John Olford

Firmeninhaber: Medium, Geistheiler, spiritueller Lehrer und Coach. Company owner: Medium, spiritual healer, tutor and coach.

Manager, BSS PM Support Manager, BSS Product Planning Manager, BSC/RNC Product Management

Having completed the Mergers and Acquisitions activities for the re-structuring of AT&T Electronic Commerce Division, EMEA, updated senior management foundation skills by participating in the first year of the Open University MBA distance learning courses.

Led the Operations Planning department, EMEA. Key deliverables included the Operations Strategy and Operations Support plans. Supplier Relationship Management and negotiation of Memoranda of Understanding and Service Level Agreements. Planning responsibility for the Operations budget for the EMEA region.

Led a department responsible for both the Marketing and Product Management of Multimedia Videoconferencing services. Leadership role in introducing the AT&T WORLDWORX public network teleconferencing services in Europe, including business case development and obtaining approx. $2.5 million initial corporate funding in 1996.

As Senior Product Manager in a cross-functional team, completed key elements of the GIS (Dayton, Ohio) Multimedia Strategic Marketing Plan. Senior management contacts made with international PTOs, via the International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium (IMTC), resulting in successful evaluations of AT&T videoconferencing products. Represented GIS in the AT&T Business Visual Collaboration Cross Group Initiative.

Product Manager responsible for market planning, development and communications, sales support, major account, OEM and product management for multimedia PC and desk top videoconferencing products in Europe.

Led a department of product management professionals providing regional marketing and sales support for PC products to NCR international marketing organizations.

Managed a department, of ten professionals involved in PC Regional Sales Support, International PC Hotline and Technical Consultancy.

Team leader and Product Manager for six successful PC Product programs. In 1987, four months on special assignment to a corporate product release task force at WHQ in Dayton, Ohio.

Planned and managed the UK product launch and marketing for NCR Personal Computer, LAN and UNIX products and peripherals

Within 9 months exceeded personal annual sales quota for sales of NCR I-9000 general purpose mini-computer systems with special focus on property management companies

Provided installation, training and consultancy services for standard NCR software applications. Systems Analysis and project management for custom application software development.

Graduate training program in international marketing with a developer and manufacturer of maritime defense systems (SONAR, torpedoes and hydrophones).

Supervised stock allocation and traffic to the three main C&A retail fashion branches in the UK.

Neurophysiologe, Endokrinologie, Brain and Behaviour