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Proven capability of launching, scaling and transforming web businesses. Passionate about using technology to create unique customer experiences that deliver a sustainable competitive advantage.VP Growth @ From June 2014 to Present (1 year 7 months) VP Growth @ From January 2013 to June 2014 (1 year 6 months) London, United KingdomGrowth (advisory) @ Advisor on growth From July 2012 to June 2014 (2 years) London, United KingdomChief Marketing Technology Officer @ Managing Director of the B2C business at Holiday Extras. Responsible for all areas of the internet business from technology, marketing, customer acquisition (Revenues > £80m, team of 70) . Commercial results Delivered 20% revenue growth during a period where the UK travel market contracted by 15% through aggressively taking market share from competitors by innovating in SEO, SEM and retention marketing Transformation Worked with investors, executive board and team behind a new vision and strategy for Holiday Extras “We take the hassle - you take the holiday” Executed a transformation that repositioned the business as the home of hassle free holidays Agreed funding and assembled a top team for the new business including @joestump (technology), @jeffrey (user experience specialist) Incubated a startup within Holiday Extras that cannibalised the core business http://v2.holidayextras.co.uk People Sunday Times Top 100 company to work for 4 years running Incorporated “Lean Start Up” methodologies within Holiday Extras - delivering market leading agility and scale Technology Transitioned the business from an in house data centre hosting a LAMP based architecture to a series of interconnected Javascript, Ruby on Rails and Node JS web applications hosted on the cloud From December 2009 to November 2012 (3 years) Web Technology Director @ From January 2009 to December 2009 (1 year) Senior Manager @ I joined Accenture as a web developer coding Java and Javascript for internet startups during the DotCom boom, worked as a strategy consultant post boom, and delivered sales in Accenture’s manager information practice and eCommerce strategy practice as a Senior Manager within the Firm Commercial highlights • Led Accenture’s eCommerce Strategy practice in the UK and Big Data practice converting over £1m in sales. • Launched and ran Oxfam’s online shop as their Head of eCommerce taking £3.4 million in first 3 months of operation • Delivered and ran what was the 2nd largest retail Data Warehouse in Europe - for Sainsbury’s. Led the commercial team responsible for exploiting big data initiatives • Experienced in driving large consulting operations (~£ 3 million budget) – to achieve revenue and profit targets (e.g. European SAP rollout for Unilever) Leadership experience • Led large (120 + people) multi-disciplinary teams of clients, contractors and Accenture consultants • Extensive experience at creating and developing start-up organisations - created a team of 120 people over 6 geographical locations in 4 months at Unilever; developed Oxfam’s online shop organisation structure in 2 months Strategy consultant • Business model development in the e-tail, retail, business intelligence, pharmaceutical and consumer goods sectors Technology consultant • Experienced application architect responsible for design, build and test of application architectures From January 2000 to December 2008 (9 years) Head of eCommerce @ Launched Oxfam’s online shop (the world’s first online charity shop). Responsible for: - Development of the organisation structure, operating model and commercial foundation for the shop - Day to day management of the eCommerce business Results achieved: - £ 3.4 million income in under 3 months - Fair trade business that generated a net margin of 35% a week within 3 months of operation - Transformation of 15 volunteer run high street shops into mini online fulfilment hubs - Uninterrupted fulfilment and customer care processes through the run up to Christmas - Web site with over 99% availability in its first 4 months of operation Named a Computerworld laureate & 2008 awards finalist for the results achieved during this 9 month role and was a finalist for a Wall Street Journal Technology Award From July 2007 to April 2008 (10 months) BSc Hons, Mathematics with a year in europe @ University of Bristol From 1995 to 1999 Eltham CollegeHaberdashers' Aske's Hatcham CollegeSt Mary's Nilan Peiris is skilled in: E-commerce, Strategy, Start-ups, SEO, Marketing, Management, Web Analytics, Business Intelligence, Customer Acquisition, Business Strategy, PPC, Analytics, Big Data, IT Strategy, User Experience