I help grow companies.
Experienced entrepreneur and company director with a background in Software/SaaS and Digital Marketing. Specialises in fast-paced company growth, both as a business leader and talent partner.
Strengths: Talent Acquisition. Business growth strategist. Communication & influencing at all levels. Recruitment and building exceptional tech teams. Extensive experience in Business Development. Deep knowledge of Digital Strategy, Analytics and Ad Technology.
Director, Product Management @ WorkGaps has been created to disrupt the traditional part-time, temporary and contract work industry. It matches workers and hirers in a simple and cost effective way and then provides the ability to find, manage, communicate and monitor a workforce from start to finish.
For those organisations employing blue collar, lower wage workers, or businesses with a high staff turnover in particular, managing a flexible or disparate resource pool remains administratively complex and time-consuming. Many are still managing shift planning or timesheets with a piece of paper, or engaging with last minute phone calls. With the majority of the workforce now owning a smartphone, in an era where data connections are ubiquitous, WorkGaps makes use of what is already present to provide a step change improvement.
WorkGaps is a facilitating or brokering platform for organisations to reduce cost, communicate with their workers, and improve their working practices. From April 2015 to Present (9 months) Director, Recruitment and Talent Acquisition @ The People Foundry is a quality recruitment company that is responsible for placing executives up to C level in a variety of sectors, including SaaS, IT Software and Services, Business Information, Media and Digital Marketing. Achievements:
Started and grew this quality IT recruitment company to significant turnover & profit margin
Served as a board member, contributing to company structure, strategy, budgets etc.
Developed brand, vision & values, hiring and on-boarding frameworks
Brought on strategic clients including PLCs, Banks, Online Platforms and SaaS Software vendors
Helped double the size of a $bn SaaS vendor's development team through early growth phase
Provided consultancy on talent acquisition, employer branding and fast team growth
Involved in key strategic client hires at C, Director and Manager level
Contributed significant revenue, including the company's biggest ever placement From January 2012 to April 2015 (3 years 4 months) Owner/Director, Consulting @ Growth Strategy and Marketing consultancy for SaaS, Ad Tech and Finance. Highlights include:
Startup consultancy for a digital agency, including talent acquisition and growth strategy
Product Management of a SaaS PPC campaign build application
Strategy and marketing consultancy for an online freelancing solution
Startup consultancy for a SaaS metadata/citing engine
Management of $5m annual PPC spend
Google Analytics and Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) Consultancy. From September 2010 to January 2013 (2 years 5 months) London, United KingdomSenior Consultant, Digital Marketing @ Helped grow this Digital Marketing agency from a small remote consultancy to a successful business. Clients included high-profile brands in: Ad tech, SaaS, FMCG, eCommerce, Fashion.
Brand, Marketing and growth consultancy
PPC, Analytics and Conversion Optimisation management
Email & CRM consultancy
Delivering Marketing training
Business Development and Account Direction
Liaising with potential investors and purchasers From February 2008 to August 2010 (2 years 7 months) London, United KingdomSenior Project Manager @ While managing corporate clients such as MTV Networks, OTTO Group, Business Link London and Daimler Chrysler, this position afforded me excellent experience of large Email Marketing campaigns, CRM data management and technical integrations.
I also enjoyed consulting at large UK publishing houses such as Dennis Publishing and Natmags, advising them on data management and Email Marketing strategy. From March 2007 to December 2007 (10 months) London, United KingdomFounder, Sales and Marketing Director @ Developing Voiplex from a concept through to a trading company with a team of eight was an excellent experience that gave me my first taste of real hands on entrepreneurship.
From sales, partner acquisition, website and product develoment through to training customer services and support staff, I gained a new level of knowledge and experience of building a business in a challenging market. From April 2006 to December 2006 (9 months) Affiliate/Marketing Manager @ During my time at this niche Online Telecoms Provider, I greatly enjoyed Account Managing an interesting mix of SME's, Affiliates and other Telecoms Providers. Discussing Online Marketing and helping the Affiliates grow their business developed my knowledge of the different disciplines involved in getting traffic to websites and then converting it.
Applying this knowledge to grow Digital Mail's own customer base was a natural progression from this, and I was involved in a number of marketing campaigns and projects which increased customer base, Affiliates and revenue during my time there. From November 2004 to April 2006 (1 year 6 months) London, United KingdomChannel Account Manager @ Working in the TAS division of Sage (UK) Ltd, I gained a wide range of Sales and Account Management experience. Speaking every day to business owners, accountants, software resellers and VARs really gave me an excellent grounding in and knowledge of small and medium businesses from a commercial point of view.
I also had a great experience Project Managing the Partner Channel relaunch from start to finish, researching the Channel, creating a plan for the relaunch and driving the various departments involved to the project's conclusion. From August 2002 to November 2004 (2 years 4 months)
BA, Comparative Religion @ School of Oriental and African Studies, U. of London From 1997 to 2000 Michael T. is skilled in: Recruitment Consultancy, Headhunting, Executive Search, SaaS, Digital Media, Strategic Partnerships, Entrepreneurship, Recruiting, Digital Marketing, Cloud Computing, Online Marketing, Email Marketing, E-commerce, PPC, Online Advertising
Websites:
http://www.workgaps.com