (6K employees). • Received a recognition award from the President of GAP EMEA for shaping the recruitment strategy, reducing agency spending by 87.5% in < 18 months.• Collaborated with the Senior Vice Presidents and board members, as a deputy Senior HRBP.• Led the recruitment for a multi-million-dollar project which replaced all legacy IT systems across EMEA.• Assisted with an HRIS upgrade. • Helped facilitate a corporate restructure, relocating the design function from New York City to London.• Supported the European launch of Gap Inc.’s upscale brand, Banana Republic.

New York, New York, Us

•Reported directly to Citi Head of Resourcing, Corporate Centre EMEA and matrix managed four consultants (RPO, Adecco). • I was responsible for recruitment policies covering 200+ roles in 10+ countries, as well as the end-to-end recruitment of two business unit’s UK vacancies (40+ simultaneously). • Partook in several HR projects, including the Taleo HRIS implementation (trained the trainers).

London, Gb

• International Recruitment Consultant, IT Human Resources Ltd., London, U.K. (Full-time)• Market Research Consultant, Intervju Poolen AB, Stockholm, Sweden (Part-time, during studies)

Diploma And Qualification, Graduate Training Scheme In Resourcing

Bachelor, Business Administration