Marc de Vries

Current

CEO at Hyves

Past

COO at Hyves
Managing Director Northern Europe at Monster Worldwide
Managing Director at Monsterboard.nl

Sales Director at Monsterboard.nl
European Sales Director at Monster.com
Co-Founder / Sales & Marketing Manager at Monsterboard.nl
Account Director at Axle Advertising & Marketing

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Education

Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Saxion Hogescholen
Universiteit Twente

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

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Marc de Vries’s Summary

In 1997 co-founder of Monsterboard.nl, subsidiary of Monster Worldwide (Nasdaq: MNST). Until September 2007 Regional CEO and Managing Director at Monster Worldwide. Started as COO at Hyves, the leading social networking site in the Netherlands (www.hyves.net) to become CEO of the company in March 2008.

Hyves is the #1 website in the Netherlands by traffic and reach (57% of the entire country) and currently employs over 120 people.

Marc de Vries’s Specialties:

General Management, Marketing & Sales, Online Recruitment, Social Media

Marc de Vries’s Experience

CEO

Hyves

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

Facilitating accelerated growth at Hyves, the Dutch leading social networking site. Hyves currently reaches over 55% of the Dutch population with over 9 million members and over 6 billion pageviews per month. Hyves currently employs over 120 people.
COO

Hyves

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

September 2007 — March 2008 (7 months)

Chief Operation Officer at Hyves, the leading social networking site in the Netherlands (www.hyves.net). Responsible for all operational matters and facilitating rapid growth in an dynamic environment.
Managing Director Northern Europe

Monster Worldwide

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; MNST; Internet industry)

September 2005 — September 2007 (2 years 1 month)

Full P&L responsibility for the Northern Region at Monster Worldwide Europe: Benelux & Nordics. 250 employees in 7 countries. Leading back-office integration to regional Headquarters, driving increasing profitability and managing change in a 60%+ growing environment. Increase marketing and branding footprint of the Monster brand accross the region. Delight our customers.
Managing Director

Monsterboard.nl

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; MNST; Internet industry)

June 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 4 months)

Full responsibility for Monsterboard.nl. Sales, Client Services, Product & Marketing. 110 Headcount.

Regional Sales responsibility for the Northern Region at Monster Worldwide Europe: Benelux & Nordics. 125 sales reps. Exceeding monthly and quarterly quotas and drive profitable sales growth.
Sales Director

Monsterboard.nl

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; MNST; Internet industry)

October 2002 — June 2004 (1 year 9 months)

Responsible for Sales & Client Services. 41 Direct Sales reps (Fieldsales/Telesales), 12 Client Services people.
European Sales Director

Monster.com

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MNST; Internet industry)

October 1999 — October 2002 (3 years 1 month)

Sales Director for Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France. Manage greenfield start-up in Italy and Spain. Responsible for sales and international account management of top 50 International customers. Building back-office structure for managing these accounts accros the organization while increasing customer satisfaction.
Co-Founder / Sales & Marketing Manager

Monsterboard.nl

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; MNST; Internet industry)

December 1997 — October 1999 (1 year 11 months)

As co-founder responsible for the start-up of the Dutch branch office of Monster.com. First non-English Monster operation. Building the brand from scratch to 97% aided brand awareness. Building up the sales department.
Account Director

Axle Advertising & Marketing

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Services industry)

1995 — 1997 (2 years )