Managing Director, Trovus Consulting
London, United Kingdom
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- Head of Consulting at Trovus
- Past
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- Software Technical Sales and Services Manager at Logicalis
- WebSphere sales consulant at Logicalis
- IT Consultant at Strategic Thought Limited
- Technical Sales Consultant at IBM
- Education
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- Cambridge University
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Jon Mell’s Summary
Eight years experience in sales and management within the Internet industry from early commercial transactional websites through to the latest trends in Web 2.0. Recently focusing on the cultural and behavioural impact of such tools rather than the technology.
A seasoned presenter, comfortable in front of business and technical audiences, as well as working with small privately owned companies and the largest corporates.
I am also an experienced basketball coach with an interest in team building and elite team performance both in sports and in the workplace.
Jon Mell’s Specialties:
Web 2.0, technical evangelism, technical sales, management, technical strategy, rich internet applications, cultural change, knowledge management, collaboration
Jon Mell’s Experience
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Head of Consulting
Trovus
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
July 2007 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Managing Director of the Trovus Consultancy business. Trovus is a consultancy that helps customers find the business value of Web 2.0. We help clients understand the behaviour and cultural changes that are required to adopt Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs, wikis, social tagging and instant messaging. We help apply these tools to external and internal web sites.
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Software Technical Sales and Services Manager
Logicalis
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 3 months)
Manage team of 25 consultants delivering software solutions in WebSphere, DB2 Content Manager, Oracle and Business Objects. Appointed team leaders and operated at second line manager level.
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WebSphere sales consulant
Logicalis
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 2004 — March 2006 (1 year 6 months)
Own the WebSphere business for Logicalis Computing Solutions (formerly known as Notability). Work closely with IBM to drive WebSphere sales and projects.
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IT Consultant
Strategic Thought Limited
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
September 2003 — September 2004 (1 year 1 month)
WebSphere Portal architect at Strategic Thought helping WebSphere customers make the most of their software investment
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Technical Sales Consultant
IBM
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Internet industry)
September 2000 — September 2003 (3 years 1 month)
Technical sales consultant at IBM responsible for removing technical objections to the sale of IBM software. Constantly presenting to customers and working in a consultative sales environment as well as a specialism in handling competitive situations.
Jon Mell’s Education
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Cambridge University
BA, Philosophy, September 1997 — June 2000
- Activities and Societies:
- President, Captain and Head Coach Cambridge Blues Basketball Team
Head Coach Cambridge Blues Basketball B team and Cambridge Blues Women's team
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WEB Two Point Zero member
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