Andrew Jenkins

Current

• Strategic Partner and Contributor at Community Marketing Blog
• Principal at Volterra Consulting

Past

• A. Director-Strategic Alliances at Bell Canada
• Director, Business Development and Sales at Upward Motion
• Director, Strategic Accounts at ezWare

• Manager, Channel Development at InfoSpace Canada (formerly Inex Corporation)
• Manager at EveryWare

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Education

• University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
• Dartmouth College - The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
• University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

• York University
• Laurentian University

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Recommended

7 people have recommended Andrew

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company
• Twitter
• Social Media Interview

Andrew Jenkins’s Summary

Volterra Consulting specializes in business design and innovation with emerging technologies in the Internet, Wireless and Social Media sectors.

Volterra Consulting helps organizations:

• assess their current state

• identify what, where and how emerging technologies might help them with their corporate objectives

• devise the appropriate strategy incorporating those technologies

If a company wants to understand the technology trends that will matter to them and why, Volterra Consulting provides the necessary actionable insights.

Andrew Jenkins, Founder and Principal, is an action-oriented and innovative senior manager with Information and Communication Technology (ICT) experience spanning social media/networks, wireless, e-business, telecommunications, internet, software, and hardware solutions. Well versed in the various media platforms/channels (web, wireless, television). Extensive international travel and business experience throughout North America and Europe.

Interested in opportunities in social media/Web 2.0, cross platform, wireless/telecom and the internet that build on past channel, alliance, business development and strategy experience.

Interested in Advisory Board or Corporate Director opportunities.

UK Ancestry Visa holder enabling work in the UK without sponsorship.

Andrew Jenkins’s Specialties:

Strategy, Business Models, Social Media, Wireless, Alliances, E-business or E-Commerce, Software Applications, Stakeholder Management, Business Development, Competitive and Industry Analysis, Cross-functional Collaboration, Relationship Management, Project Management, Oral and Written Communication, Channel Development, Strategic Planning

Andrew Jenkins’s Experience

• Strategic Partner and Contributor

  Community Marketing Blog

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  July 2009 — Present (5 months)

  http://www.communitymarketingblog.com
  
  A growing blog dedicated to sharing traditional marketing and the latest best practices in a variety of social media and web 2.0 arenas. We assist businesses in making practical sense of how to apply marketing, communications and social media with a long term perspective while staying clear of hype and fads.
  
  We presently have 7 writers who are also strategic growth partners: collectively we reach over 1.5 million LinkedIn Group members and several thousand twitter followers. We are on a growth goal and looking for new writers and alliances who will contribute to building our brand's visibility and audience reach. Our mission is to assist professionals in the application of effective marketing and social media practices clear of hype and short term thinking.

• Principal

  Volterra Consulting

  (Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

  July 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

  Professional services company specializing in strategy, business design, project management and innovation in the ICT sector
  
  Projects:
  
  • Provided subject matter expertise to update and expand an electronic publishing program for a university incorporating the latest social media tools
  • Completed organizational assessment and new go-to-market strategy for a middleware supplier in the telecom sector serving customers such as Bell Canada
  • Provided project oversight for an Oracle application implementation for Rogers Wireless
  • Research project on Social Media and Networks and their ability to foster Collaborative Innovation for Britain’s National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA)
  • Assessment and development of QMS, WMS and Wireless strategy for an energy services company
  • Web 2.0 strategy and user experience for a segment of the “jPod Lounge”, a project attached to the book and television property jPod with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
  • Due diligence to determine valuation, status of intellectual property, M & A/sale prospects and strategy for an e-commerce solutions company
  • Developed strategy for an online service to help companies forge clear links between their investment in learning and corporate performance

• A. Director-Strategic Alliances

  Bell Canada

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

  April 2004 — June 2007 (3 years 3 months)

  Negotiated and managed strategic alliances with complementary partners in wireless data specializing in areas such as Inventory and Asset Management, Supply Chain, Field Service and Mobile Workforce, Fleet Management, Automated Data Collection (Barcode) and RFID, Wireless LAN and VOIP

• Director, Business Development and Sales

  Upward Motion

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  March 2002 — September 2002 (7 months)

• Director, Strategic Accounts

  ezWare

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  May 2000 — October 2001 (1 year 6 months)

• Manager, Channel Development

  InfoSpace Canada (formerly Inex Corporation)

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; INSP; Computer Software industry)

  April 1997 — April 2000 (3 years 1 month)

• Manager

  EveryWare

  (Wireless industry)

  1995 — 1996 (1 year )

Andrew Jenkins’s Education

• University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

  Certificate , SME Board Effectiveness , 2008 — 2008

  SME Board Effectiveness Program offered by the Institute for Corporate Directors and delivered in partnership with the Rotman School of Management

• Dartmouth College - The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

  Marketing Management 2004 — 2004

• University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

  MBA , Business Administration , 2002 — 2003

• York University

  B.F.A. , Film Production , 1990 — 1993

  Activities and Societies:

  President, Film and Video Student Association

• Laurentian University

  B.A. , Economics , September 1985 — November 1988

Additional Information

Andrew Jenkins’s Websites:

• My Company
• Twitter
• Social Media Interview

Andrew Jenkins’s Groups:

Institute of Corporate Directors, Rotman School of Management Alumni, Association of Internet Marketing and Sales (A.I.M.S.), Overlap

•    Executive Suite
•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    MobileMonday Toronto
•    Mobile Marketing Association
•    Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals
•    Dead EMBA Society
•    Innovation People Expert Innovators Creative Network
•    Wireless Jobs
•    Consultants Network
•    Toronto Entrepreneur Alliance
•    Innovation Management Group
•    Front End of Innovation
•    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
•    ThoseinMedia
•    Marketing 2.0 Technology (Over 3400+ Members)
•    York University Alumni
•    Wireless Telecommunications Worldwide
•    Innovation and Entrepreneurship
•    Wireless Internet Industry Executives (WIIE)...6,000+ members & growing!
•    Best Practice Institute
•    Toronto Digital Marketing Professionals
•    Mobile Product Management
•    Social Media Marketing
•    Canadian Interactive Experts
•    Rotman Designworks
•    Bell Canada - Official Group
•    Resources Global - EMPLOYEES AND ALUMNI
•    Rotman School of Management Group - Students/Alum's
•    Partnerpedia
•    Overlap
•    TED: Ideas Worth Spreading
•    twitter innovators Innovation & Creativity Network of Tweeters
•    Future Trends
•    Rogers Alumni
•    nextMEDIA
•    Business Model Hub
•    Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals - Global IT Community
•    Board Of Innovation
•    Thinkers and Linkers
•    Strategy, Marketing & Innovation Forum
•    Eutopia Solutions - Global Staffing Experts
•    Friends of LinkedIn
•    The Linked CXO / President, CEO, COO, CIO, CTO, MD, VP, Director 's
•    Third Tuesday
•    Canadian Social Media Marketing
•    HUBBA Social Media Consultants : Business Consultants
•    Business Technology and Creativity
•    Design with Dialogue

Andrew Jenkins’s Honors:

Produced a documentary exhibited at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Melbourne and Sydney Film Festivals and Lollapalooza as well as broadcast by Channel 4 in the UK and SBS TV in Australia.

Awarded apprenticeship with the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.

Andrew Jenkins’s Contact Settings

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