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About Simon Jones
Summary:Project Director / Interim Management Executive [LePJ] specialising in projects, primarily in the online & wireless/mobile space, that assure delivery, sales capability and implementation.Key Skills/Strengths include:- Change Management: expertise focusing on stakeholder analysis, engagement and buy-in- Key Account Development: brokering, developing and maintaining business relationships- People Management: team building, development (mentoring & training) and leadership- Project Management & Implementation: structured thinking & planning, strong stakeholder engagement whilst driving good project governance principles and outcomes- Representation: solid experience in representing and running international business entities local presence in Australia - Sales & Business Development: ‘business to business’ and ‘direct’ across a range of industry sectors- Stakeholder Management: ability in maintaining relationships at all levels from C-level stakeholders to front-line staff & customers- Start-up’s: extensive experience working within small start-up organisations (inc VC funding rounds) and start-up projects within large corporateSpecialities:- banking- e-Commerce- interactive TV- m-Commerce applications- not for profit- online/web services- mobile payments- publishing (on/offline)- telecommunications- wireless/mobile applications
Simon Jones's Current Company Details
Lepj
Management Consulting & Interim-Management @ LePJ
Simon Jones Work Experience Details
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RetiredLepj May 2017 - PresentSydney, AustraliaI remain interested in learning about relevant consulting and/or interim-management projects on a short to medium-term basis.
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PrincipalLepj - Management Consulting & Interim-Management Jul 2002 - Dec 2017AustraliaManagement Consulting & Interim-Management - Industry Sectors & Clients:Financial Services: Westpac Banking Corporation (WBC), Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ), Intech Credit UnionManagement Consulting: Fuji Xerox Australia, capitalC Consult, LePJ (consulting/project management), Dunmore Consulting, Watersave AustraliaMobile Solutions & Payments: Yambay (mobile apps), Simply Wireless (wireless solutions), National Voice + Data (NVD), inkXpress, InterAcct, Community Engine, Boku Inc., Fusion PaymentsNot For Profit: The Starlight Children's Foundation, The Society for Knowledge EconomicsRepresentation/Agency: G Ettinger Ltd, Geoffrey Parker Games, Million-2-1 (How Lo?)Telecommunications (mobile & online): British Telecom, SingTel Optus, InterAcct (pre-paid vendor), Mnet Group (mobile content services), Boku Inc., Fusion PaymentsTraditional & Digital Media: Mirror Group Newspapers, TVTimes, The Independent + The Independent on Sunday, News Corp: The Times, News Internet Publishing, LineOne, BSkyB
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Partnership Director [Lepj]Intech Credit Union Apr 2016 - Jan 2017Sydney, AustraliaIntech Credit Union is a mutual banking company serving technology workers, the origins of which date back more than 50 years when employees of Telstra & IBM set up Credit Unions to provide more competitive banking facilities for their employees. Whilst Intech still partners with Telstra & IBM, my project based role was to help broaden the partnership base. This included opening a dialogue with a number of mainstream Australian ICT companies, with a view to extending Intech's range of financial services as a significant employee benefit to staff within these organisations.
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Account Director [Lepj]Fusion Payments Aug 2015 - Oct 2016Sydney, AustraliaA return to InterAcct Solutions Group (now Fusion Payments) to run with a number of mobile recharge & payment projects into Australian carriers and to develop new channels within Telstra.Fusion provides an integrated suite of mobile authentication, recharge & payment systems to mobile operators and banks. -
Commercial Director [Lepj]Watersave Australia Pty Ltd Sep 2014 - Dec 2015Sydney, AustraliaContract role to define, implement and manage Watersave's ‘Channel & Distribution Strategy’ for their SmartMeter Utility Management Solution (SUMS) which remotely logs/reports real-time usage on any pulse enabled utility meter. The role included identifying potential partner organisations and negotiating distribution & channel agreements with a view to significantly growing Watersave’s customer base within Australia and overseas.
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Project Consultant [Lepj]National Voice & Data Nov 2011 - Jun 2015Sydney, AustraliaNVD is a national communications company who deliver a range of Data & Wireless Access Services, Hosted Voice products and Fixed Line/Mobile telephony services to the business and not-for-profit market.Assigned by NVD as an Agent to help sell their range of Data & Wireless Access Services, Hosted Voice products and Fixed Line/Mobile telephony services. -
Project Consultant [Lepj]Inkxpress Jan 2012 - Jan 2015Sydney, AustraliainkXpress sells both original and compatible printer cartridges for all major manufacturers and has a key relationship with AMP to supply Lexmark printer equipment & consumables into AMP’s Financial Planner network.Engaged to initiate a programme of work to implement the swap out/upgrade of a large number of key AMP ‘DAS’ print sites. Uptake was strong and the project ultimately delivered. -
Country Manager Australia [Lepj]Boku, Inc. Jul 2013 - Jun 2014Sydney, AustraliaContract role to manage Boku’s relationships with Australian Carriers, to facilitate the launch of Boku’s existing Merchants onto direct Carrier connections within Australia and to gain approval from Carriers with regard to bringing on new Australian Merchants and Boku’s current & future verticals. -
Australian Agent [Lepj]G Ettinger Ltd May 2005 - May 2014AustraliaSole representation/agency agreement with G Ettinger for all product sales into Australia. G Ettinger is one of the few remaining British luxury leather goods companies still manufacturing in the UK and they pride themselves on designing and hand crafting only the finest leather goods.Ettinger product is available in AUS via Henry Bucks and Hardy Brothers - other outlets sought - www.ettinger.co.uk -
Account Director + Consulting Project Manager [Lepj]Dunmore Consulting Jan 2011 - Feb 2013Sydney, AustraliaDunmore provides consulting services from strategy through to delivery and has expertise in strategy development, project & program management and organisational change. Dunmore was established in 2007 and is a boutique consulting company focusing on government, banking & finance and the telecommunications sectors.As a senior team member I also undertook a number of consulting, general management & project management engagements for Dunmore. -
Project Consultant [Lepj]Community Engine Jun 2012 - Nov 2012Sydney, AustraliaCommunity Engine is a social network marketplace combining e-commerce, social media and contact management tools for small business.I was engaged on a short-term contract to evaluate the potential uptake for ‘National Offers’, to mentor the Sales Team and to appraise existing Sales capabilities prior to CE’s national rollout.
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Project Consultant [Lepj]The Society For Knowledge Economics May 2010 - May 2011Sydney, AustraliaThe Society for Knowledge Economics (SKE) was formed to address Australia's critical need to develop more innovative, fulfilling and high performing workplaces. SKE works with governments, businesses, researchers, industry associations, unions and others in order to develop through leadership whilst assisting organisations achieve their full potential.I was engaged to run the recruitment and on-boarding process of organisations into SKE’s ‘High Performing Workplaces in Australia’ (HPW) research study, a project based out of UNSW. In this role I was responsible for developing a contact & engagement strategy, the briefing of senior executives & management of potential candidate organisations and the on-boarding of over 120 firms into the research project.
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Project Consultant [Lepj]Interacct Solutions May 2010 - Apr 2011Sydney, AustraliaInterAcct Solutions Group is a specialist, business-to-business mobile solutions provider. The company was founded in 2001 having developed proprietary technology that facilitates the deployment of applications and services that initially utilised the benefits of USSD technology but now form a complete integrated service level for all mobile channels.I was engaged to lead a business development project that looked to extend the sale of EZYrecharge (a real-time pre-paid mobile & wireless broadband recharge application) into mainstream internet banking sites (including PayPal) and to broaden the interconnect beyond Telstra into Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) & Optus.
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Project Consultant [Lepj]Starlight Children'S Foundation Australia Jan 2009 - Mar 2010Sydney, AustraliaLaunch of livewire.org.au a safe online community targeted at children & adolescents living with serious illness, a chronic condition or disability. Launched the outreach signup process into the main Children’s Hospitals and post launch ran a bedside access programme rolling out 3G NetBooks into Paediatric Wards & Respite Centres. -
Head Of Migration [Lepj]Anz Institutional Bank Jun 2007 - Jan 2009Sydney & Melbourne, AustraliaThe ANZ CMP Project (Cash Management Platform) ensured the delivery of 'ANZ Transactive' an online replacement for 'ANZ Online' a legacy based dial-up application utilised by ANZ Institutional, Corporate and Business Banking clients. The role encompassed:- pre-launch Q1/08: responsible for all Migration pre-planning including the ‘Migration Plan’, Registration & Helpdesk processes, training plans (staff & clients), assessing client functionality matches to phased application release, Stakeholder & Project Team management, resource planning, staff recruitment, budgeting (Project & BAU) and the delivery of pipeline management & reporting tools including a tracking database OnTrack!- post-launch: implementation responsibility for the phased migration ~9,000 ANZ Online base-stations used by ANZ Institutional, Corporate & Business Banking clients. Responsibility included management of a team (65 at peak; Migration Managers & Officers, Registration & Helpdesk based in Sydney, Melbourne & Bangalore), stakeholder management & reporting, ensuring best practice customer experience and ultimately decommissioning all ANZ Online base-stations by close of 2012. -
Migration Lead [Lepj]Westpac Institutional Bank – Corporate Online (Col) May 2006 - May 2007Sydney, AustraliaCOL was a complex multi-million dollar project that delivered new enhancements to an internet-based banking solution for Westpac's high-end Institutional & Business Banking clients. The project encapsulated the migration of customers from Deskbank (DBK), a legacy based dial-up banking solution to COL, whilst also addressing a number of core compliance issues:- co-ordinating and facilitating communications within the various impacted areas of the Bank- identifying ongoing opportunities for improving the end to end migration process- improving and maintaining the migration process from DBK to COL and the reporting of such- initiating a number of tools i.e. a Flash demo, a suite of e-Learning modules and a tracking database- milestone tracking & resource planning- pro-actively managing the issues, risks and scope changes associated with the migration- providing timely and appropriate reporting to Management and Stakeholders- working closely with core streams in the Migration Team and the wider organisation to forecast and manage the migration pipeline -
Project Consultant [Lepj]Cableman Jun 2005 - Mar 2006Melbourne, AustraliaProject focussing on Cableman’s investment in homeXchange which included bulk sales of homeXchange (electrical trade & property developers), the negotiation of distribution & supply agreements and general consulting services relating to paired products i.e. Taperwire (USA).
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Sales Director [Lepj]M.Net Corporation Oct 2003 - Jun 2005Sydney, AustraliaResponsible for m.Net’s efforts in promoting the uptake of Premium-SMS Applications and Rich-Media Mobile Broadband Services into telco’s, media-owners (TV, Print & Radio) and above/below-the-line advertising & sales promotion agencies. -
Sales Director [Lepj]Simply Wireless Jul 2002 - Apr 2003Sydney, AustraliaResponsible for all revenue generating activities, mentoring & managing a specialist sales team and providing strategic direction. Simply Wireless specialised in private wireless network technologies WiFi (802.11), Point-to-Point & Bluetooth, primarily in the SoHo and SME sectors.
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Director, Business Development & Founding ShareholderYambay Jan 2000 - Jul 2002Sydney, AustraliaYambay is a leading developer of Handheld Computer (PDA) applications, m-commerce and wireless technology solutions targeted at the enterprise sector.Core responsibility was to evangelise the benefits of the PDA market to enterprise clients across the range of Yambay's industry verticals. -
Head Of Ip ContentOptus Jun 1998 - Jan 2000Sydney, AustraliaOptus Multimedia, a new division at the time which gathered into one business unit all delivery and access platforms available to Cable & Wireless Optus (now SingTel). These included SMS, WAP, Narrowband Internet, Broadband access via satellite & HFC cable network, planning for interactive television (iTV) and IP services via direct-to-home including VoIP, etc.Key wins included relaunches for all Optus external & internal websites and an Optus@Home content deal with Excite US. -
Project Consultant [Lepj]Fuji Xerox May 1998 - Aug 1998Sydney, AustraliaAfter arriving in Australia in May 1998, I consulted to the Managing Director of FXA on a number of Internet & Intranet projects which included; developing strategies for an Electronic Business Unit which resulted in a standalone e-commerce site, FXA Document Supplies, that today produces 85%+ of all consumable re-orders and also the implementation of a management system to better facilitate an increased flow of internal information & data via a digital Knowledge Exchange. -
Sales DirectorNews International Aug 1994 - May 1998London, United Kingdom- Aug 1997 - May 1998: BSkyB/Sky Active | Sales Director - formerly British Interactive Broadcasting (BiB). Joint Venture: BSkyB (NI), British Telecom, Midland Bank (HSBC) and Panasonic. BiB launch team (now Sky Active) a £265m interactive TV joint venture- Jul 1996 - Aug 1997: LineOne (SISL) | Commercial Sales Director - Joint Venture: News International (NI) & British Telecom (BT). Start-up team of NI's Springboard Internet Services Ltd and its first on-line service LineOne- Oct 1995 - Jul 1996: News Internet Publishing (NIP) | Commercial Manager - launch of The Times & The Sunday Times Online editions- Aug 1994 - Oct 1995: Times Newspapers Ltd (TNL) | Advertisement Manager -The Times -
Advertisement ManagerThe Independent May 1986 - Jul 1994London, United Kingdom- Jun 1992 - Jul 1994: Advertisement Manager Display & Classified The Independent & The Independent Magazine. All Classified revenues added to existing Display role- Mar 1992: in addition took control of sales for The Independent Magazine- Jan 1991: assisted the launch of EQN (European Quality Newspaper group) Le Monde, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Corriere Della Sera and The Independent - Tokyo launch Mar 91- Jan 1990: aided the conceptual sell and launch of The Independent on Sunday - Sep 1988 - Jun 1992: Display Advertisement Manager The Independent. Accountable for all commercial aspects: ad sales, annual contracts, budgeting, pagination, yields, client handling programme, short-term sales, training, team & individual targeting, assessments/appraisals, editorial & production liaison, etc- Sep 1988: launch team on Saturday two-section paper & The Independent Magazine - Oct 1987: post financial sector crash, initiated and implemented strategies for an International sales network - significant new revenues attained- May 1986: joined 6 months prior to the Oct 1996 launch of The Independent, as Financial Advertisement Manager -
Group HeadIndependent Television Publications Ltd - Tv Times And Chat Jan 1983 - May 1986London, United Kingdom- Nov 1985 - May 1986: promoted to one of two newly created Group Head positions, responsible for a sales team producing over £15m p/a. Launch Team on 'Chat' magazine- Jan 1983: joined Independent Television Publications Ltd (ITP) as a Senior Sales Executive
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Senior Sales ExecutiveMirror Group Newspapers (Mgn) Jan 1976 - Jan 1983London, United KingdomMGN: Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, Sunday People, Daily Record, Sunday Mail, Sporting Life & Reveille- Dec 1980-Jan 1983: Senior Sales Executive- Dec 1978: Display Sales Executive- Mar 1976: Classified Field Sales- Jan 1976: Classified Telephone Sales
Simon Jones Skills
Sales And Business Development
Sales Management
Change Management
Team Building
Team Leadership
Key Account Management
Mentoring
Project Implementation
Project Management
Usability
Teamwork
Wireless
Mobile Applications
Mobile Devices
Market Research
Global Business Development
Vendor Management
Executive Coaching
E Commerce
Entrepreneurship
Business Transformation
Start Ups
Strategy
Telecommunications
Business Development
Strategic Planning
Program Management
New Business Development
Strategic Partnerships
Leadership
Enterprise Software
Product Development
Team Management
Management
Digital Media
Consulting
B2b
Stakeholder Management
Project Planning
Integrated Marketing
Training
Business Planning
Business Strategy
Advertising
Sales
Social Networking
Negotiation
Executive Management
Outsourcing
Recruiting
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