War stories and success stories from top tier tech companies like Spotify, Atlassian & AdRoll, with the focus now on Australian super startup Invoice2go, all are Accel Partners portfolio companies.
Whilst I was in Europe, I co-founded Nederlia.com - that was highly successful, highly effective and highly profitable, and still is after my exit.
I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse" - Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather
Chief People Warrior - Building the team, Embedding the culture... @ Now when I was growing up I didn't exactly dream of working for an "Invoicing" company ... I don't think anyone did, but when you have the opportunity to hear the whole story, its a world class startup...
- An Australian founded, Mobile first company disrupting the M-Commerce and FinTech space
- #1 top grossing iOS business app in over 50 countries
- Proven business model and monetisation prior to VC funding (USD$50m)
- Already cracked the US market, it is our largest market in terms of users
- VC backing from Accel Partners, one of the worlds top VCs (Dropbox, Facebook, Spotify)
- VC backing from Ribbit Capital, a global focus investing in FinTech (Funding Circle, Credit Karma)
- A technology company making a cutting edge solution for SMB's on a global scale
- New product developments launching in Q4 2015 (better to be discussed and demo'd)
- Exceptional company culture and vision
Now if you don't believe me that the above is worth investigating, check out some of my colleagues who believe in the vision and have accepted the challenge:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/naomipilosofionita
https://www.linkedin.com/in/irynanewman
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbriski
https://au.linkedin.com/pub/filip-ekberg/5/7b7/77a
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronaldlai
https://www.linkedin.com/in/coffeedweeb
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregwaldorf
https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinglaeser
https://au.linkedin.com/in/seburban
There is an incredible story to be told about Invoice2go, including the text book tech start up 'early days' of the company, where a passionate founder and his committed developers built an MVP with a vision. They had over 100,000 paying subscribers, working from Copacabana beach Australia. Thats up until early 2014.....what's been happening since then is going to take a bit longer to explain :)
We're Hiring - https://invoice.2go.com/en-uk/careers/
Showcased at WWDC : https://blog.invoice2go.com/invoice2go-at-wwdc-2015/ From January 2015 to Present (1 year) Sydney, AustraliaANZ People Operations Lead - Build the founding team @ (Contract)
March 2014 AdRoll launches its Sydney office and I partner with the MD to build the founding team to bring AdRoll to market in ANZ and SEA.
Amazing leadership team, fantastic culture. Could not of hired a stronger team if I tried...exceptional group who are highly successful.
http://www.forbes.com/companies/adroll/ From May 2014 to January 2015 (9 months) Sydney, AustraliaBuilding Engineering Teams @ Senior Tech & Product Recruiter building kick ass teams in the 'Silicon Beach Sydney', Australia, for one of the fastest growing software companies in the world.
Jira / Bitbucket / Stash / Confluence / Hipchat From January 2014 to May 2014 (5 months) Building Engineering Tribes @ Technology, Product, Design recruitment lead, even dabbled with some APAC recruiting as required.
An awesome experience that concluded with me moving home to Australia for family reasons. From February 2011 to January 2014 (3 years) Co-Founder & Advisor @ Tech Talent Recruitment startup I co-founded based in Barcelona. Delivery of a more in-house approach where Culture and Company fit is equally important as the skill set.
Booking.com, Spotify, Soundcloud, Qype & Podio were the partners we worked with at different stages during my tenure. Activated exit strategy upon returning to Australia.
Claude and the team continue to dominate the European Tech Rec scene with a core client strategy. From November 2011 to December 2013 (2 years 2 months) Technology Recruiter @ A Contract position whilst realizing a dream of living in Scandinavia.
My role involved Technical recruitment, to upgrade existing technical operations in Nordic sites, delivering an outsourced maintenance partner for the region through tender and acceptance to the value of €300m
Colt is a 22 country, 43,000km network that includes 39 major European cities with direct fibre connection into 18,000 buildings and 20 Colt data centres. From March 2010 to February 2011 (1 year) Copenhagen Area, DenmarkTechnical Recruiter @ Red Commerce is the only global recruiter completely focused on the SAP market. From July 2008 to March 2010 (1 year 9 months) London, United KingdomBusiness Development Manager @ A Finance Broker in the Home Loan & Investment Loan market. 37 lenders, including major banks, credit society's and building society's on my panel and worked specifically and strategically to identify the suitable options for my clients, both Commercial and for Individual's.
I networked a client base in the Sporting industry while I was playing with the Swan Districts Football Club in the WAFL.
Only my thirst for adventure had me leaving Todd, Shan & Chris to pursue an opportunity to live and work in London. From 2005 to 2008 (3 years) Perth, AustraliaClient Relationship Specialist @ Teller, International Teller, Mortgage and Settlements and everyday banking requirements through exceptional customer service and the on-going management of Client relationships. From 2002 to 2005 (3 years) Australia
Financial Services & Management, Finance and Financial Management Services @ AAMC Western Australia From 2002 to 2005 Looks Ingall is skilled in: Technical recruiter, Graphic desinger, Website Entrepreneur, Growth Planning, Market Growth, Global Business Development, Personal Finance, HR Solutions, Travel Planning, Music Industry, Talent Scouting, Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, Social Media, Networking
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http://about.me/Pringas,
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