Vinny Lingham

Vinny Lingham

CEO at Yola (Formerly SynthaSite)

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
Past
Education
  • Damelin
  • Gordon Institute of Business Science
  • Unisa
  • University of Cape Town (UCT)
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Vinny Lingham’s Summary

Currently CEO of Yola.com - an Internet startup focusing on User Generated Content and website publishing.

Vinny Lingham’s Specialties:

Internet Marketing, Internet Strategy, Search Engine Marketing, Pay Per Click, Web 2.0, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Public Speaking, Inspiration Management.


Vinny Lingham’s Experience

  • Investors & Board Member

    Skyrove

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Wireless industry)

    June 2007Present (2 years 2 months)

    WiFi HotSpot Provider

  • CEO

    Yola

    (Internet industry)

    March 2007Present (2 years 5 months)

  • Director & Shareholder

    Quirk eMarketing

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

    September 2006Present (2 years 11 months)

  • Chief Executive Officer

    Synthasite

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    March 2007March 2009 (2 years 1 month)

  • Founder & Chief Executive Officer

    incuBeta.com

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

    June 2003June 2007 (4 years 1 month)

    Founder & CEO for an Online Marketing & Technology Company with offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, London and Los Angeles.

  • Founder & Chief Executive Officer

    Clicks2Customers, Inc.

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

    June 2003June 2007 (4 years 1 month)

    Clicks2Customers is a performance marketing provider in the Paid Search marketing arena. With a keyword portfolio of over 30m keywords, we are able to drive massive amounts of traffic for our merchant partners. We drive in excess of $100m in annual sales for our partners through paid search engines.

  • PPC Department Manager

    Osiris Trading

    (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

    November 2001June 2003 (1 year 8 months)

    Ran the entire Pay Per Click marketing department for Slickstreet Marketing's agent's Osiris Trading. Managed massive PPC budgets on Overture, Findwhat & all the major PPC engines.

  • Business Analyst

    Dimension Data (PLC)

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    February 2001October 2001 (9 months)

    Performed General Business Analysis work for Didata's subsidiary, Miraculum who were an Oracle Software ASP.

  • Business Analyst

    Commerce One

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    October 2000February 2001 (5 months)

    Created Business Plans & Strategy surrounding the launch of the local (South Africa) online auction (B2B) business unit.

  • E-Commerce Project Manager (Contract)

    Johnnic e-Ventures

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Online Media industry)

    March 2000September 2000 (7 months)

    Sold previous company to Johnnic, worked on 6 Month contract to assist in deployment of technology and business case.


Vinny Lingham’s Education

  • Damelin

    National Certicate, Project Management (HC Proj M) , Project Management , June 2002December 2002

  • Gordon Institute of Business Science

    Negotiation 20022002

  • Unisa

    Honours , E-Commerce , January 2001December 2001

    Activities and Societies:
    Finance
    Marketing
    Systems & Technology
    Entrepreneurship
    Strategy
  • University of Cape Town (UCT)

    B.Com , Information Systems , February 1997November 1999


Additional Information

Vinny Lingham’s Websites:

Vinny Lingham’s Interests:

Chess, Technology, Innovation, World of Warcraft, Web 2.0, AJAX, Web Applications, Google, Yahoo, MSN, Internet, Gym, Swimming, Rowing

Vinny Lingham’s Honors:

incuBeta.com (& Subsidiaries) has won the following awards:

CJ Horizon Award for Innovation 2004
CJ UK Award for Innovation 2006
Horizon Award for Global Vision 2006
Endeavor Entrepreneur 2006
Top ICT Young Entrepreneur in Africa 2006
Overall Winner - Technology Top 100 Awards 2006
Business Day Technology Top 100 Company Award (Top 30 Finalist) - 2004
Business Day Technology Top 100 Winner - Most Promising Emerging Enterprise - 2005


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