About Steven Emecz
Professional Summary:
A variety of business development, marketing and e-business roles at managerial and director level. Key competences include channel management, partner relationships, business development, and e-commerce. Open to non-exec positions as an eCommerce expert with experience on both client and agency side.
Professional Experience- Current:
- Business Development Director for Venda the global leaders in on-demand eCommerce.
- Head of Business Development for Powa - the leading website solution for businesses.
- Managing Director of specialist NLP publishing company MX Publishing.
- Non-exec Director of a leading environmental organisation, Land Network International.
Steve is available as an expert speaker on eCommerce and publishing having spoken at dozens of events with audiences ranging from 20-300+ people, a variety of venues/media/complexity including those with live broadcast and filming.
Events Speaking - Recent, Forthcoming:
- World eReading Congresss - May-11
- Utrecht eCommerce Show Jan-11
Subject: eCommerce success with Tesco, BBC and Jimmy Choo
- Karlsruhe European School Jan-11 - Slides
Subject: The Past Present and Future of Publishing
- Rotterdam eCommerce Show Sept-10
Subject: Software as a Service (SaaS) eCommerce for major retailers
Professional Experience - Recent Past:
- European Shared Services & eBusiness Development Manager at Xerox - Various senior management roles with Xerox for revenues in excess of $300m. The e-business section in Xerox covered $200m of e-commerce revenues (grown under Steve's leadership from $6m).
Personal Interests and achievement:
- Writing - Bestselling thriller novel published in 1998, wrote the screenplay in 2000. Written and co-authored several non-fiction books since. Represented the UK at the International Festival of Literature and was a host at the Australian Book Fair. Now a contributing writer for The Bookseller.
- Fundraising - Leonard Cheshire disability, received a Key Fundraiser award completing two marathons, two triathlons, the European Lake Race and an Olympic bobsleigh.
- Sales - Two international PAR Honours Clubs (the highest sales accolade) with the Xerox Corporation.
Latest Projects:
eCommerce
Integrating leading sofware providers into the Venda enterprise platform and finding build partners in France, Netherlands, Nordics and beyond.
Developing and launching the world's first major indepent retailers regional support program funded by the Isle of Man government using Powa.
Forthcoming books
Following the opening of the NY office and launch of the US MX Publishing site more focus being brought to titles appealing to the US market. The second stunning travel book from Keith Hern - Guatemala In Pictures on 28th Feb. The eighth in the Engaging NLP series from Judy Bartkowiak NLP For Teens on 14th Feb.
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