Experience

Refugee Action

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Mentor

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  Manchester Area, United Kingdom Helping talented and courageous refugees establish successful and productive working lives in the UK (Please note: If any of my network want to help out on this challenge eg refugee work experience, training or role vacancies, provision of resources, capability and funding to Refugee Action charity etc just contact me directly. Best Dave S)



Tech sector and academia

• Mentor

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  United Kingdom Mentor working with impressive SMT mentees in tech eg Bynder and academia eg Aston Business School. Helping talented mentees become what they want to be.



Advisory, NXC, and NXD

• NXC, NXD, advisory

  • May 2012 - Present

  Board advisory Switch Creative Board advisory WPP/Bain- Kantar Board advisory Segura (octopus PE) Board advisory Impero (and VC) NXC Green Ventures Board advisory Infomill (and VC) Advisory Vodafone Board advisory Business Software Centre Ltd NX and Advisory- roles in supply chain, digital marketing, omni-channel, ed tech, cloud, mobility, customer experience, daas, knowledge management, AI, sales tech, VR and AR, e-commerce, smart city, SAM and BI sectors working with… Show more Board advisory Switch Creative Board advisory WPP/Bain- Kantar Board advisory Segura (octopus PE) Board advisory Impero (and VC) NXC Green Ventures Board advisory Infomill (and VC) Advisory Vodafone Board advisory Business Software Centre Ltd NX and Advisory- roles in supply chain, digital marketing, omni-channel, ed tech, cloud, mobility, customer experience, daas, knowledge management, AI, sales tech, VR and AR, e-commerce, smart city, SAM and BI sectors working with PE, VC, Corporate and SME ICT companies. PE and VC operational and commercial due diligence Advisory- Action for Children, Age UK and Battersea Dogs and Cats Home charities. Show less



Conversity Limited

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO

  • Jul 2014 - Nov 2018

  London, United Kingdom Conversity has made great progress on its journey, some highlights being: > Becoming an award winning long-term supplier to BT across omni-channel sales and service > Achieving growth capital investment from angel, PE institutional and UK Gov sources > Totally revamping dev ops to an agile, Enterprise class SLA driven model whilst migrating platform to AWS cloud > Setting up sales and marketing capability from scratch, executing digital and content marketing programmes… Show more Conversity has made great progress on its journey, some highlights being: > Becoming an award winning long-term supplier to BT across omni-channel sales and service > Achieving growth capital investment from angel, PE institutional and UK Gov sources > Totally revamping dev ops to an agile, Enterprise class SLA driven model whilst migrating platform to AWS cloud > Setting up sales and marketing capability from scratch, executing digital and content marketing programmes, building both AR and PR coverage and winning pilots for its new RIPPL platform with top 20 UK and European brand, retail and telco companies. > Revamping the RIPPL platform roadmap to incorporate trends in micro-services architecture, AI, NLP, personalisation and omni-channel enablement > Introducing an OKR and appraisal based performance culture > Running a highly successful PS and projects line of business > Re branded/positioning company as an intelligent guided sales and services solution company based on its RIPPL platform. > Years of running as a profitable and productive company in a classic cash tight SME environment. > Complied throughout with ISO and GDPR requirements > Conversity clients enjoy a highly reliable and innovative service that enables them to improve CX, NPS, sales and service with their own customer and employee stakeholders. Show less



Quofore

• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• MD EMEA

  • Dec 2009 - Apr 2012

  Quofore was a leading cloud delivered mobile CRM/BI company acquired by AFS in summer 2012- PE partner ABS My responsibility was to rapidly grow the EMEA operation, improving financial metrics, expanding into new geo and vertical markets, introducing new solutions, managing the full P and L, cash and all functions. Transition of business to subscription model, growth in revenue, success in professional services, improving customer success and solution investment, establishing new… Show more Quofore was a leading cloud delivered mobile CRM/BI company acquired by AFS in summer 2012- PE partner ABS My responsibility was to rapidly grow the EMEA operation, improving financial metrics, expanding into new geo and vertical markets, introducing new solutions, managing the full P and L, cash and all functions. Transition of business to subscription model, growth in revenue, success in professional services, improving customer success and solution investment, establishing new successful lines of business in pharma/life sciences sector and France and Eastern Europe, plus building a really talented team and partner network were some highlights. Show less



IR

• Australia
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• MD Europe

  • Jan 2008 - Dec 2009

  IR is a leading performance management solutions company focused on sectors such as unified comms, voip, payments platforms and ICT infrastructure. My responsibility was to improve the performance of the European region with full P and L and cross functional accountability, in addition worked with the Board and BCG on the strategic and operational direction for the Global business- took leadership on global professional services strategy and plan. Rapid revenue growth, improving… Show more IR is a leading performance management solutions company focused on sectors such as unified comms, voip, payments platforms and ICT infrastructure. My responsibility was to improve the performance of the European region with full P and L and cross functional accountability, in addition worked with the Board and BCG on the strategic and operational direction for the Global business- took leadership on global professional services strategy and plan. Rapid revenue growth, improving profit, scaling operations in the DACH region, implementing the new Global strategy and establishing a successful new digital/e commerce route to market were a few of the highlights Show less



Princeton Softech

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP Northern Europe and MEA

  • Jun 2006 - Jan 2008

  Princeton was a leading data management and data privacy solutions company acquired by IBM in 2008- PE partner APAX My responsibility was to rapidly grow and scale the business in Northern Europe and MEA in readiness for planned exit Winning and delivering some large enterprise projects, introduction of new solutions, moving from silo to enterprise sales model, revising the customer engagement process, building a great team and succesful integration into IBM were some of the… Show more Princeton was a leading data management and data privacy solutions company acquired by IBM in 2008- PE partner APAX My responsibility was to rapidly grow and scale the business in Northern Europe and MEA in readiness for planned exit Winning and delivering some large enterprise projects, introduction of new solutions, moving from silo to enterprise sales model, revising the customer engagement process, building a great team and succesful integration into IBM were some of the highlights. Show less



Siebel Systems

• Technology, Information and Internet

• VP UKISA

  • Jan 2005 - Jun 2006

  Siebel was the worlds leading CRM- BI, ecommerce, on demand solutions company acquired by Oracle in 2006. My responsibility was to help improve the performance of the UKISA operation, one of the leading international operations of Siebel corporation. Establishing a very accurate forecasting capability, re building the partner network, building a 'one Siebel culture', improving services attachment and utilisation, coaching the SMT, seeing some customer projects nominated for… Show more Siebel was the worlds leading CRM- BI, ecommerce, on demand solutions company acquired by Oracle in 2006. My responsibility was to help improve the performance of the UKISA operation, one of the leading international operations of Siebel corporation. Establishing a very accurate forecasting capability, re building the partner network, building a 'one Siebel culture', improving services attachment and utilisation, coaching the SMT, seeing some customer projects nominated for awards, boosting pipeline and revenue for some new innovative solutions and financial budget over performance were some highlights. Show less



PeopleSoft, Inc.

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales Director

  • Oct 1998 - Jan 2005

  Reading, England, United Kingdom PeopleSoft was one of the worlds leading ERP and BI companies acquired by Oracle in 2005. My responsibility was from startup to establish and grow new lines of business for PeopleSoft, new solutions and vertical markets, post JDE merger ran Enterprise sector go to market. Building a great team, productivity of the enterprise team, exceeding budgets 5 years in a row, building an effective partner and alliances ecosystem, successfully integrating acquisitions, seeing some customer… Show more PeopleSoft was one of the worlds leading ERP and BI companies acquired by Oracle in 2005. My responsibility was from startup to establish and grow new lines of business for PeopleSoft, new solutions and vertical markets, post JDE merger ran Enterprise sector go to market. Building a great team, productivity of the enterprise team, exceeding budgets 5 years in a row, building an effective partner and alliances ecosystem, successfully integrating acquisitions, seeing some customer projects nominated for awards, improving services attachment and utilisation and successfully opening up or expanding markets such as public sector, higher ed, professional services automation, TMT, retail and BI, CRM and SCM were some highlights. By the time of the Oracle takeover the Enterprise business was > 100m revenue software and services business. Show less



QAD

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Unit Manager

  • Oct 1995 - Jun 1998

  QAD is a leading ERP systems provider. My responsibility was to run a Global major accounts business unit focused on the Consumer Products sector, this involved running a team spread across the world in a matrix organisational structure. Developing one of QAD's top clients, customer co development of new solutions, winning and delivering successful projects in North America and winning and delivering successful projects in developing markets such as LATAM and India were some of… Show more QAD is a leading ERP systems provider. My responsibility was to run a Global major accounts business unit focused on the Consumer Products sector, this involved running a team spread across the world in a matrix organisational structure. Developing one of QAD's top clients, customer co development of new solutions, winning and delivering successful projects in North America and winning and delivering successful projects in developing markets such as LATAM and India were some of the highlights. Show less