Steve Cooper Email & Phone Number

Reading, United Kingdom

To manage the adminstration needs for Senior Academy Management and responsible for the registration processess for all Academy players aged Under 9-U23 and to manage all aspects of the Academy administration.

Reading, United Kingdom

Reading Football Club Academy has been awarded the highest possible rating of Category One.Achieving Category One status was a strategic goal for the club and achieving that goal ensures that our Academy is at the forefront of youth development in this country and further afield.This categorisation recognises a number of major criteria including the level of our facilities, standard of coaching, education, and our ability to produce players for the first team. Only a small handful have been given Category One status which now ensures we have fixtures against the very best Academies in the country, the ability to attract and retain the very best players nationwide, and far more contact time between our coaches and players. When the new Elite Player Performance Plan was announced, the club made the strategic decision to invest a huge amount of time and effort in ensuring we gained the best possible grading, and it is credit to all concerned that we are now a Category One club. Our Academy has already grown beyond all recognition since the start of the EPPP with the addition of new staff, facilities and plans for a new training ground, and confirmation of Category One will see the development continue at great pace.

Truphone’s mission is to deliver an outstanding international mobile experience around the world. That means excellent call quality, fast data speeds, reliable connections and local rates, both at home and away.At Truphone, we’ve built a mobile network without country borders. That means we can offer our customers an outstanding mobile experience around the world. Based on advanced technology and patented innovations, our pioneering network can transform how you communicate with all your contacts, both home and away.The Truphone network offers many unique advantages over traditional networks. Plus, in the Truphone Zone, you can talk, text and download like a local – and at local rates. The entire Truphone Zone becomes your home territory, turning business abroad into business as usual. The Truphone Zone includes the UK, US, Germany, Spain, Poland, Australia, Hong Kong and the Netherlands.

A start-up venture, StormLogic is a company focused upon addressing the needs of business customers, concentrating on helping them optimise the mobile workforce, making staff more productive, improving operating efficiencies, customer satisfaction and removing cost from the business.Responsibility for developing the StormLogic web site, pricing structure and sales into the B2B Enterprise channels, developing relationships and selling the StormLogic services into the leading UK companies.

I managed and developed large corporate blue chip customers across various business sectors including finance, construction, sporting bodies. This includes negotiating contracts, handling implementation, revenue generation and the management of virtual teams. The current value of the portfolio is £5 million per annum and requires liaison with “C” level contacts also IT Directors, Financial Controllers; Procurement and Operations Directors for the UK.Achievements:• Voted supplier of the year by Taylor Woodrow’s Customer Satisfaction Awards• Achieved business revenue targets every year of my time with Everything Everywhere• Successful took the helm as Business Manager on an interim basis for 2 years managing a team of seven account managers• Mobilising Skanska Construction workforce with device application resulting in cost savings of £50k per month• Working The FA and application development partner Mubaloo to create tablet coaching application.

Sept 97 to Sept 01 - Account Manager - Motorola P.C.S. UK, BasingstokeWhilst with Motorola I was responsible for increasing Motorola’s market share in the corporate sector. This included developing sales channels with launch/training of GPRS, developing relationships with telecommunications buyers in the leading 50 UK companies and working with business managers and marketing teams to initiate and implement account specific activities within channel customers and within end user customers. I built and maintained relationships with O2 affinity teams, attending area sales meeting providing product training, accompanying corporate sales managers on sales visits and driving the sales & marketing of the Motorola brand and products within all channels of O2.Achievements:• Promotion from position of Business Development Manager working on Vodafone/Orange/ O2 corporate channel. • Increased Motorola Corporate market share • Motorola products now appear on almost all tenders from BTC Lumina• Launch of o O2 /Motorola project to First Direct Bank & HSBC.• Agreement of trading contract between O2 & Motorola• “Customer Ally” program between O2 & Motorola• Success of Motorola products into London Underground; Bank of Scotland; Securicor; Group 4; EuroTunnel; ICL; ICI; Hilton Hotels; Shell UK; Bass Plc; DHL International; J Sainsbury and PWC

My role as Business Development Manager at Eurosat included the setting of short and long–term goals and objectives for the branch franchises, six branches in the U.K and a further six worldwide. I was accountable for the development and co-ordination of marketing strategies. Representing the company at trade shows enabled the building positive relationships with programmers. I was responsible for the development of the company’s European distributors and dealers and the multiple and buying group accounts.Achievements:• Product placement of U.K. and European distribution networks.• Increasing sales of own brand products by 25%. • Effecting reductions in operational cost.• Maximising sales and profitability to meet and exceed targets, with t/o running at £35m p.a.

I ventured into business ownership with Eurosat as a franchisee responsible for the distribution and installation of satellite systems across the Benelux Region. Securing contracts and coordinating the work of the installation teams. This was business start up and grew significantly as can be seen from the achievements listed below. I sold this franchise business upon return to the UKAchievements:• Creating a distribution network and successfully establishing the Manhattan own brand satellite equipment in to the Benelux market, with a turnover of $1M being generated in the first year.• Being offered current role at the Eurosat head office.• Setting up and developing the 50% personally owned franchised branch of the Eurosat Group.• Recruitment, development and motivation of four staff.

Having established a reputation with Echosphere, I was head hunted by Pace to take on the role of Business Manager (Rest of the World) managing 4 sales managers developing untapped markets in South America, Middle East and Eastern Europe. Although Pace had ambitions for global expansion, it was too early in their development as an organisation to support the growth and the opportunity arose for a franchise to sell and distribute the “Manhattan” range of satellite equipment with Eurosat.Achievements:• Successfully developing a distribution network in Africa and South America for Pace Consumer Electronics products.• Creation and management of a sales force for the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe Markets.• Creation of distribution networks in Africa and South America.• Increasing sales and profitability of the satellite division.• Active participation at trade shows and seminars in each region.

As UK Country Manager I was accountable for the launch of products to the UK market before establishing a UK office. I was promoted to the role of European Sales Manager based in Holland to expand into all of Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and South Africa by tailoring the strategy to meet local market needs.Achievements:• Launch of Echostar brand products in the U.K. increasing company turnover from $21M to $29M.• Earning promotion to final role in 1992 after originally joining as U.K. Country Manager.• Opening offices in the U.K. and Spain for developing export sales.• Recruitment, management and development of the sales and admin teams, (17 staff), for Europe and Africa, with extensive travel to all markets.• Initiation and development of distribution channels for the U.S. satellite manufacturing company.• Development of new marketing material.

Achievements:• Consistently attaining excellent sales results and winning numerous company incentives.• Earning promotion through to Area Manager after starting with JVC as a Sales Representative.• Selling the complete product range of Hi-Fi, video and CTV within the top London region.