MD and Owner, Tourist Republic Ltd
Ireland
- Current
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- Owner at Tourist Republic Ltd
- Past
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- Business Development Director at Shannon Showcase
- Renewable Energy Consultant (Self-employed)
- Buisness Analysts at EDF
- MD at JF - Thurot Wines (Self-employed)
- Sales Manager at Lernaut and Hauspie
- Education
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- College of Carlow (RTC)
- Université du Havre
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Jan Blanchard’s Summary
I am the founder of Tourist Republic. TouristR allows people to plan and book trips online. Our plans for 2008 will see the development of a semantic trip planner that allows people to interactively build their perfect trip. Our vision is to combine our existing travel social network and the semantic trip planner. A mix between a tourist office site and a booking site where users can read travel stories, see practical information, explore and share trips, photos and videos.
Jan Blanchard’s Specialties:
I have 10 years experience in sales and in the marketing of new ideas and concepts. I love to meet unconventional people, discover new places and drink good wine.
Jan Blanchard’s Experience
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Owner
Tourist Republic Ltd
(Public Company; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2006 — Present (2 years 3 months)
I'm learning a lot about entrepreneurship and about myself as I am developing TouristR from an idea into a business. Our vision is to organise the world's travel information and make it relevant to each individual.
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Business Development Director
Shannon Showcase
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2003 — November 2005 (2 years 10 months)
Shannon Showcase is developing loyalty programs linking retailers and hotels offering real wins wins to all involved in the process. I learned a lot in this position as the company grew very quickly to International markets. I wrote business proposals, managed projects, launched promotional websites, negotiated contracts, managed teams and liaised sales and operations.
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Renewable Energy Consultant
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Oil & Energy industry)
May 2002 — February 2003 (10 months)
Coming back to Ireland, I used my experience in France to advise governmental boards on renewable energies policies. I wrote press articles, spoke at conferences and wrote conventions and other documents.
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Buisness Analysts
EDF
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Oil & Energy industry)
May 2000 — September 2002 (2 years 5 months)
My first and only experience in a very big company, I was responsible for the Vivrelec offer which was granted to Energy efficient homes. I managed partnership networks in the building industry and advised home owners on their construction project.
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MD
JF - Thurot Wines (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Food & Beverages industry)
September 1998 — April 2000 (1 year 8 months)
Wine is one of my passion and this was a great opportunity to learn more about it, from the grape to the glass! I've signed an exclusivity deal for the Jean Francois Thurot brand in the Swiss and German markets, built a portofolio of over 100 members (80% of sales) and reached €300,000 turnover in 1999.
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Sales Manager
Lernaut and Hauspie
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 1997 — June 1998 (1 year 1 month)
My last day in college was a Friday and I started to work on Monday. Lernaut and Hauspie was specalised in voice recognition technology and had set up a call centre in Dublin. I learned about sales in this company, I managed a sales team for the French market and set up a distribution network in France, Swizerland and Senegal.
Jan Blanchard’s Education
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College of Carlow (RTC)
International Marketing 1996 — 1997
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Université du Havre
Buisness Studies 1994 — 1996
Professional experience in Gec Alsthom, communication department
Additional Information
Jan Blanchard’s Websites:
Jan Blanchard’s Interests:
Wine, Travel and Soccer.
Jan Blanchard’s Groups:
http://www.Web2Ireland.org
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DMF: All Island Digital Media Network member
Jan Blanchard’s Honors:
National Marketing Innovation Award, "Emos", Shannon Showcase, 2004.
Jan Blanchard’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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