Andy Beard

Current

Owner at Keedz Ltd
Consultant at Modapol

Past

Business Development Director at Techland

Education

St. Olaves Grammar School
South East London Technical College

Recommended

1 person has recommended Andy

Connections

286 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

Andy Beard’s Summary

An experienced executive who has played a defining role in diverse disciplines within the software industry. Has an open and enquiring mind, refined communication and negotiation skills, and a proven ability to adapt to a fast paced and ever changing industry.

Regarding my Internet activities a colleague has thus described me

" Andy is definately the kind of guy I’d like to get to know better, and I do hope that over time we get to know each other more. We have a lot of similar interests, and I can tell he’s the kind of guy who needs to know both the how and the why of the way things work.

Unlike a lot of others who have that drive to know, Andy also has a drive to apply. He is right now working on a project that he simply won’t tell me a lot about yet, but the hints he’s droped, both in his blog and in an email or two, leave me with that 8 year old at Christmas kind of energetic, barely contained anxiousness. I can’t wait to see what he cooks up."

Andy Beard’s Specialties:

Jack-of-all-trades sales, marketing and computer related

Andy Beard’s Experience

Owner

Keedz Ltd

(Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry)

April 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)

Internet Marketing, Niche Marketing
Consultant

Modapol

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Apparel & Fashion industry)

August 1993 — Present (16 years)

Privately held family run apparel business
Business Development Director

Techland

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

June 1996 — November 2003 (7 years 6 months)

Placed 4 products with worldwide publishers, whilst overseeing design, development, marketing, localization and QA
Negotiated development of 3rd party for Activision
Specified feature requirements of original content specifically for OEM market, and then placed said product with 3 major OEM clients (Creative Labs, Aureal Inc and Videologic)
Oversaw design, development, marketing, QA and sales of original content to home markets
Negotiated the purchase of 100+ products from international publishers
Played a principal role in Techland's growth from a company of 5 full time employees to a medium sized development and publishing operation, with 60+ development staff and 25 in sales, marketing and distribution.
Lead for External Relations with hardware / software vendors
Primary negotiator for all international contracts, legal proceedings and settlements
International PR, Exhibition stands design and implementation, exhibiting at and visiting industry events.
Website design