CEO at The Filter
Bath, United Kingdom
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- CEO at The Filter
- Past
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- Founding Partner at Digital-dna
- Chief Marketing Office at The Filter
- Director of New Media at isporty.com
- New Media Director - Europe at Future
- Founder & Publishing Director, Future Plus at Future Plus, Future plc
- Publishing Director, Games Division at Future Publishing
- Head of International Development at The Future Network plc
- Publisher at Future Publishing
- Founder & Managing Editor at Absolute Magazine Company
- Marketing Executive at Fairways of France
- Education
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- Ashridge Business School
- University of Wales College Cardiff
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David Maher Roberts’s Summary
Entrepreneurial, creative and experienced CEO with a specialism in digital media. Proven track record in identifying and developing business opportunities and building them into high-value and profitable businesses.
Achieves by focusing on developing clear strategic plans through an ability to communicate at all levels. Enthusiastic and energetic personal style. Over 10 years of commercial P&L responsibility. Five years of UK Board experience within a PLC. At The Filter, I now operate within an Angel and VC-funded start-up.
David Maher Roberts’s Specialties:
Digital strategy creation, digital strategic implementation, organisational & structural change, product management and development, digital marketing/commerical strategy and implementation, international acquisitions/development, presentations, commercial pitching, general management.
Bi-lingual English/French, conversational Italian, rusty German.
David Maher Roberts’s Experience
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CEO
The Filter
(Internet industry)
September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)
The Filter is a website that helps people discover music, movies, video and news stories they'll love by using their tastes and the tastes of their friends.
Backed by Eden Ventures and Peter Gabriel, The Filter helps people cut through the overwhelming noise and discover content they will love thanks to a blend of tech-powered algorithms and people-powered recommendations.
The technology that powers TheFilter.com is also licensed to content-focused digital businesses. -
Founding Partner
Digital-dna
(Internet industry)
January 2007 — January 2008 (1 year 1 month)
Digital-dna is a partnership of internet specialists offering help in devising and delivering durable, user-focused web strategies.
My strong media and internet experience enables me to offer the following expertise:
- Strategic consultancy - for startups or launches, established businesses developing their web offering as well as acquisition health check and due diligence
- Project Direction and Delivery - managing all or parts of your digital project with vast experience of managing a mixture of internal, external or agency resources.
- Training and sharing knowledge - we enjoy sharing knowedge and information about developments online, whether it be content, services or web technologies. -
Chief Marketing Office
The Filter
(Internet industry)
July 2007 — September 2007 (3 months)
Brand development, Product Management, Traffic & Conversion growth, PR, Online Marketing.
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Director of New Media
isporty.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
January 2007 — July 2007 (7 months)
Was responsible for all aspects of isporty.com: content, development, third-party partnerships, affiliate network, marketing. Worked closely with founder on strategy, the launch and the 6 month follow up.
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New Media Director - Europe
Future
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; FUTR.L; Online Media industry)
June 2004 — December 2006 (2 years 7 months)
Responsible for developing and implementing Future’s new media strategy for the UK and mainland Europe. The role involves managing the new media/digital business (35+ websites, 70+ staff), integrating the online and magazine businesses and providing Future’s external and internal online profile. Reports to the Managing Director.
Delivering strong growth by focussing on developing new online content offerings within Future’s core market sectors. This requires a clear understanding of and focus on the changing needs and behaviour of consumers. In two years, the business has grown from an annual turnover of £700k to over £4m and 19m to 35m monthly page impressions. -
Founder & Publishing Director, Future Plus
Future Plus, Future plc
(Publishing industry)
May 2003 — October 2005 (2 years 6 months)
Founder of Future’s global full-service content agency (offering customer magazines, CRM communications and digital content). The agency grew from nothing to delivering annual revenues of over £5m within 3 years and is now a significant revenue and profit contributor to Future PLC.
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Publishing Director, Games Division
Future Publishing
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; FNET; Publishing industry)
May 2001 — May 2003 (2 years 1 month)
Full P&L and general management responsibility for Future's portfolio of games magazines and websites with an annual turnover in excess of £27m and over 80 employees. Board level position.
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Head of International Development
The Future Network plc
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; FNET; Publishing industry)
December 1998 — May 2001 (2 years 6 months)
Responsible for researching mergers & acquisitions, managing commercial due dilligence, managing integration of acquired companies, managing intra-group communications. Member of the executive boards of French, Italian and Polish subsidiaries as representative of parent company.
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Publisher
Future Publishing
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)
January 1995 — November 1998 (3 years 11 months)
Publisher of magazines including .net, PC Gamer, Official PlayStation Magazine, Connect, PC Review, GamesMaster...
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Founder & Managing Editor
Absolute Magazine Company
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
1993 — 1994 (1 year )
Founded a magazine publishing business to launch two new magazines: Unique (a
national student lifestyle magazine) and The Game (the UK edition of a European network of football magazines). Created concepts & strategies for both magazines and secured funding from three shareholders. -
Marketing Executive
Fairways of France
(Publishing industry)
1992 — 1993 (1 year )
David Maher Roberts’s Education
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Ashridge Business School
AMP , Advanced Management Programme , 2003 — 2003
6-week residential intense Management programme aimed at senior managers in or moving into General Management roles. Focussed on business strategy development and implementation, financial management and leadership.
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University of Wales College Cardiff
BSc Econ , European Community Studies , 1987 — 1991
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David Maher Roberts’s Interests:
Football (playing, watching and coaching), technology and gadgets, digital music creation, digital video creation, website design and creation, photography.
David Maher Roberts’s Groups:
Board member, AOP (Association of Online Publishers) Jan 2005 - December 2006
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