Chief Technology Officer - Plastyc Inc
Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Chief Technology Officer at Plastyc Inc
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- Consultant (Tech / Operations / Business) at Nexit Ventures
- Managing Director at JMS Management Consultancy Ltd
- Consultant at Greenland Interactive
- Consultant at Mobileway - Mobile 365 - now Sybase365
- VP Technology at 12snap
- IT Development Team Manager at Unilever
- Education
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- London South Bank University
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Justin Surman’s Summary
Currently CTO for Plastyc Inc. Launched a Teen, 18+ Prepaid Visa Card Service (Programs) in 2006 in the USA. Responsible for all technology development/operations and infrastructure that supports it. Check out http://www.ibankup.com, www.upsidevisa.com, & www.plastyc.com for further information.
Profile:
16 Years in Technology Management & Development (6 years Blue Chip, 9 years Mobile / Pre-Paid, Start-Ups, 36 months Executive Consultancy)
Provided strategic consultancy to Venture Capital funds and established global mobile technology companies
MSc in Advanced Information Technology
Prince 2 Practitioner (http://www.ogc.gov.uk/prince)
DSDM Practitioner (http://www.dsdm.org/)
'Pioneer' track record with forward-looking mindset
- Set up technology and infrastructure for Plastyc Inc (from scratch! - Data Centre, in New Jersey, off-shore developers in Russia & Card processor in Florida - all from my office in Surrey)
- Lead & managed the world’s largest Mobile Marketing Campaign
- Set up & managed a European development operation for Unilever plc
- Managed the infrastructure & operations to support the worlds first multi channel Mobile Auction Service (Web, Wap, IVR, SMS)
- Managed the deployment and operation of the first Pan-European mobile marketing campaign
- Set up & implemented a Project Management framework for both blue chip & start up companies
- Co-produced a Corporate IT strategy for Mobile 365
- Managed the migration of a new Mobile platform for Mobile 365 from Paris to Singapore
- Saved millions of Euros by leveraging 3rd party suppliers for 12snap
- Saved millions of dollars for a venture fund through analytical/strategic analysis carried out on a portfolio company.
Roles have included CTO, VP Technology, Interim CTO/COO, Strategic Consultant, IT Development Team Manager
International profile, UK, Germany, USA, Singapore, Netherlands, France, Czech Republic, Italy, Russia, High-level GSM community
Justin Surman’s Specialties:
Mobile and New Media, Blue Chip experience, Prepaid, 9 years Start-Up experience, Technology, Infrastructure, Project / Program Management, Strategic Analysis, Operations, M&A, Technical Audits, 9 years CTO/COO/VP Board level experience. Strategic outsourcing (offshore development), Proven track record
Justin Surman’s Experience
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Chief Technology Officer
Plastyc Inc
(Privately Held; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
November 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)
CTO for Plastyc Inc. Responsible for all technology and operations. Launched service in 2006. For more information go to: www.plastyc.com, or see www.upsidevisa.com, www.upsidecard.com
Facebook "Widgets": http://apps.facebook.com/upsidecard/
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Consultant (Tech / Operations / Business)
Nexit Ventures
(Privately Held; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
August 2005 — November 2005 (4 months)
Nexit Ventures is focused on wireless innovation, examples of Nexit portfolio companies include Ekahau, Futuremark and Hantro from Nordic to Silicon Valley; and Bitfone, Ecrio and Mobile 365 from Silicon Valley to Nordic countries
I was approached by Nexit to provide strategic consultancy for one of there US portfolio companies, namely Zonepay Inc.
This assignment objective was to provide Nexit with an informed perspective on the current operational, technology, resource and business case rationale for Zonepay Inc.
Tasks undertaken:
Analysis of market place and identification of new revenue opportunities
Review of existing business case and rationale, financial analysis and constraints
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Managing Director
JMS Management Consultancy Ltd
(Wireless industry)
November 2003 — November 2005 (2 years 1 month)
During this time I have run my own Executive Management Consultancy company from the UK, specialising in the Mobile sector.
Consultancy assignments during this time included:
Mobile 365 - Interim COO/CTO - UK, Paris, Singapore, USA
Greenland Interactive - Strategic Consultant, UK
Nexit Ventures - Strategic Consultant, Interim COO - USA -
Consultant
Greenland Interactive
(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)
April 2005 — June 2005 (3 months)
Primary function: I was approached to help some ex-colleagues in the UK (former 12snap) to validate the existing Technology and Operations team, with a view to expand operations from there traditional IVR service to a Multi Channel service offering. My duties have included, auditing of the existing platform (hardware, middleware, IPVPN), SPOF analysis, audit of team members skills and suitability, recruitment support, setting up new processes and project management controls, identification of technology ASPs to assist Greenland and creation of a budget for the new expansion plans.
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Consultant
Mobileway - Mobile 365 - now Sybase365
(Public Company; SY; Computer Software industry)
May 2004 — October 2004 (6 months)
Primary function: Acted as Interim CTO/COO reporting to the CEO pending the merger of Mobileway & Inphomatch (now Sybase 365).
My primary role was to stabilise the current technology platform, with the objective to improve the quality of service offered by Mobileway for its 450 global clients. In parallel to this objective I was also responsible for ensuring that all the dependencies were identified for a successful migration from France to a new platform in Singapore, as well as preparatory support for the merging and integration of both companies. -
VP Technology
12snap
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2000 — December 2003 (3 years 8 months)
Responsible for designing and creating architectures for the World’s largest FMCG campaigns in the UK, DE (Walkers, McDonalds, Coca Cola)
Supported operations in Munich/Milan with architecture design, project management support and best practices.
Managed 12snap’s first UK TV Campaign in partnership with Mobileway.
Carried out CMS vendor analysis and implemented a Campaign Management platform and solution for 12snap operations.
Responsible for managing 3rd party relationships (C&W, Colt, Equant, Vodafone, BT incl O2 wireless, Tmobile (UK, DE), D2 Vodafone, Omnitel, Empower, Dialogue, Mobileway, Netsize, IBM, Add2phone.
Remote management of (60) resources in the Development Centre in Prague.
Managed and developed relationships with Operators and SMS, IVR ASPs, Application Development ASPs, SMS Aggregators.
Responsible for a 6 million Euro budget for 12snap infrastructure
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IT Development Team Manager
Unilever
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 1996 — February 2000 (3 years 6 months)
IT Development Manager for Uniliver Corporate Centres in London & Rotterdam. Managed the Internet applications team, delivering projects to operational Unilever companies in Central and Eastern Europe. Technologies used: NetDynamics, Cold Fusion, Oracle, Lotus Notes, Net Objects Team Fusion
Justin Surman’s Education
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London South Bank University
MSc , Advanced Information Technology , 1996 — 1998
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Justin Surman’s Interests:
New Technologies, Prepaid Cards, Mobile, Golf, Home Cinema..Gadgets!!
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The Executive Club - Mobile & Digital
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PRINCE2 Practitioner
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