James Ward

Current

• Chief Executive Officer at First Rate
• Chief Executive Officer at Clear Blue Day
• Chief Executive Officer at Freestyle Media Group

• Chief Executive Officer at Freestyle Media

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Past

• Chief Operating Officer at Freestyle Media
• National Account Manager at itechne

Education

• University of Sydney
• University of Sydney

Recommended

3 people have recommended James

Connections

89 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• Freestyle Media
• Clear Blue Day
• First Rate Australia

James Ward’s Summary

CORE COMPETENCIES
· Project Management and leading Production teams (Creative, Development and
Account Services)
· Profit and Loss Management
· Client and Vendor Management
· Staff Management
· Implementing structured production processes
· Mentoring and transferring knowledge to junior staff
· Writing and Reviewing Project and Tender documentation
· Legal Documentation production and editing

James Ward’s Specialties:

.net, advertising, basic, budgeting, cms, content management, editing, html, human resources, installation, internet explorer, languages, legal, management, management training, marketing, microsoft office, microsoft project, microsoft publisher, microsoft windows 2000, positioning, process engineering, production management, project management, publicity, software development, sourcesafe, specification, tender, visio, web hosting, web site production,

James Ward’s Experience

• Chief Executive Officer

  First Rate

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; QXQ (ASX); Marketing and Advertising industry)

  July 2009 — Present (6 months)

• Chief Executive Officer

  Clear Blue Day

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

  February 2009 — Present (11 months)

• Chief Executive Officer

  Freestyle Media Group

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2007 — Present (2 years )

• Chief Executive Officer

  Freestyle Media

  (Public Company; QXQ.AX; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  October 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

  Freestyle Media and Clear Blue Day are both Web Marketing Agencies operating within the ASX listed Q -Limited (ASX: QXQ). James was initially hired as Chief Operating Officer in Freestyle Media responsible for production in general and delivering large digital projects in particular. In October 2007 following the owners sale of the company to the Q group he was promoted to Chief Executive Officer and was given responsibility for the entire team including the former owners, managing 25 staff. When the founders of Clear Blue Day left the Q group in February 2009, James was handed management responsibility of their team as well.
  
  James has sole responsibility for the P and L. This responsibility focuses on obtaining the best performance from his teams whilst keeping costs to a minimum. Projects in both groups are delivered in a variety of technologies but primarily in Microsoft .NET and SQLServer. Other technologies in the mix are PHP/MySQL and ColdFusion. His other areas of responsibilities and achievements in this role include
  Prior to sale of Freestyle Media, James took an active role in positioning the company for sale

• Chief Operating Officer

  Freestyle Media

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; QXQ.AX; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  May 2006 — September 2007 (1 year 5 months)

• National Account Manager

  itechne

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2000 — May 2005 (5 years 5 months)

James Ward’s Education

• University of Sydney

  Bachelor of Arts ,

• University of Sydney

  Bachelor of Laws ,

Additional Information

James Ward’s Websites:

• Freestyle Media
• Clear Blue Day
• First Rate Australia

James Ward’s Interests:

Golf, trivia, mathematics

James Ward’s Groups:

•    Q Group [QXQ]

James Ward’s Contact Settings

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