Transatlantic entrepreneur turned investor living in and loving Europe. 
20+ years as an entrepreneur and VC. 
Passionate about innovation, technology, and startups.
Specialties: VC, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Deeptech.

Michael Jackson

"Degree of difficulty counts in the Olympics, it doesn't count in business. You don't get any extra points for the fact that something is very hard to do. So you might as well just step over one-foot bars instead of trying to jump over seven-foot bars."

Great point. You usually don't get rewarded more for doing the complicated thing in business, but many instinctively choose the more difficult path over the less so. You gotta love Buffett.

Michael Jackson 🦡

Science...but it's pop-punk. 👩‍🔬🤘 

https://lnkd.in/gwAZXJhE

Cool video here from Marques Brownlee and the Epic Spaceman. Shrink down and explore an Apple M5 computer chip. Great watch for anyone into semiconductors, transistors, and tech history.

Hooray for technology! Hooray for science! 👩‍🔬

“I think your experience of the world is largely a shoring up against the unpleasant truth that the world doesn’t know you’re here.” - Cormac McCarthy, ‘Stella Maris’.

Image by John Haig of an American Bison in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park. 🦬 

Another gem from McCarthy for good measure, this time from ‘The Passenger’: “You would give up your dreams in order to escape your nightmares and I would not. I think it's a bad bargain.”

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Kontent.ai

Kontent.ai is the industry's first AI-powered Content Management System which helps organisations increase content velocity, reduce brand risk and drive meaningful improvements in content ROI.

Responsible for the GTM for the entire customer lifecycle from acquisition to retention and expansion. As such I am relentlessly customer-focussed, starting every conversation with 'why is this important?' which opens the door to a solution-focussed outcome.

I have successfully redesigned the GTM organisational structure for this new offering, deployed a new sales / revtech methodology and rolled out the new messaging.

www.kontent.ai

Chief Revenue Officer

Sitecore

Sitecore offers an industry-leading digital experience platform that allows brands to create, build, manage and deliver standout content. 

I was responsible for all Sitecore's SaaS-enabled, composable DXP from Search, Content, Experience and Commerce

Assembling 5 strategic acquisitions into a tightly-knot, high performing business unit, I turned the Composable solutions business unit into the foundation of Sitecore's SaaS offering. Under my tenure the Composable business grew to 40% of total license revenues

Global President Composable Solutions

Quadient

Quadient is a leader in the Customer Communications & Customer Experience solutions sector with omnichannel capabilities that allow organisations to map the customer lifecycle, uncover the key CX challenges and find the 'moments of truth' across any interaction point with the customer ; online or offline

SVP Customer Transformation CXM International & APAC Operations

I took on the challenge to turn this region to profit as fast as possible ; a combination of key GTM changes, operational cost changes and improvements in sales execution led to this region under my tenure consistently achieving target and turning a profit. It was the most successful region after North America with a fraction of the cost base.

I was proud to be nominated for the Women in Leadership award 2020 which was a nomination supported by Forrester Analysts.

VP Sales & Operations AsiaPacific and China

ServiceNow

ServiceNow is a software company that provides a cloud-based, AI-driven platform for automating multiple management workflows in enterprises. The company specialises in IT service management, IT operations management and IT business management. One of the reasons it is so successful is its versality which allows for businesses to customise to their specific needs.

Headhunted in to run the SE Asia (ASEAN) region of 10 countries, expanding out the GTM from Singapore and balancing the needs of market price pressure and company KPI's. I grew the new business revenues by 130% and left to advance my career to full APAC regional management.

Managing Director ASEAN

Infor

Infor cloud ERP solutions deliver industry-specific capabilities without extensive customisations or integrations. By migrating critical business applications to the cloud, organisations expereience automatic upgrades that deliver the latest advances in enterprise functionality. 

I was hired to launch CloudSuite to the APAC market and pivot the business to SaaS.

VP CloudSuite - APAC

SAS is a statistical software suite for data mangement, advanced analytics, multivariate analysis, business intelligence, criminal investigation and predictive analytics.

I was hired to run the New South Wales state, turnaround an underperforming sales team and establish a Strategic Accounts line of business

Sales Director & State Manager - NSW Australia

Informatica

Informatica is focussed on data integration; extract transform and load, information lifecycle management, B2B data exchange. cloud computing integration, complex event processing, data masking, data quality, data replication, data virtualisation, master data management, ultra messaging and data governance.

I ran the UK public sector and commercial business (excl-financial services sector) throughout a period of 3 acquisitions

Sales Director UK Commercial & Public Sector

BroadVision

BroadVision provides self-service web applications for enterprise social software, electronic commerce, enterprise portals and customer relationship management. I was hired to run the Southern Europe region. As a pioneer in eCommerce in the 1990's it's stock was highly valued during this time, however my role ended when the bubble burst

account manager

Fujitsu

server sales in Southern Europe - too far back to remember how we did it with early mobile phones only.. . .

sales

American Power Conversion

Uninterruptible Power Supplies ; yellow pages, phone book . . you get the picture

Career built on Transformation and Go To Market roles in high growth and disruptive challenger software brands ServiceNow, Sitecore, Infor, SAS, Informatica, Quadient and Kontent.ai. 

I bring a global perspective to the table with experience living and working in London, Sydney and Singapore for nearly 30 years. My teams have created significant value by solving complex business challenges for customers, partners and stakeholders across various industry sectors. My domain expertise is wide and includes native AI software, MarTech, Customer Experience, Enterprise Service Management, Data Management and Analytics but regardless of the tech only customer outcomes matter !

I advocate for diversity, actively striving to ensure everyone receives the opportunities they deserve and I foster an inclusive environment that values and benefits from the resulting varied perspectives. I enjoy mentoring emerging talent and driving game-changing revenue-generating technologies and services for GTM operations.

My academic journey includes an Executive MBA (YMP) from INSEAD, a globally recognised institution and a Strategic Thinking for the CXO certification from Cambridge Judge Business School (2023). This academic interest, coupled with my multilingual proficiency further enhances my ability to navigate diverse business environments and communicate effectively with stakeholders from different cultures and backgrounds.

You can learn more about me and my business experience via the Featured Content Section.

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