Philip Druce Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Australia

OvulationCalculator.com helps couples conceive faster. We collect and analyze our users' aggregated data and utilize data mining, machine learning and pattern recognition methods to strengthen our fertility prediction algorithms. Our simple to use application allows women to record and track their own cycle data, which provides a personal experience and a stronger fertility prediction. Over 100,000 pregnancies recorded. Over 500k active monthly users.

Europe

Melbourne, Australia

Responsible for the day-to-day running of quicksales.com.au (previously OZtion.com.au) including product management and operations. Worked with stake-holders across all business units within carsales.com including strategy, product & technology, marketing and finance.

Melbourne, Australia

Responsible for OZtion.com.au including sales & marketing, product development management, project management, hosting, operations, reporting and administration management. Working with the CEO and CFO of Jumbuck and presenting initiatives to the board.Selected Accomplishments:• Designed and set-up systems in a 2nd data centre for fail-over.• Facilitated the sale of OZtion Pty Ltd from Jumbuck Entertainment Ltd to carsales.com Ltd. This acquisition included all assets and staff. Worked with key personnel from carsales to facilitate the deal and provide technical, sales, legal and finance data for due diligence. Once a deal was agreed, I managed the business migration successfully over to carsales.

Melbourne, Australia

Responsible for the day-to-day operations of Carbuddy.com.au. including marketing, product development management, project management, hosting, operations, reporting and administration management.Selected Accomplishments:• Launched carbuddy.com.au with minimal resources and grew it to 186,000 monthly UBs, 650 dealers and 37,000 cars within 7 months.• Designed a high performance and scalable infrastructure for the carbuddy website which included a fail-over system to a 2nd data centre.• Facilitated the sale of the carbuddy website and IP from Jumbuck Entertainment Ltd to CarAdvice Ltd. Planned and carried out the data, systems and hosting migration and worked with both Jumbuck and CarAdvice management and technical people from the due diligence phase to completion and training to ensure a smooth transition.

Melbourne, Australia

Co-founded with Kelvin Yip in Jan 2005 and stayed through two acquisitions from ASX listed companies and a re-brand to quicksales.com.au. As co-founder and CEO of OZtion I was responsible for most areas of the business including strategy, business development, sales & marketing, raising funds, hosting, legal, accounts, administration and communicating with organisations, suppliers and investors.Selected Accomplishments:• Business Growth - Co-founded and built business from start-up to generate $100,000 revenue monthly; grew the member base to 275,000 and the listings to 670,000 within 3.5 years.• Sales Increase – Increased sales year-over-year from 21,002 in year 1 to 853,857 in year 3.• Staff Supervision – Hired, trained and supervised staff.• Project Management – Managed product launches and infrastructure projects. Projects included new website products, marketing campaigns, hosting upgrades, hardware upgrades and system upgrades.• Operations Management – Responsible for the uptime of the site, maintenance, configuring monitoring systems and attending to and resolving any issues, including liaising with hardware vendors and hosting suppliers.• Content Management - Served as the primary copywriter for website content and advertising campaigns.• Efficiency Improvement – Established streamlined systems, technologies, and processes to maximise efficiency and productivity.• Investor Relations – Responsible for all fund raising activities and communications with investors including providing information memorandums, business plans, marketing plans, business reports and financial projections.• Company Sale – Managed all aspects of the sale of OZtion Pty Ltd to ASX listed Jumbuck Entertainment Ltd.

Melbourne, Australia

Providing IT consulting to SMEs in the Melbourne area.• Designed and developed database software for clients including systems to manage inventory, clients, jobs, human resources and operations.• Providing IT support including windows administration, network administration, hardware & infrastructure planning and support.• Developed software for eBay sellers to assist with listing & sales management including inventory, sales, communications, payments, postage and feedback management. Over 1600 eBay sellers subscribed to use AuctionEzy.

Diploma Of Personal Computer And Business Management

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