Chief Operating Officer at Geekdom
Sydney Area, Australia
- Current
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- Chief Operating Officer at Geekdom
- Director & Co-founder at PhotoMerchant Pty Ltd
- Past
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- Chief Operating Officer at MassMedia Studios Pty Ltd
- Chief Operating Officer at MassMedia Studios AUS
- Chief Operating Officer at MassMedia Studios AUS
- Consultant at MassMedia Studios Pty Ltd
- General Manager, Director at Communicator Interactive Pty Ltd
- Business Manager, New Media at Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd
- Account Executive at IMRglobal
- Project Manager (Contractor) at Secom Australia Pty Ltd
- General Manager at CNS IT Pty Ltd
- Education
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- University of Technology, Sydney
- University of Technology, Sydney
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Elmar Platzer’s Summary
General Manager with strong entrepreneurial bend and extensive operational and business development skills. Substantial experience in the mobile and online sector and passionate about technology start up and greenfields opportunities (incl. start up ventures within large and established organisations). Places strong importance on building and maintaining strong relationships with staff, clients, suppliers and industry contacts (a genuine like for and interest in people helps!) and constantly strives for the highest level of integrity in all business dealings.
Elmar Platzer’s Specialties:
General management, business building, business development, strategic partnerships, content acquisition, contract negotiations and administration, strategic planning, organisational restructuring, online and mobile content distribution, strategic selling, marketing.
Elmar Platzer’s Experience
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Chief Operating Officer
Geekdom
(Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2009 — Present (3 months)
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Director & Co-founder
PhotoMerchant Pty Ltd
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)
PhotoMerchant is an online turnkey business system for photographers. The service is a SaaS proposition and currently is available in Australia with expansion into the US planned for the end of September.
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Chief Operating Officer
MassMedia Studios Pty Ltd
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2006 — October 2009 (3 years 8 months)
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Chief Operating Officer
MassMedia Studios AUS
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2006 — 2009 (3 years )
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Chief Operating Officer
MassMedia Studios AUS
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2006 — 2009 (3 years )
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Consultant
MassMedia Studios Pty Ltd
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
December 2005 — February 2006 (3 months)
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General Manager, Director
Communicator Interactive Pty Ltd
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
July 2004 — November 2005 (1 year 5 months)
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Business Manager, New Media
Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry)
April 2000 — June 2004 (4 years 3 months)
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Account Executive
IMRglobal
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 1999 — May 2000 (1 year 4 months)
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Project Manager (Contractor)
Secom Australia Pty Ltd
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1998 — February 1999 (7 months)
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General Manager
CNS IT Pty Ltd
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1996 — August 1998 (2 years 1 month)
Elmar Platzer’s Education
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University of Technology, Sydney
MBA , Business , 2003 — 2006
Submajors in law and marketing.
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University of Technology, Sydney
Graduate Diploma in Management , Management , 1999 — 2003
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Elmar Platzer’s Groups:
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CeBIT Australia
Elmar Platzer’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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