Jed Christiansen

Strategic Partner Manager at Google

London, United Kingdom

Current
  • Strategic Partner Manager at Google
Past
  • Senior Financial Analyst Intern at Google
  • Cambridge MBA Global Consulting Project at Ocado
  • Managing Director at Mercury Research and Consulting
Education
  • University of Cambridge
  • London School of Economics and Political Science
  • University of Michigan
  • Eagan High School
Connections
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Industry
Internet
Websites

Jed Christiansen’s Summary

I am currently a Strategic Partner Manager at Google in London. I've been an entrepreneur, consultant, submarine officer and project manager. I have degrees in aerospace engineering, decision sciences, and an MBA.

Jed Christiansen’s Specialties:

Prediction markets, data analysis, management consulting, technical leadership and management, fundraising


Jed Christiansen’s Experience

  • Strategic Partner Manager

    Google

    (Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)

    October 2009Present (2 months)

    Strategic Partner Manager for Reseller Partnerships in EMEA.

    What does this mean?
    See here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JU3QZXhH6A

    Also see the following link:
    http://www.google.com/intl/en/adwords/reseller/index.html

  • Senior Financial Analyst Intern

    Google

    (Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)

    June 2009September 2009 (4 months)

    Analyzed the growth potential for Google's technology customers across Europe.

  • Cambridge MBA Global Consulting Project

    Ocado

    (Privately Held; Retail industry)

    March 2009April 2009 (2 months)

    Four week data-intensive project examining and calculating Customer Lifetime Value of Ocado's customer base.
    * Developed CLV algorithm that included all customers instead small cohorts.
    * Defined CLV premiums for significant customer segments
    * Worked with data files >1GB for analysis
    * Found that behaviour followed different trend than assumed
    * Developed new subscription model for Ocado

  • Managing Director

    Mercury Research and Consulting

    (Management Consulting industry)

    October 2006March 2009 (2 years 6 months)

    Founder of a consulting practice that helped businesses run prediction markets for improved forecasting. By harnessing the intelligence and background of selected employees and partners, your company can better predict product successes and its financial bottom line.

    In this business, I helped clients design and develop their prediction markets strategy, implement the markets, and analyze the results. While I have since moved on to other things, I still maintain a prominent blog on prediction markets (PageRank 6) at http://blog.mercury-rac.com/

  • Manager Consultant

    State of Flux

    (Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

    October 2005September 2008 (3 years )

    Developed a change programme in partnership with the technology sourcing department of a major UK bank; tracked and managed £20m of savings in quick wins project

    Conducted initial analysis and creation of management information dashboard for financial services client, which became a key management tool and was widely used to manage spend in excess of £3b per annum

    Managed day-to-day relationships with key early financial services client that sparked company’s reputation and growth

  • Plans and Policy Officer

    US Navy - COMUSNAVEUR

    (Government Agency; USN; Military industry)

    January 2004September 2005 (1 year 9 months)

    Analysed and managed development of major military plans in support of national security strategy, coordinating with other military branches and higher command (US European Command) to develop, assess and maintain deliberate and contingency plans

    Redeveloped weekly operational briefing for key Admirals and senior staff members in consultation with command senior staff

  • Submarine officer

    USS Hartford (SSN 768) - US Navy

    (Military industry)

    November 1999December 2003 (4 years 2 months)

    Led an operational team of 28 personnel in high-risk environment; made decisions that affected safety of ship and 130 personnel during critical operations and coordinated emergency response for fire, flooding and nuclear casualty drills.

    Managed up to 35 personnel. Reviewed job performance, training programs, examination scores and work schedules for each individual.

    Led watch-team to highest possible scores on major nuclear reactor safety examination, contributing to ship’s record score (best score in US Navy Atlantic Fleet for two years).

    Qualified as Naval Nuclear Engineer Officer, Conventional Weapons Handling Supervisor

  • Project Manager

    University of Michigan Solar Car Team

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    September 1997October 1999 (2 years 2 months)

    Served as Project Manager for 2 years overseeing planning, construction, and racing of University solar car. Competed in two international races: Sunrayce 99 in the United States and World Solar Challenge 99 across Australia. Race vehicle has since been placed on permanent display in the Museum of Science in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

    Led 100+ students in designing, building, and racing a solar powered car across two continents, North America and Australia

    Developed team goals, strategies and timelines, whilst identifying emerging team leaders and managing external relationships with sponsors and race officials

    Managed the fundraising of and expenditure of US$1m budget, including a $300k cash budget

  • Leadership 2017 intern

    University of Michigan

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    May 1998August 1998 (4 months)

    Leadership 2017 was a program run in the Vice-President for Student Affairs office. Highly selective, it chose ~15 student leaders per summer. The internship combined talks and briefings with virtually every senior University official, activities to learn from each other, and time to spend on projects for the University.

    For my project, I led the effort to define a concept for how the (then-in-construction) Wilson Student Projects Center would operate. It was a space and resource for all engineering student projects, and I worked with the prospective Director and other student leaders to define a framework around how students would be able to use the facility.


Jed Christiansen’s Education

  • University of Cambridge

    MBA , Business , 20082009

    Founder- Cambridge Tech Demo Night
    Founder- OpenCoffee Cambridge
    Co-founder- Jesus@Judge lecture series

    Activities and Societies:
    Jesus College Boat Club, Cambridge University Eco Racing Team, Entrepreneurship SIG.
  • London School of Economics and Political Science

    MSc , Decision Sciences (Operational Research) , 20042006

    Completed thesis titled "Prediction Markets: Practical experiments in small markets and behaviours observed." Paper was published in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Prediction Markets in 2007.

  • University of Michigan

    B.S.E. , Aerospace Engineering , 19951999

    Project Manager for the University of Michigan Solar Car Team from 1997 through 1999. Competed in Sunrayce 99 and the World Solar Challenge in Australia.

    Activities and Societies:
    Solar Car Team, Navy ROTC, Engineering Senior Class Vice-President, Epeians, Leadership 2017 Intern, Sigma Gamma Tau
  • Eagan High School

    19911995

    Selected for UMTYMP (accelerated math program)

    Activities and Societies:
    State Champion - Winter Drumline
    All-State Orchestra - Percussionist

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