Experienced Product Manager
London, United Kingdom
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- Product Manager at FAST
- Past
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- Board Member / Part-time Product Director at MTS
- Programme Manager at Platefood Ltd
- Product Director at Soltek Group
- Head of Client Services at WinWin Technologies
- Producer at Petspark
- Producer at LineOne
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Simon Baptist’s Summary
As a senior manager working in the technology sector for over a decade, I have extensive experience of product management.
My primary focus areas has been digital advertising in various forms.
My goal is that I always perform to the highest level that my skills, abilities and experience permit me and through that become an integral and trusted member of any team that I join.
Simon Baptist’s Specialties:
Product Management, Project Management, Team Leadership, Strategic Development & Implementation, Programme Management, Digital Advertising, Product Marketing
Simon Baptist’s Experience
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Product Manager
FAST
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry)
November 2006 — Present (1 year 9 months)
FAST is at the forefront of search technology and is both a market & visionary leader in the Enterprise Search sector.
I have been responsible for the product management of AdMomentum, FAST's private-label search and contextual advertising solution for digital publishers (including: local search portals, IYPs, newspapers, magazines & mobile operators). AdMomentum is the next evolution product from Platefood Performance. -
Board Member / Part-time Product Director
MTS
(Public Company; Internet industry)
November 2003 — November 2007 (4 years 1 month)
ASP media evaluation and tracking platform for PR agencies. Was responsible for initial product development (MRD, PRD and front-end coding) and was a board member.
Customers included: Athena Medical PR, Ogilvy, Ruder Finn and Novartis, GSK, Boehrinnger. -
Programme Manager
Platefood Ltd
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
December 2005 — November 2006 (1 year)
Platefood was acquired by FAST in November 2006.
Platefood provided advanced on-line advertising and search marketing solutions. These included a first-in-class Performance(PPC) enterprise class advertising system and a white-label global web index.
My responsibilities included: Commercial engagement and support; Product management; Project delivery and Customer implementation and support. -
Product Director
Soltek Group
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
April 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 9 months)
My primary focus was on delivery, which included:
+ Product development (e.g.: MTS, the media tracking and evaluation system, Soltek developed for the PR industry)
+ Project management (e.g.: CSR programmes for British American Tobacco and Employee Attitude Surveys for Canon)
+ Facilitating various workshops (e.g.: Digital Marketing best practice to customers like Morgan Stanley) -
Head of Client Services
WinWin Technologies
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2001 — April 2003 (2 years 4 months)
WinWin Technologies was a pan-European profile-based,multi-channel ad network.
As a key member of the Operating Board, I was responsible for all Client Services. Some of my achievements were:
+ Created and drove the process that built a pan-European profiled media ad network containing over twenty five million consumers
+ Developed the WinWin product into a multi-channel (E-mail, Newsletter, SMS, Web) technology as co-head of Product Management -
Producer
Petspark
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
July 1999 — December 2000 (1 year 6 months)
Petspark was an early (too early?) iteration of social media that was mashed with games, authoritative content and e-commerce.
I was first hire and the Producer and I was responsible for the building the first generation website that then closed funding of $6 million from Pets.com among others. -
Producer
LineOne
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
July 1997 — June 1999 (2 years)
LineOne was a corporate joint venture ISP from British Telecom (BT) and News International. It is now Tiscalli UK.
+ Managed news content production that utilised various content management systems. The content included: The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The News of the World, The Express
+ Implemented a variety of new services such as: Inktomi Search, Autonomy Agents, Weather and the Express newspaper
+ Responsible for Quality Assurance activities on all major launches
+ Recruited and managed the online news team
+ Initiated, developed and managed a number of business relationships, including: Inktomi, Autonomy, Real Networks, Engage
