Darret King

Current

• Managet: IT and Internal Sales at The Timken Company
• Founder at Weddinic.com

Past

• Manager: Sales and Marketing - AfterSales at DaimlerChrysler South Africa
• Manager: Technical and Service at DaimlerChrysler South Africa
• Manager: Retail Operations at DaimlerChrysler

• Project Manager: DaimlerChrysler Retail Operating System at DaimlerChrysler South Africa
• Account Manager at SDT Financial Software Solutions
• Sales Engineer - Automotive at Timken South Africa

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Education

• Gordon Institute of Business Science
• Damelin
• University of Johannesburg

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Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Website

Darret King’s Experience

• Managet: IT and Internal Sales

  The Timken Company

  (Public Company; TKR; Automotive industry)

  January 2009 — Present (7 months)

• Founder

  Weddinic.com

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

  September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)

• Manager: Sales and Marketing - AfterSales

  DaimlerChrysler South Africa

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

  July 2007 — January 2008 (7 months)

• Manager: Technical and Service

  DaimlerChrysler South Africa

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

  November 2005 — June 2007 (1 year 8 months)

• Manager: Retail Operations

  DaimlerChrysler

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DCX; Automotive industry)

  July 2004 — November 2005 (1 year 5 months)

• Project Manager: DaimlerChrysler Retail Operating System

  DaimlerChrysler South Africa

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DCX; Automotive industry)

  March 2003 — July 2004 (1 year 5 months)

• Account Manager

  SDT Financial Software Solutions

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)

  March 2000 — February 2003 (3 years)

• Sales Engineer - Automotive

  Timken South Africa

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; TKR; Automotive industry)

  January 1995 — March 2000 (5 years 3 months)

Darret King’s Education

• Gordon Institute of Business Science

  MBA , 2005 — 2007

• Damelin

  Diplm , Management , 1999 — 1999

• University of Johannesburg

  B.Eng , Mechanical , 1991 — 1995

Additional Information

Darret King’s Websites:

• My Website

Darret King’s Interests:

web 2.0, social networking, weddings, startups

Darret King’s Groups:

•    LInked Business Strategists
•    eMarketing Association Network
•    marzar CEO network
•    AfricaNews
•    Semantic Web
•    Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
•    STARTUP ENTREPRENEURS
•    Rotary Youth Exchange
•    New Media, Social Media, and Social Networking Participants
•    Smartphone Professionals
•    Mercedes-Benz and Daimler Employees, Past and Present
•    Linked 2 Leadership
•    Wedding Industry Professionals
•    Forrester
•    The Wedding Marketing Network
•    Venture Capital and Private Equity in Africa (VC4Africa.com)
•    Wedding Professionals
•    MBAconnect.net
•    MBA NETWORK
•    Web 2.0 SA
•    University of Johannesburg Alumni

Darret King’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch