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Paris Area, France

Paris Area, France

Coffreo is the Digital Weapon for Temporary Employment Agencies !! We are growing fast, and opening our German office this month, and are recruiting a Product Manager and Sales people for Germany. Contact me directly, this will be a fun growth play. We are transacting over 500,000 documents a month now, and over 1 Milion temps have a Coffreo account.Check out our long list of customers at http://www.coffreo.biz/nos-clients/

Saas based online project management solution. Collaborative, highly scalable and fast growing community adding new users daily, based on more than 10 years of experience in the PPM market

Paris Area, France

Collaborative Project Management B2B SaaS software - Built up Sales & Marketing and Customer Services Teams, with new processes and new offerings. Complete re-design and repositioning of Product over 2 year period. Sales multiplied by 5 over 3 years, strong team in place with measureable Goals and KPI's. Signing major new strategic accounts. New release mentionned as a Sample Vendor within Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Project and Portfolio Management, 2015.

Company successfully sold to Asure Software in July 2012 (ASUR Nasdaq). - Completed successful financial exit of all shareholders in 2007- Remained as chairman of the board- Completed B fund raising round in 2008- Active role in representing all shareholders of the company on the board, CEO mentoring.

Boston, USACompany successfully sold to Asure Software (Nasdaq ASUR) in July 2012.Privately held Venture backed Independent Software Company with a subscription based solution managing in-building shared assets for over 2000 customers & millions of employees worldwide. Ranked in the top 500 global software companies by software magazine in 2009 and 2010.- Negotiated and funded the buyout of Meeting Maker product out of ON Technology Inc, a publicly traded company, including 23 headcount. Successfully obtained all IP rights to the product- Structured sales group into inside, corporate new, account management & VAR. Maintained sales above $6M through the 2000 & 2001 dot com financial crisis- Identified high value to customers of resource scheduling solution, acquired $300.000 business in 2003 that today represents over $10 M in subscription sales- Completed go to market documents, organized fund raising road show and completed initial VC fund raising of $4M in 2001 to accelerate our strategic product development and international growth- Attracted senior candidates for President US, VP Product Management and Sales Managers in UK, France and Germany

Co-founder of €50M new Venture Fund initiative targeting an unmet market need where Information Technology and Energy Management intersect. Focus is on creating a portfolio of European investments in private companies with a proven business model, clear path to 1M Euro in billings, solutions offering significant energy related cost reductions in cloud computing, business and consumer applications.

Mumbai, Katmandu

Green Ventures sources & manages renewable energy projects for construction in the fast growing rural Indian and Nepalese market. The company exclusively considers projects that incorporate economic, environmental and social metrics as part of its core strategy, seeking 10 to 20% IRR's. The annual market value of electricity from renewable energy services to the rural Indian segment is estimated to be worth over $2.04 billion a year.

Identified the demand in the local market and through the acquisition and refurbishment of an old local bakery brought to market a range of successful high end bakery products.- Signed six year partnership agreement with local market leader for domain know how.- Opened five retail outlets and two franchises in five years & completely remodeled the production center.- Created a new market category allowing us to charge up to 30% more than competitors. Business achieved 12% profitability of annual sales of €1.5 million.- Exit – business sold to local businessmen in March 2010

Munich, GermanyPublicly held Software company, releasing the first successful graphics products on the windows platform based in Dallas, Texas, subsequently acquired by Corel Corporation.- Reconstructed the sales & marketing organization to a tiered sales strategy consisting of retail, VAR, corporate & OEM supported by pre& post sales engineers and local go to market product management- Signed new deals with Fortune 1000 companies, with a landmark Daimler corporate deal of $1M- Successfully sold into the retail channel with multi $100k deals with Media Markt, Vobis & Carstadt- Signed brand new OEM deals with leading retail vendors like Lidl & Aldi- Achieved year over year sales increases of 30% in 1997 and 46% in 1998 to $12.6 M, contributing over 40% of European sales- By 1998 Europe accounted for 60% of worldwide sales for the company, with Central Europe being the highest and most profitable contributor

Geneva, Switzerland- Helped create and staff the position- Established a quarterly reporting discipline with Country Managers, bringing all countries within agreed profitability margins- Budgets were achieved over a period of eight subsequent quarters resulting in a stock price from $4 to $18- Actively helped International offices influence strategic company direction ensuring better alignment with product management and go to market programs

Geneva, Switzerland- Completed Andersen professional training programs and standard three year field audit service program- Specialized in Business/process Improvement and Change management advisory services- Consulted to more than 30 clients throughout Europe, including business recovery, improvement and advisory services, – ranging from small companies to larger Fortune 1000 enterprises- Completed conversion to international reporting standards for several major Swiss / US and Hungarian companies, enabling more transparent financial reporting required by capital markets- Achieved consistent “above average” reviews, was an active member of the yearly recruiting team and within four years was offered a Manager position in the Zurich office

Johannesburg, South Africa- Justine was the largest independent S. African cosmetics company, sold to AVON Cosmetics in 1996

Johannesburg, South AfricaAuditor, special projects

Bachelor Of Commerce, Accounting And Commercial Law

International Bacalaureat, Physics, Math, German