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United Arab Emirates

Singapore, Singapore

Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

Responsible for the creation and management of a new B2C department with the goal to expand the company’s business reach from professional clients to consumers. This includes the creation of a new, separate brand identity and a range of consumer-oriented products. Set-up of various media communication channels such as a Website, Social media, Social networks, PR, events and print materials. Audience identification and engagement. Conducting marketing activities through these channels.Responsible for the development and implementation of the company’s marketing communication strategies within existing and future B2B audiences.

Hua Hin

Chumphon Marina Shipyards is a boatbuilding company, with a shipyard in the Don Sak District of South Thailand, with strengths in design, quality and manufacturing deliverance.The Chumphon Marina Bay development is located at the town of Saphli in the Chumphon province.This landmark development aims to become an environmental friendly marine lifestyle hub, offering a gateway to the phenomenal natural beauty of this part of the Gulf of Thailand, with numerous pristine islands, coral reefs, and mangroves to explore.The boutique marina will be offering visitors and residents a location that is untouched by mass tourism and retains a low key character, flowing harmoniously and complementary to the local community and the environment.

Sea - Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

Business development and Marketing Consultancy

Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

Manage the online marketing department. Rebranding strategy process.Align brand consistency over all communication channels.E-commerce strategy and implementation. Support acquisition processes.

Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

Oversee the group's marketing activities.

Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

At Divine dcc, we deliver social media and digital marketing consultancy.Our core services: - Corporate online branding and marketing strategies. - Employer branding and employee engagement. - Community and campus recruitment via social engagement. - Leadership strategic counsel.Divine dcc offices are @ Sukhumvit Soi 21, Bangkok, Thailand.

Bangkok

In July 2014, we rebranded BAM-SMS to Bamboo Labs.Social Media is just one aspect of the way communities, businesses and individuals communicate via the internet. Digital Media is changing the rules of human interaction in our worldwide society. It influences political decisions, personal relationships and it infiltrates deep in the way companies recruit, communicate and operate.

Hq: Bangkok, Thailand

°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° BAM Social Media Services °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°We use a palette of Social Media tools to Boost your Business.We become part of your team and we share our Creativity, our Marketing and Sales Strategies and our KnowHow to achieve results.Position:Creative, out-of-the-box online communication strategies.Shareholder, member of the board, CEO, responsible for strategic business decisions, forecasts and budget control.Leading an international team of top-level employees.

Shareholder, member of the board, responsible for strategic business decisions, forecasts and budget control.New business startup. Market intrusion. Develop professional franchising structures and guidelines. Active sales, marketing and negotiating to both small businesses and multinationals; ie. leasings, insurers, car manufacturers and fleet owners. IT strategies and IT project initiating and follow-up. Customer retention. Set-up of online representation. Data analysis structures. People management.

Shareholder, member of the board, responsible for strategic business decisions, forecasts and budget control, supervising 12 top-level employees, active sales, marketing and negotiating. IT strategies and IT project initiating and follow-up. Persuaded PPG to rollback an earlier decision to sell their entire European CEI business to the Innovations group. Consequently organized, negotiated and concluded the management buyout of the CEI Claims handling department in the Benelux to Xyrus. 100% existing customer retention (Deloitte, Masterlease,…). High personal commercial involvement. Startup of new customers. Increased sales with 45% and profitability with 30% in one year. Secured long term business: move to 3-year contracts. Negotiated price increases with major customers. Established Xyrus as respected market player. Established partnerships with Carglass and major insurance brokers.

Belgium - Spain

European market introduction and development of PPG’s successful USA online claims management system, CEI. European Team effort. Innovative, challenging.Software project management to fit the diverse European markets. Sourcing. Sales successes with multinationals (Deloitte, Arval, GE, Masterlease, …). Established a network of 500+ repair shops in Europe. Business development and Marketing. Website project management. Contributed largely to the PPG business in Europe.

Initiator and Managing Director of Belgium’s leading franchise network in our business area, resulting in a turnover of 160.MM € in 2006 whilst maintaining a very lucrative profit margin and a positive cash flow. Customers were (and still are) major fleet owners, lease companies and insurance companies. Member of the board, responsible for strategic business decisions, forecasts and budget control, CEO, active sales, marketing and negotiating. IT strategies and IT project initiating and follow-up. Customer retention. Set-up of data analysis structures. Reporting. Overall responsibilities of the company.

Strategic business decisions for the Benelux area ( together with the business manager ), forecasts and budget control, supervising 19 top-level employees, active sales, marketing and negotiating.Develop customer retention plans. Organize and conduct sales, marketing and negotiating courses. Organize financial and business management training. Negotiate with insurance companies on behalf of our customers. Actively contribute to european and wwide teams on customer retention, IT applications, sales and marketing. Competition analysis. Participate as member of the board of the Belgian business federation in the Automotive business.

As a member of DuPont's marketing team, I did hold the position of European IT coordinator for DuPont's customers all over Europe, small to medium businesses. To supply them with DuPonts customer automation tools. Being the main IT professional at DuPont Refinish Marketing Europe, I also negotiated with hardware suppliers, developed project outlines for the software subcontractors, and did the follow up of system installers. Main countries of activity were: UK ( 45% ), France ( 20% ), Austria ( 10%), Benelux ( 5% ), and admin at head office: 20%.

Master’S Degree, Information Technology, Summa Cum Laude

Engineer’S Degree, Information Technology

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