Chief Executive Officer of Breathe Networks
United Kingdom
- Current
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- Chief Executive Officer at Breathe Networks
- Director at Stormsign Corporation
- Director at SuperSingle
- Past
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- Vice President at AGENCY.COM
- Client Manager (Various) at IBM
- Education
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- University of Cambridge
- London Guildhall University
- The Latymer Grammar School
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Marcus East’s Summary
Marcus is an experienced international business executive with experience in both corporate and entrepreneurial environments. He is a full member of the Chartered Management Institute.
His blue-chip background and training, combined with his entrepreneurial flair and experience make him a fully rounded executive, suited to senior leadership roles in major organisations. He employs a hands-on approach, and has experience of delivering some of the projects he has sold – he likes to lead from the front and is a natural leader with vision and excellent team-building and management skills, able to operate in complex environments.
A tough negotiator, he prides himself on his relationship-building and strong commercial skills, which he has used successfully at all levels of business, and across national boundaries on global projects.
Marcus East’s Specialties:
e-business, Information Technology, New Media, Restructuring & Sales Management.
Marcus East’s Experience
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Chief Executive Officer
Breathe Networks
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
May 2004 — Present (4 years 1 month)
Marcus is founder & CEO of Breathe Networks Limited (BNL), one of the UK's leading Internet Service Providers.
BNL owns several consumer brands including 'breathe', macunlimited, Bush Internet and NetcomUK.
The main business, 'breathe' was founded in 1999 by Martin Dawes Communications and launched with the (in)famous "It's amazing what happens when you breathe..." TV adverts, part of a £37m advertising campaign.
He completed a management buy-out of the business in July 2006, bringing on board new investors, including City heavyweight Andy Ruhan. -
Director
Stormsign Corporation
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
May 2002 — Present (6 years 1 month)
Stormsign is Management Consulting and Incubator business established by Marcus to engage with and launch new start-up businesses.
Roles that he has fulfilled with Stormsign include being Managing Director of the Inspired Technology Group where he worked with the founders to take the company through an exciting, but complicated merger with the digital division of Leisure Link, creating Inspired Broadcast Networks.
He also worked on a number of start-ups, including the online dating service such as SuperSingle and white-label services for companies like LA Fitness, Maxim and B Magazine. SuperSingle has now been spun-off into a separate company.
He regularly receives requests for assistance with start-ups and turnarounds, and is happy to get involved in new and high-risk ventures as an investor or adviser. -
Director
SuperSingle
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
May 2002 — Present (6 years 1 month)
SuperSingle is business specialising in online communities and dating services and owns the following brands:
* SuperSingle (http://www.supersingle.com)
* FlirtMonkey (http://www.flirtmonkey.com)
* EastWestConnection (http://www.eastwestconnection.org) -
Vice President
AGENCY.COM
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
2000 — 2002 (2 years)
Marcus was Vice President of Business Development in AGENCY.COM's London office where he spent two very enjoyable years working with major corporate clients.
AGENCY.COM was part of the Omnicom Group which is the world's largest advertising conglomerate and so had access to a wide range of clients at a strategic level, making it one of the world's leading web design and strategy consultancies. -
Client Manager (Various)
IBM
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1994 — 2000 (6 years)
Marcus joined IBM in 1994 fresh out of University and spent six very enjoyable years in a number of sales and marketing roles, culminating in the role of Global Client Manager in the City of London business.
He started in Public Sector Business working on Government & Defence solutions, before, moving in to Network Computing Solutions (which then became e-business Solutions).
Marcus East’s Education
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University of Cambridge
Masters, Social Enterprise, 2007 — 2009 (expected)
- Activities and Societies:
- Marcus is a member of Wolfson College.
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London Guildhall University
BSc (Hons), Management & Information Technology, October 1990 — July 1994
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The Latymer Grammar School
September 1984 — July 1990
Unlike many, I enjoyed my time at school immensely, and I greatly appreciate the quality of the education and the wonderful times that I had there.
- Activities and Societies:
- * Member of Dolbé House
* House Officer, Dolbé House (Lower Sixth)
* Chairman of the Charities Committee (Upper Sixth)
Additional Information
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Marcus East’s Interests:
Cricket, Culture & History of the Former Soviet Union, British Current Affairs, Current Affairs in Russia & Ukraine, Internet Technology
Marcus East’s Groups:
IWF
The Kingly Club
Chartered Management Institute
Wolfson College
Cambridge University
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Bright Ideas & Entrepreneurs member
Marcus East’s Honors:
HE Horlock Prize for Oustanding Community Service (1989),
IBM Outstanding Contribution Award (1995)
Marcus East’s Contact Settings
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