Lona Alia

SafetyWing

Build & Scale Revenue channels. 

• Built our B2B SaaS sales team from Zero to One by defining the appropriate growth strategy. Recruited 
   the team at all levels (SDR to VP of sales). Grew the team from 0 - 13 members in 9 months. 
• Helped Scale our revenue from $5M ARR to $45M ARR. 
• Built Partnerships team from 0 to 110 partners and over $1.5M in Revenue Attribution.

Head of Revenue

500 Startups

Mentor startup founders on: 
1. Building & Scaling Revenue Channels. 
2. Go to Market Strategy.
3. Build and scale direct B2B sales teams.
4. Set up Demand Generation
5. New Business Verticals
6. Talent (attract & retain top talent) 
7.  Y combinator application

Mentor

Swiss EP - Swiss Entrepreneurship Program

Supported the startup ecosystem in the Balkans as part of a global Expert-in-Residence capacity 
Built programs for emerging startup ecosystems. 
Focus included: investment readiness, internationalisation, ecosystem building, corporate involvement, business angel activity, and supporting female founders in the region.

Entrepreneur In Residence

Style Lend

•	Conceived and launched the world’s first Peer to Peer luxury fashion rental platform
•	Developed robust proprietary technology comprised of a website, mobile app, interactive styling bot and CRM platform to scale the business online, all the whilst providing a unique client experience and accruing invaluable data 
•	Powered a San Francisco & New York showroom rental / retail experience as well as over dozens of global pop-up experiences, with partners such as The Kooples, Farfetch and more.  
•	Leveraged and built vast network of targeted influencers, luxury brand ambassadors, to produce meaningful content that enriched the offline and online experience and added cache to rental as a luxury service offering 
•	Formulated a five-year plan with financial goals, developing mid and long-term strategic objectives, plans and budgets
•	Hired, trained and led a team of 10 full time and 15+ freelance employees and created an environment which fostered the growth and retention of high-caliber talent 
•	Raised more than $2m from VCs, in Silicon Valley, NY, Europe, Middle East and Asia

Founder

EU for Innovation

Help Strengthen the innovation ecosystem and boost startup creation in Albania. 

• Built linkages within the Albanian innovation ecosystem and internationally

• Mentor innovative startups

Advisor

Rendia, Inc.

HealthTech SaaS - Acquired by PatientPoint

•	Right hand manager to the Director of Sales and key advisor to the VP of international sales.  
•	Formulated sales goals, sales budgets, by evolving marketing strategies in response to market needs.   
•	Maintained the #1 sales producer ranking for the duration at company by continuously exceeding monthly targets by 125% to 150% even during challenging economic times..
•	Personally responsible for generating over $2M in sales (i.e. 50% of software revenue in a year) by successfully selling our SaaS platform to large private practices, C-Level Executives and MDs, Universities and Hospitals.
•	Chosen consistently by senior management to represent the company at all domestic and international trade shows/medical conferences in all markets (ophthalmology, optometry, and ENT [ear, nose & throat]) due to guaranteed high performance and strong networking abilities. 
•	Led team in reaching 99% of their quota each year. 
•	Sold to Hospitals, Universities and Private Practices in EMEA, North America, South America and Asia.

Regional Sales Director

Procter & Gamble

-Developed Successful Street Marketing Campaigns 
-Identified and reached idea target audiences for various brands under Procter & Gamble 
-Conducted effective market research 
-Increased brand awareness and sales
-Collaborated with cross-functional teams to achieve business goals.

Marketing Specialist

Revenue Leader | Y combinator Founder | Remote Work Expert | Digital Nomad Family

Venture Backed Y combinator founder YC W14.  I’m a top-performing revenue leader with a background in startup  marketing, sales & demand generation. 

I’m a founder that has build products, companies and revenue channels from $0 to $45M ARR. 

Advisor to Startups and EU for Innovation.  Future of Work Thought Leader.

Build & Scale Revenue channels. 

• Built our B2B SaaS sales team from Zero to One by defining the appropriate growth strategy. Recruited 
   the team at all levels (SDR to VP of sales). Grew the team from 0 - 13 members in 9 months. 
• Helped Scale our revenue from $5M ARR to $25M ARR. 
• Built Partnerships team from 0 to 110 partners and over $1.5M in Revenue Attribution.

Rowena Hennigan

Head Judge - Remote.com Influencer Report 2024

RoRemote

Why such a passion for Remote Work and worker wellbeing? In 2015 my daughter developed severe childhood asthma, so bad that we moved from Dublin, Ireland, to Zaragoza, Spain, to improve her health and also enhance our overall lifestyle as a family. Remote Work enabled that move. Hence my passion for its socioeconomic influence, the power of global mobility and the flexibility it offers. However, I advocate for the need to embrace and use that flexibility wisely with a focus on individual worker wellbeing and work-life-integration:
“Remote work has enabled me to live in many countries, travel extensively and find work-life balance. I relish in being an advocate and a leader on the education and skills needed for effective remote work practices ”

I take great pride in my projects, workshops and speaking engagements that I deliver, but also in the way I deliver them - the feedback I receive, the trust I build with clients, and the skills enhancement. 

I also look to constantly improve, having recently up-skilled in Mental Health awareness, advocacy and competencies. I have completed 3 Mental Health training courses during 2020-2021; MHFA, i-act for Managers and See Change for Managers. I recently completed a workshop on Unconscious Bias & Inclusive Work Environment.

Nosana

👐 2x Remote Team Offsites - Facilitating & Leading, in Spain and Morocco in 2024 
👐 Creation and Delivery of Team Handbook v.1.0 + + visible teamwork (Async Work)
👐 Leadership and Team Lead Development inc. 1:1, Feedback loops and communications coaching
👐 Streamlined Meetings by operationalising process, agendas, templates and training on roles (e.g note taking), improving efficiency by 30%
👐 Supported hiring of Talent Partner, Head of People Ops and Software Engineer 
👐 Implemented Strategic Quarterly review processes and issued first team pulse survey + analytics 
👐 Raised team engagement using various initiatives including Social chats, Lunch n Learns and Slack channels redesign 
👐 Trained on Remote Team Communications and Collaborations to further support async work practices

Head of Remote Operations (Fractional)

LinkedIn

Course Author:
"Being productive when you work and travel - Release Nov 2022, over 4k learners (Dec22 stats)
"Becoming a Digital Nomad" - Released June 2022, over 6.5k learners (Dec22 stats)

Next course in production, est release Dec 2022.

Course Author - Linkedin Learning

Moderating a monthly webinar on Remote Work topics on behalf of SafetyWing. Responsibilities include: topic curation and advisory, panelists onboarding, format moderation and monitoring, live moderation and tabling questions from up to 500 live attendees.

Event Moderator, Host & Content Partner 

Digital Nomad Association Croatia

(Voluntary role) Founding member of the Board of Advisors for the Digital Nomad Association of Croatia. 

It is the mission of the DNA Croatia to support & serve digital nomads and local businesses in Croatia. 5 key focus points of the DNA Croatia are:
- Information
- Education
- Community
- Certification
- Representation

Member of the Board of Advisors

Campsited

Providing strategic advisory services to Campsited, who are building the leading Open Air WFA subscription program for remote and hybrid employees.

Strategic Advisor

ROORAL

(Voluntary role) Providing mentoring, analysis and consultancy services to Rooral, as part of their expansion to meet the needs of Remote Workers and Digital Nomads who want to contribute to rural regeneration and sustainability in the Spanish countryside.

Nurall

Providing startup mentoring, analysis and consultancy services to Nurall, as part of their expansion to meet the needs of Digital Nomads - with a particular focus on the families segment.

Mindletic

Supporting Mindletic in Marketing and Events, focusing on remote and hybrid work wellbeing content.

Webinar Host & Partner

Laya Healthcare, Looking After You Always

Remote Work Expert for the Laya Digital Clinics service offering and various seminars, including Remote Working Top Tips, Managing Remote Teams and Maintaining Social Connections during Remote Working.

Remote Work Expert

Leading the Remote Work Revolution👩‍💻Board Member/Advisor🌱[in]structor🦉Keynote Speaker🎤Founder📗Professor💚Digital Nomad Families

Nice to e-meet you, thanks for stopping by 👋

👩‍💻 My name is Ro and I am a Remote Work OG, Event Host, Speaker, Facilitator and Advisor, I have 100's of positive client testimonials (scroll down my LI profile) and I have been featured in HBR, NY Times, BBC and Business Insider. 

Top 3 ways I can add value: 
🟢  Event Speaking, Hosting and Facilitation services include Keynote, Panel, Workshop & Offsites
🟢  Strategic Advisory and training support for Remote First Teams, Founders and Organisations
🟢  Video Mentoring for Founders and Individuals for impactful behavioural change using various evidence based techniques (inc. NLP and hypnosis, as I am a Qualified Hypnotherapist)

>>> Bookings: https://calendly.com/roremote <<<

Longer story:
My career spans almost 25 years of professional industry experience and I have an extensive range of skills. I started RoRemote - my solopreneur Remote Skills training and consultancy company - in 2017, before the pandemic. 

My lived experience is why I have such a passion for Remote Work:
In 2015 my daughter developed severe childhood asthma, so bad that we moved from Dublin, Ireland, to Zaragoza, Spain, to improve her health and also enhance our overall lifestyle as a family. Remote Work enabled that move. Hence my passion for its socioeconomic influence, the power of global mobility and the flexibility it offers.
 
However, I advocate for the need to embrace and use that flexibility wisely with a focus on individual worker wellbeing and life-work-integration: 
“Remote work has enabled me to live in many countries, travel extensively and find life-work balance. I relish in being an advocate and a leader on the education and skills needed for effective remote work practices ”

Check out my Linkedin Profile for current client contracts, commissions and testimonials.

Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to read this. 
Get down to business with me by visiting: linktr.ee/RoRemote

Reminder: The Future of Work is already here, it is called Remote Work.

>>> Bookings: https://calendly.com/roremote <<<

Collaborating and contributing to:
👐 Remote-First Operations Design 
👐 Remote Team Offsite Host & Lead*
👐 Founder Mentoring Support & Advisor
👐 Remote Team Communications & Engagement 
👐 Team Handbook, Documentation and Visible Teamwork via Async Work - Champion

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