Passionate Entrepreneur, Trusted Adviser and Occasional Investor. After spending ten years at Microsoft in a number of roles I left to start Cudo, a tilt at the fastest growing market in forever, Group Buying. Cudo was built to be the champions' champion of the Small Business plight, the Consumer's social planner and Shareholders' new best friend! It was all three. Since Cudo I have started and co-started a number of incredible journeys including Yabbit, Beyond Insurance, SpeakSafe and Locked Bag - they are at various stages of success. The 57 Signals Advisor business is trusted by the leaders of a number of incredible businesses with online transformation at the top of their strategic agenda, including Canningvale, Kmart, Winegrowers Direct, Venture Consulting and Eastmon. I am currently also in an Executive role at Cirrus Media, driving the transformation of its Industrials, Wealth and Content Marketing Groups, as well as looking after the global directory, Hotfrog. I lead a team of 120 with revenues of over $30m, and growing.

Owner & Principal @ 57 Signals provides Adviser services to a number of ambitious business Leaders. Driven by rethinking existing data and challenging a large business to act like a start-up our approach has already yielded impressive results. 57 Signals provides Adviser Services to a number of businesses, currently including Canningvale, Kmart, Eastmon and Winegrowers Direct. Billy Tucker is also Senior Adviser to Venture Consulting's Optimiser business. From November 2011 to Present (4 years 2 months) Managing Director, Cirrus Business Media @ Cirrus Business Media is Australia's leading B2B Marketing Services business, boasting market leading publications, directories and events in the Franchising, Architecture & Design, Mining and Manufacturing sectors. Having acquired the business from Reed Elsevier through a Management Buy Out in partnership with Catalyst Investment Managers, Cirrus Media is effecting a significant transformation from Print-led publishing house, to multi-channel media group. From October 2013 to Present (2 years 3 months) Founder and MD @ Yabbit is a bootstrapped online startup and a labour of love, I am 100% confident that the world needs Yabbit, but only 50% confident that they will know it when they see it! The pursuit of great service has peppered my career, Yabbit is 20 years of Service focus, business acumen and online knowledge rolled into one neat solution for SME's, providing transformative insights to all business owners who care enough to listen and who are brave enough to take action. In March 2013 Yabbit announced a partnership with American Express, the exclusive distribution partner for Yabbit in Australia. From February 2012 to Present (3 years 11 months) Sydney, Australia

Billy Tucker is skilled in: Online Advertising, E-commerce, Digital Marketing, Product Management, Account Management, Business Strategy, Mobile Devices, New Business Development, Digital Strategy, Strategic Partnerships, Marketing Strategy, Start-ups, Business Development, Digital Media, Team Leadership