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Thomas Power

HND in Business and Finance. Chairman of The Ecademy Ltd.

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Employed Full-Time
Website: http://www.ecademy.com
Industries: Cleantech, Computing, Education, Information Technology, Internet, Media, Nanotech, Travel
Skills: Business, Databases, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Guerrilla marketing, HTML / CSS, Investment, Leadership, Management, Marketing, PHP, Public speaking, Sales, Software Engineering, SQL, Viral marketing, Web Development, Windows applications
Next step: email me on thomas.power@ecademy.com or call my cell +447875695012
Location: London
Visas: Worldwide
Interested in: Advising startups, Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Creating a group, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding hot stories, Finding mentors, Getting press, Giving back, Growing my group, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Internships, Investing in projects, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Receiving feedback, Shadowing, Sharing my projects, Supporting my investments, Trading services
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WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: QXL Ricardo plc
Position: Senior Non-executive Director
Time period: January 2002 - December 2006
Description: (Online auctioneering portal)
• Served as senior independent NED
• Served on audit and remuneration committees
• During tenure on board, share price increased by 4,760% from 10.8p to £4.86

Employer: InsightExec (wholly-owned sub of BT plc)
Position: Non-executive Director
Time period: January 2000 - December 2002
Description: • Served under Pierre Danon, CEO, BT Retail (the largest group company), pushed BT into new broadband, wireless and mobile markets

Employer: The Ecademy Ltd
Position: Chairman
Time period: January 1998 - December 2008
Description: (UK market leader B2B social network portal)
• Conceived, established and led company, achieving >300k subscribers
• Carved out a niche before a market was named or existed
• Capital raised at £20m valuation in February 2000
• Personally attained number one position in the world for receiving testimonials on LinkedIn

Employer: TDS Group
Position: Group Managing Director
Time period: January 1996 - December 1998
Description: (A systems integrator focussed on data analysis and e-commerce, 250 employees)
• Purchased B2B UK franchise from Trade’ex (later acquired by www.ariba.com)
• Created www.BTtradingplaces.com for BT using Trade’ex Marketmaker platform
• Remained as board director in 1996 following TDS Group’s acquisition by www.scoot.com plc

Employer: Urban Science
Position: VP Europe
Time period: January 1992 - December 1996
Description: (A systems integrator focussed on automotive e-commerce and market analysis systems)
• Created and sold the world’s first internet auction to Mercedes-Benz for the disposal of used cars to its dealers (www.debis.de)
• Created Microsoft’s first market share analysis system and sold into present Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer

Employer: DMS Europe
Position: Founder & Managing Director
Time period: January 1988 - December 1992
Description: • Database marketing call centre, staff of 50, acquired by Urban Science, Detroit in 1992

Employer: Amstrad
Position: Marketing Manager
Time period: January 1986 - December 1988
Description: • Apprentice to Chairman & CEO, Sir Alan Sugar, featured prominently in ‘The Amstrad Story’ published by FT journalist, David Thomas in 1989

Employer: Commerce One
Position: UK Country Manager
Time period: December 1998
Description: (e-procurement and e-marketplace portal software provider)
• Created www.BTMarketsite.net for BT, the UK’s first e-procurement implementation

PUBLICATIONS

Articles: The E-Business Advantage, Ecademy, 1998
The Battle of the Portals, Ecademy, 1999
E to the Power of 12, Financial Times, 2000
Ecosystem – Living the 12 Principles of E-Business, Financial Times, 2001
Networking for Life, Ecademy, 2003
A Friend in Every City, Ecademy, 2005
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