Brett Savidge
VP Sales and Marketing @Utalk.Com
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WORK HISTORY
VP Sales and Marketing @Utalk.Com
London, GB
Delivering a multi platform language learning app to consumer, educational and corporate markets. Over 130 languages to learn on IOS, Mac, Windows or Android on any device. Creating language solutions to partners such as Emirates, Costa, Leading supermarkets, Universities and coroprate businesses, as well as global resellers delivering uTalk to consumers
EDUCATION
Hult Ashridge Executive Education
Management and Leadership
SKILLS
ABOUT BRETT SAVIDGE
Highly motivated and loyal commercially minded Professional. Leader of Sales divisions, Marketing and Strategy as well as a Director at board level. Highly respected and proactive within his business and industries he has been worked in. Involved in the sale and acquisition of a business, including the integration process of systems and the management of the people. Building relationships with key brands such as Emirates, Costa, Dixons, Amazon, Key retail and large IT resellers as well as a broad Educational sectorKEY ACHIEVEMENTS –• Growing a business unit of enterprise software in the B2B market working with customers such as Computacenter, Softcat, Kelway, SCC and vendors including Redhat, Solarwinds and Novell- Working with some of the worlds best airlines incuding Emirates to deliver language learning channels to their ice in flight entertainment system on all Emirates planes with a solution from uTalk. This solution has now been rolled out to 15 airlines- Being part of a DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) education trade mission to China and meeting Chinese business and educational leaders to promote British Edtech companies- Representing uTalk at overseas trade events and meetings to establish new business relationships in UAE, Singapore, China and Europe. • Promotion to the board and then as a board member taking a business from £8m to £35m revenue in 5 years.• Opening and Management of key Retail /online customers such as Dixons, PC World, Amazon.• Building sales teams both in the UK and for EMEA regions.• Understanding the online retail market from being one of Amazon’s first suppliers in the UK.• Evolving a business strategy from the retail marketplace to business to business.• Exiting a market sector completely and successfully managed the stock inventory, finance and people.• Involved in the team that launched Microsoft retail products into the UK Market.• Part of a Senior Management team taking a business through a sale, acquisition and integration.
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