Mag. Jenny Camaradou

European Grants and R^D Director: http://www.transactionfocus.com/funding-focus.htm

Associate Partner at Bridgepond - Investment Partner for Global expansion EMEA/North America with heavy focus on IT/Enterprise software within Canadian market http://www.bridgepond.ca/

Strategic business planning incl. go to market sales and business development strategy, corporate partnerships incl. targets, requirements, timelines, revenue projections and identifying, assessing and elaborating funding options (London business angels & private equity investors EIS and SEIS schemes and UK, EU grants (R&D))

Due diligence incl. technology & innovation management, analysis and monitoring, IP management, patent analysis, financial projections, risk and commercialisation strategy for €2,5 million grants (special focus ICT - Cloud, Big Data, Mobile, eCommerce) Independent review and expert analysis for REA Future Emerging Technologies and SME instrument categories of Innovation Proposals for the EU

4th member of the management team at early stage growth ex Microsoft Ventures incubated Berlin based company SaaS company Sensorberg

Led on global Internet of Things events in London, Bangalore, Sao Paolo and Toronto examining the impact of smart connecting technologies on SMART energy, business thinking, design, living, mobility areas- developed commercial propositions to secure speakers from IBM, Prodea Systems, CISCO and Arrow for 3 day event in Toronto at MaRS Discovery district (Canadian incubator)

Business development, project acquisition and management, customer relationship and account management looking at licensing and commercialisation issues as registered and approved associate of leap®

Drove new product execution for Canadian SaaS start-up across EMEA as Director of Business Development for Playprelude.com, negotiating and implementing with affiliate partners, account management and operations via relationship building, prospecting, consultative selling, evaluation, ROI, RFP and closure resulting in generation of >300 new accounts

Supported the Partnerships Director with development of commercial propositions and broader stakeholder engagement activity incl. investor showcase 10th Anniversary (560 attendeed) in London, showcasing 25 start-ups raising capital of between £250k - £10 million from UK and US VC Risk and project management on EU R&D Horizon 2020 and public affairs strategy. SETSquared Partnership has been voted as Europe's top university business accelerator under the UBI index ratings.

Undertook Operations and Sales Management to help with expansion of brand in new territory (Ireland) though collating and interpreting business requirements and preparing analysis for COO and undertaking risk management for the facilitating of new national accounts Tracked pipeline using Salesforce as CRM tool to set KPIs and grow and optimize revenue. Developed and communicated accurate sales forecasts to inform EMEA vertical sales strategy

Lead on all internal communications B2B and B2C to ensure maximisation of technology exploitation and employee engagement Supported the development and delivery of communications strategy by launching outreach marketing, health and safety PR campaign and generating media coverage. Worked with Head of Media Relations to provide strategic direction, planning and delivery of all pro-active media relations activity for CSR policy

Project management & internal communications lead on introduction of new legal precedent categorization system within Victoria Legal Aid. Issued progress reports and analysis of status working with IT, compliance and HR to optimize process resulting in annualized cost savings of $AUD 150,000.

In house lobbyist (in team of 2) dealing with all matters of global public affairs affecting Thomson Reuters. Advised on corporate and stakeholder engagement strategy on all global financial services (MiFID, Anti-money laundering, Insider Trading rules), international trade, IPR, e-commerce, digital content & media public affairs issues (EU TV, media, audiovisual policy) impacting on corporate reputation of Reuters news an external 14 Key Focus Group Accounts (mainly large investment banking clients).

Formulated and co-ordinated consumer credit policy engaging with cross-governmental teams and analysing risk. Recommending strategy on introduction of secondary legislation in the UK

Official Traineeship scheme DG Secretariat General European Commission Relations with European Parliament Brussels

Business development and client marketing activities for US law firm in Brussels: dealing with clients across EMEA region, assisting partners in European Competition, Tax and Environmental legal practices

Communications activities to promote European policy and Youth Campaign awareness, part-time study towards the UK CIM Chartered Institute of Marketing professional qualifications in Marketing Communications/Planning

Thesis: Entrepreneurial cognition and behaviour using IPA, interpretative phenomenological analysis (30,000 words)

1 year exchange studying European law at Saarbrucken University