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London, Gb

VirtualRetail.io is the worlds first integrated business intelligence, design and implementation platform built for retail.We empower leading brands and retailers to accelerate the evolution of physical and online retail to become:Faster. Better. More efficient.

42iQ is a market leading innovator within the PropTech industry.Our business is made up of pioneering team with backgrounds from Hollywood Film, AAA Computer Gaming, Advertising and Architectural Visualisation.We leverage our backgrounds, expertise and cutting-edge technology to create visually impressive outputs and real-time interactive environments that are true to life.The visual accuracy of our solutions help companies sell or lease properties quicker and for higher value. 42iQ have worked on major projects around the world including London projects such as New Scotland Yard, One Palace Street, Alpha Beta & White City Regeneration, providing products and services to JLL, CBRE, Knight Frank, Savills, Allsop and working directly with clients such as Stanhope, Northacre, Westfield, TFL, The Met Police, Infinity, BMW, J.P.Morgan & Adidas.Most of the projects we work on are confidential and therefore not documented on our website.

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Established and built an award winning company with a reputation as the go-to tech partner for brands to create world-first advertising and marketing campaigns through bespoke creation of 3D content, interactive software and hardware & electronics innovation.Clients included major global brands such as Universal, Warner Bros, Twentieth Century Fox, Philips, Samsung and Microsoft to name a few.Over 14 world-first achievements including the first gender recognition advertisement system used in outdoor advertising, first IR based touch screen to work outdoors, first gesture control system to work outdoors, first 3D 'without glasses' screen to work outdoors, first real-time conversion from stereoscopic to auto-stereoscopic (3D without glasses) solution for the BBC Wimbledon final plus many more.

• Continued to build the team, developing and strengthening the structure to include 2 Assistant Managers, 4 Team Leaders, 8 Senior Sales Executives and 12 Sales Executives.• Lead Scandinavian team to rank highest in Europe 2008 (sales per capita).• Developed aggressive sales strategies to drive sales through the economic downturn.• Employed, mentored and coached two of the top sales people in Marcus Evans Group, one is now running SMG Stockholm and presently top sales globally for the Marcus Evans Group of 2,300+ sales staff.• Created, developed and implemented pioneering research techniques which increased conversion rate for all sales staff members and is now incorporated within the group training for all divisions globally.

• The team I created became the most successful in Marcus Evans Group (globally) for 2007 achieving top team sales performance four consecutive months in a row.• Received personal award for highest single deal value achieved in the company’s history - €422k.• Continued to secure further deals that month achieving total sales value of €714k breaking a second record.• Personal total sales value for the month was greater than all other 98 staff put together.

• Given sole responsibility to establish a new team in Stockholm to drive sales performance.• Successfully recruited, trained and developed new team of 6 Sales Executives.

• Exclusive focus on large ticket packages to the highest level executives as part of Key Account Management.• Became top Senior Sales Executive in Scandinavia.

• Marketing and selling VIP Sports Hospitality packages to over 400 of the world’s most prestigious sports events, including Americas Cup Yacht Racing, Ryder Cup Golf, Formula 1, World Superbike, Champions League, Football World Cup, Rugby World Cup, and Olympic Games Etc. Package values ranged from €10k to €250k.• Exclusively cold calling Presidents, CEO’s and MD’s from Fortune 500 companies.• Responsible for establishing completely new client base and lead generation from ground zero.• First deal established new Scandinavian record for largest deal value achieved by a Sales Executive at €115k.

Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, Gb

• Prospecting and canvassing new and existing clients from major Architectural and Consultancy firms along with Contractors, End Users and Local Authorities in North East London and the Home Counties.• Led local authority contract negotiations up to £1M in value.

New Orleans, Us

• Lead prestigious lighting design projects including St. Andrews Golf Club and the Houses of Parliament.• Provided full technical backup for Holophane Europe to educate the consumer and increase market share.• Acted as consulting Design Engineer to Architects and Local Authorities to further leverage the Holophane brand.• Aided in the development of Industry Specific Software to create 3D simulations of famous and sensitive environments in order to gain planning permission from the government.

• Entrusted with high level projects such as Manchester United Football Club and the David Beckham estate.• Represented Tamlite at trade shows, promoting products and providing detailed insight into the company and associated services to facilitate customer understanding to prioritise the Tamlite brand.• Surveying sites, visiting customers, identifying, analysing and providing solutions to complex design models.

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