Mark Geldard
Director Sales EMEA at Kneat Solutions- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Kneat Solutions
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Ireland
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Software Development
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200 - 300 Employee
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Director Sales EMEA
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Nov 2016 - Present
• SaaS growth from 1 client to 60+ including 15 of top 20 Pharma/ Biotech/ Med Device clients. • Annual 200% increase in revenues from <$1m to $30m within 5 years. New sales: recurring SaaS subscriptions & project services enabled 300% growth. • Report to CEO/ founder, to execute EMEA sales strategy and lead/ build up sales team. • Established EMEA Partner channel with > 10 service & consultant companies. • Kneat is leading Pharma/ Biotech platform for digital/ cloud Quality lifecycle management: lead generation, product demo’s, stakeholder mgt, partner alliances and negotiations. Show less
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NNIT
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Denmark
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Account Manager
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Jun 2012 - Oct 2016
• Top NNIT Sales Performer 2014; 200% above target, closure of largest Pharma R&D managed service, project deployment, support & hosting contract, value €15m. • Achieved all annual targets, closing €40m in total value: key accounts - Roche, AstraZeneca, Takeda, Servier, opened new accounts with GSK, Lonza, Octapharma, Vifor, Acino, Actelion. • Strategic sales of NNIT services & solutions: Clinical (CDW, eTMF), Regulatory (IDMP, RIMS, Content Mgt), Quality (ERP, track & trace, validation) and Compliance (safety, serialization). Show less
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Avaloq
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Switzerland
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Head of Sales and Business Development
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Nov 2008 - Apr 2012
• Closed market entry software license & maintenance contracts (core banking) in Iberia region of value €10m (2011) and in Middle East region of value €1m (2010). Responsible for €2m p.a. key account with largest Andorran private bank. • Market entry & sales pipeline in Iberia and Middle East regions. Approval by Avaloq Executive Board (2010); closed contracts with local implementation partner. • Established and headed new subsidiary in the Middle East region (2009); recruited local pre-sales, project management and service roles. • General/ financial management function reporting to member of Executive Board. Show less
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EDS Group
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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300 - 400 Employee
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Client Delivery Executive
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Feb 2003 - Oct 2008
• €25m Annual EMEA key accounts for Airline & Airport IT services & solutions.• Closed software license & services contracts with new clients: Nationwide Airlines €6m (2006), Malmo Aviation €5m (2008), South African Airlines €4m• Increased sales and revenue by 130% (between 2005-2007) in target accounts, through strategic account plans, consulting selling, negotiating contracts.• Customer relationship management from C-Level to operation line managers. Leading a team including account management, service, and financial roles. Show less
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Business Development Manager
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May 2001 - Feb 2003
• Sales Leader of US$50m IT Application & Infrastructure Agreement with South African Airways• Sales & Marketing leader of merger of Atraxis Group and Lufthansa Systems• Closed the re-sale of Atraxis subsidiaries in Denmark, UK and Hong Kong
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Atraxis
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Airlines and Aviation
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Product Manager & Sales Consultant
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Sep 1999 - May 2001
• New sales revenues of US$5million within 18 months - Product management of resource planning software to the airline market. • Consultative selling/ deal closure/ partner & channel management. • New sales revenues of US$5million within 18 months - Product management of resource planning software to the airline market. • Consultative selling/ deal closure/ partner & channel management.
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Sage
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United Kingdom
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Product Manager
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Aug 1996 - Sep 1998
• Re-launched services resulted in 30% higher revenues to US$40m within 18 months - Product management of financial software support services in UK market • Re-launched services resulted in 30% higher revenues to US$40m within 18 months - Product management of financial software support services in UK market
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3M
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United States
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Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Sales & Marketing Executive
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Jun 1992 - Dec 1993
- Graduate Sales Scheme - sales and territory management - launched new Automotive-Repair products, resulting in new revenues of £1.5m. - Graduate Sales Scheme - sales and territory management - launched new Automotive-Repair products, resulting in new revenues of £1.5m.
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Education
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Cranfield School of Management
MBA, Finance, Marketing, Small Business Development -
Aston University
Bachelors Science (2.1), Management & Administration -
Hartlepool Sixth Form College
A Levels, Maths (A), Physics (B), Economics (B)