Jon Mell

Current

Head of Business Development at Headshift

Past

Sales and Marketing Director at Trovus
Software Technical Sales and Services Manager at Logicalis
WebSphere sales consulant at Logicalis

IT Consultant at Strategic Thought Limited
Technical Sales Consultant at IBM

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Education

Cambridge University

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Industry

Internet

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Jon Mell’s Summary

Headshift provides social software solutions for public and commercial organisations

We help corporates have difficult conversations with stakeholders, and reduce the cost of customer engagement

We help the public sector build and deliver better services at lower cost, as well as reduce the cost and improve the efficiency of their communication to stakeholders

We help large enterprises survive and thrive in a recession by reducing the cost of communication and collaboration, improving productivity by ensuring people can find their colleagues and have access to the right information at the right time.

I look after Headshift's sales and marketing strategy, as well as leading their Enterprise 2.0 practice. I am a seasoned presenter, comfortable in front of small business owners and executives within the largest enterprises, as well as presenting at conferences.

Jon Mell’s Specialties:

Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0, technical evangelism, technical sales, management, technical strategy, rich internet applications, cultural change, knowledge management, collaboration

Jon Mell’s Experience

Head of Business Development

Headshift

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

Responsible for business development at Headshift. Headshift delivers social business design solutions both inside and outside the firewall. I look after our sales process and additionally lead our Enterprise 2.0 practice. I'm also interested in partnerships/alliances with social software platform vendors
Sales and Marketing Director

Trovus

(Internet industry)

July 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 3 months)

Responsible for sales and marketing within Trovus.

Trovus provides business intelligence software to identify which specific organisations are visiting their websites.

We have follow on services to help people improve their website based on the information our software delivers.

We also help organisations improve their intranet to enhance innovation and collaboration.
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.
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.
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
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

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

Additional Information

Jon Mell’s Websites:

Jon Mell’s Groups:

The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
Web 2.0
Enterprise 2.0 professionals
Enterprise 2.0 Group
WEB Two Point Zero
Logicalis IT Forum
Financial Services Think Tank
Workspace