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interim manager

Work Experience

Actual Experience
Aug. 2004 – present
Blend bv, PitchMedia bv
Blend bv, co-owner, advisor to the publisher
• Co-responsible for the successful introduction and roll out of Blend (launched Okt ’04), a new magazine aimed at creative youngsters, combined with brand extensions such as the ‘Blend store’, a guerrilla store concept.
PitchMedia bv, managing director, advisor to the publisher
• Responsible for the introduction of Pitch (launched Nov. ’05), a new Dutch ‘opinion monthly’, plus an internet concept, aimed at young, high educated professionals.

Jan. 2002 – Dec. 2004
Reed Elsevier bv, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
(Division Reed Business Information)
Publisher Elsevier Online
• Co-responsible for the successful roll out and introduction of Elsevier.nl, the news site for the Dutch leading opinion weekly Elsevier. (July – December 2004)
- Exceeded traffic targets with >50%.
Publisher Customer Select
• Responsible for strategy to improve sales and marketing for Customer Select, an internet based ‘tender information businesses. (February – July 2004)
- Co-responsible for the roll out of ‘Reed Business Sales Leads’ a new commercial e-business model for RBI Netherlands.
Publisher Marketing Tribune
• Responsible for repositioning marketing-advertising weekly NieuwsTribune in to bi-weekly MarketingTribune. (January 2002 – January 2004)
- Successfully launched new yearly specials for both brand design and publishing business.
- Realized a financial improvement from € 801K loss yearend 2001 to € 214K profit yearend 2002.
- Integrated the (in 2000 acquired by RBI) NieuwsTribune team and her working method into the RBI structure and reorganized the team from 24fte starting 2002 to 7fte yearend 2003.
General responsibility:
• P&L responsible.
• Direct reports (depending on product): 3-5, total staff to manage: 9-24.
• Member of the management team from the Amsterdam office.
• Reported to MD of Amsterdam.

Jan. 1998 – Nov. 2001
Pulse.Interactive bv, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Managing Director and partly co-owner.
• Responsible for daily management of an internet company offering services and solutions for website development, internet-strategy and internet-marketing for blue chip clients such as Sara Lee DE, KPN, AEX stock exchange, Reed Elsevier, Heineken International and KLM Cargo.
• 30-60 employees.
• Realized 70% revenue growth and 21% yearend profit margin in 2 years time.
• Sold the companies shares to an American, NASDAQ traded Internet Company named Xceed Inc. at the first half of 2000.
• Xceed filed for ‘Chapter 9’ and ‘Chapter 11’ during the internet bubble burst in 2001. As responsible MD in the Netherlands I also filed for Chapter 11 following Dutch legislation yearend 2001 and ‘closed doors’.
• P&L responsible.
• Direct reports: 5, total staff to manage: 30-60.
• Member of Xceeds international management team.

Education

Education / Courses
2004 Advanced Leadership, Vergouwen Overduin
2002 Leadership, Poorter & Partners
1999 Management By Objectives, Factor
1998 Project management, Factor
1992 NIMA-A
1991 Time Management, Time Maarssen
1990 Sales techniques, Krauthammer
1989 - 1991 Media planning, SRM
1985 - 1988 Amsterdamse dag en avond scholengemeenschap
VWO(no diploma)
1980 - 1985 Grafische MTS Amsterdam
1978 - 1980 MEAO, Hoorn

Languages

Language skills
Fluent in the Dutch and English language, reasonable good in German.

Other

Computer experience
experienced user of Windows and Macintosh.
(Excel, Word, PowerPoint, QuarkXpress, Filemaker, Outlook)
Memberships
Media Werkgroep, IAA/DAC, NUV, Nima
Significant speaking experience
Media Werkgroep. Youngster Marketing Program
Young Management Program, University Nijenrode
Hobbies
Squash, skating, wakeboarding, movies, theatre, reading.

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