Richard Craven
Managing Director @Dedalus
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WORK HISTORY
Managing Director @Dedalus
GB
EDUCATION
The University of Sheffield
Operating Theatre Practice, Surgery, Anaesthesia, Anatomy and Physiology
University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
Master of Philosophy - MPhil, Business Administration and Management, General
The University of Manchester
Clinical Bioinformatics
University of Cambridge
Masters Degree, Faculty of Law - Criminology, Penology and Management
SKILLS
ABOUT RICHARD CRAVEN
A four-time CEO and P&L leader, NED and advisor.A professional, experienced, highly motivated, and effective enterprise software, SaaS, business, consulting and technology executive, an entrepreneur, a visionary and a results achiever.With extensive leadership, management, customer and commercial experience in the UK & I, US, Europe and Asia Pacific regions.An effective leader and communicator at all levels, experienced in working with and developing a wide range of personnel from both the private and public sectors and across technical, operational, commercial and subject matter disciplines.A proven track record in developing effective strategies for product, commercial, financial and operational initiatives and of working across organisations to implement necessary change to deliver challenging goals, growing businesses and increasing shareholder value.I have 25+ years working in leadership, executive, senior sales, operations and management positions for some of the worlds most respected companies - Microsoft, GE, AT & T, Cerner, Roper Technologies and others.In summary a consummate business leader and operator. Industry experience: Enterprise Software, Life Science, BioTech/Informatics, Healthcare IT, ERP, Manufacturing, Legal, Comms & Supply Chain software and consulting. Key skills and experience.• A highly experienced business leader, with a track record in sales, consulting, commercial, marketing, product development, strategy and operations• A leader who develops, coaches and mentors’ individuals and teams to be world class• Solid financial/operational planning and management experience to meet strategic business objectives• Boardroom and leadership experience of publicly traded and privately held businesses• Ability to create differentiation of product, service and commercial propositions in increasingly competitive and homogeneous environments• Strong technical IT background, able to understand and manage technical and subject matter experts to deliver in highly regulated markets• An analytical and considered thinker and decision maker• Extensive profit and loss experience• Merger and Acquisition experience – 10 plus acquisitions from £3m to £300m transaction value and a number of divestments• Experience of scaling product, delivery and service operations in rapidly growing businesses• Experience of managing organisations through significant organizational, market and technical change• Extensive sales and commercial experience and deal size from £250k to £50m+
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