Marketing Manager Southeast Asia at Microsoft
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- Marketing Manager Southeast Asia at Microsoft
- Past
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- Marketing Manager Belgium at Microsoft
- Business Development Manager / Strategic Planner at Tagora
- Sales Manager at Eurostar
- Business Development Manager at Wegener
- Owner at Event Magazine
- Area manager at Weisspunkt
- Sales representative at Bytes & com
- Education
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- University of Liverpool
- Solvay Business School
- Groep T - Leuven Hogeschool
- Erasmushogeschool Brussel
- Sint-Joris instituut
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Geert Desager’s Summary
Over 12 years of experience in sales and marketing in several countries, an entrepreneurial and creative spirit, and a solid, relevant educational background are my main features. Through creating and leading highly successful teams I have continuously managed to exceed corporate sales objectives as a direct result of the developed and deployed marketing solutions. My goals are to put these skills and knowledge to work in a leading fast paced company, preferably on an international level.
Geert Desager’s Specialties:
Project Management, Direct Marketing, Online Marketing, Email Marketing, Loyalty programs, CRM, viral marketing, interactive television, branding, advertising, strategic planning, social media, people management.
Geert Desager’s Experience
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Marketing Manager Southeast Asia
Microsoft
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Responsible for B2B marketing and sales readiness for Microsoft Advertising in the Southeast Asia region (which includes, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam)
Areas of focus:
- GTM of new advertising products and services
- Research and audience insights
- PR
- Internal and External marketing & communication
- Partner engagement and events
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Marketing Manager Belgium
Microsoft
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
July 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 6 months)
Responsible for B2B marketing and sales readiness for Microsoft Advertising in Belgium.
Areas of focus:
- GTM of new advertising products and services
- Research and audience insights
- PR
- Internal and External marketing & communication
- Partner engagement and events
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Business Development Manager / Strategic Planner
Tagora
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
August 2004 — June 2006 (1 year 11 months)
Responsible for all new business, competitions and strategic development of existing clients. In this role I already brought in several new clients, through prospecting and winning competitions against leading advertising agencies. My role goes further than only selling, I am responsible for the strategic planning for all new projects and clients. This means that I remain the leader of projects until the contract is signed and guide, motivate and inspire teams of art directors, designers, copywriters and developers to deliver the proposals.
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Sales Manager
Eurostar
(Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)
September 2003 — March 2004 (7 months)
Developed the new corporate sales strategy of Eurostar Belgium, the high speed train between Brussels and London, as well as a complete new pricing policy to attack the business market and achieved buy-in from the board.
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Business Development Manager
Wegener
(Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 1998 — August 2003 (5 years 5 months)
- Developed marketing strategy and sales objectives. Closed several partnerships enabling access to more than 2 million French households by e-mail, the largest online consumer database in France. Presented recommendations to the International Board and sales force; achieved buy-in on many proposals.
- Launched and managed e-marketing services for the group in Belgium and The Netherlands. Managed a sales team of 4 people. Closed, developed, managed and consulted major accounts like Janssen Pharmaceutica, Renault, Mobistar… Trained account managers throughout the group.
- Created, managed and launched the website and call centre for the most successful loyalty program in Belgium (www.Happydays.be) in time and below budget and managed a team of 3 developers -
Owner
Event Magazine
(Publishing industry)
September 1997 — March 1998 (7 months)
Launched a new consumer magazine for the Western Cape / South Africa(40.000 distributed). In charge of sales & marketing. Launched a ground breaking marketing campaign that gave us much visibility.
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Area manager
Weisspunkt
(Facilities Services industry)
March 1997 — September 1997 (7 months)
Responsible for sales of outsourced maintenance service in Belgium and The Netherlands. Closed several major new clients.
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Sales representative
Bytes & com
(Internet industry)
September 1996 — March 1997 (7 months)
Responsible for sales of banner advertising in Belgium. Closed major deals and signed agreements with leading portals.
Geert Desager’s Education
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University of Liverpool
Master , MBA , March 2003 — December 2004
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Solvay Business School
Master , Master in e-business , 2000 — 2001
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Groep T - Leuven Hogeschool
Marketing 1996 — 1997
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Erasmushogeschool Brussel
Academic Bachelor , Applied linguistics , 1992 — 1996
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Sint-Joris instituut
1982 — 1989
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Geert Desager’s Interests:
project management, new technology, marketing (in its broadest definition), advertising, branding, organizational behavior, lifelong learning, intercultural business, management communication, travel
Geert Desager’s Honors:
- Guest Professor "Customer Relationship Management" in the Master in Business and Information System at the Open University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in collaboration with the Solvay Business School (http://www.solvay.edu/EN/Programmes/Vietnam/GestionInfoTech/index.php)
- Guest Professor "Customer Relationship Management" in the Part time MBA at the National Economics University in Hanoi, Vietnam in collaboration with the Solvay Business School
(http://www.solvay-ulb.org/mba-vietnam/Programmes/mba/mba_hanoi.php)
- Winner of the 'Above and Beyond' Award at Microsoft in 2007
- Winner of a Mixx Award, Cuckoo Award, CCB Award and Bronze Lion in Cannes for the "Bring the love back' campaign in 2008
- Winner of Q2 C&O Champion Club Award at Microsoft in 2008
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