Christopher Rischard

Experience

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  Orange

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1997

  Marketing Manager Online Information Services

  Part of France Télécom's online data and information services unit: Webmaster, Web Products Specialist and Marketing Manager in Paris and Washington, DC.Participated in the creation and launch of the world's first web-based natural language search service for patents.

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  Artibus Interactive

  Mar 1996 - Jun 1999

  Co-Founder of dotcom era web agency

  Passionate about internet and web solutions, co-founded dotcom era web design agency focused on corporate website development and management, digital media innovation and services, and digital campaign management. Side activity during MCI sales job.Created innovative medical imaging (x-rays, MRIs) compression, storage, navigation and visualization technology for distance consultation by doctors over the internet (256kbps max speeds at the time). Presented the technology in 1998 at the 2nd Health Information Infrastructure conference at the invitation of former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop. Show less

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  MCI Communications

  Apr 1997 - Jun 2005

  Senior Manager, Key Accounts (connectivity & internet solutions)

  Consultative sales of enterprise access and online services. Early evangelist of high-speed data, managed hosting and cloud services for major digital economy players. Built and managed company-leading sales teams selling complex services and solutions. Led up to 30 people.Participated in the internet infrastructure services consultations for emerging technology companies AOL, Dell and XM satellite radio.Developed Excel and Visual Basic based pricing and quote generator tool that was rolled out nationwide and resulted in over 200 sales executives reducing quotation time by over 80% and quote error rates by 100%.Participated in web-based rollout of Siebel 7 CRM system. Show less

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  Booz & Company.

  Sept 2006 - Dec 2013

  Principal (Director), TMT & Digital Practice, Management Team Member

  Booz & CompanyFrom post-MBA Associate to Sr. Associate (engagement manager) to Principal (Director). Served corporate incumbents and private equity held portfolio companies to embrace digital disruption across most industries. Several on-assignment interim leadership roles leading up to 200 people.

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  DOCOMO Digital

  Apr 2014 - Sept 2017

  Strategic Advisor and Interim Executive (reporting to CEO)

  Advisor to the CEO & interim executive (Strategy, Sales, and COO).Delivered projects across a range of strategic digital disruption topics (mobile payments, mobile marketing, mobile commerce, social selling, digital identity).Working with Tokyo and European executives, helped to shape the overall vision and strategy leading to the creation of Docomo Digital following NTT Docomo's acquisition of several European mobile entertainment and mobile payments companies.Served 18 months with Docomo Digital as an interim executive reporting directly to CEO to design, brand and launch a global mobile payments business developed through acquisitions (over 850 staff in over 30 countries). Led strategy, marketing and mobile payments departments (70 staff). Sponsored Salesforce implementation across the business. Show less

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  Eleven strategy

  Apr 2018 - now

  UK Partner

  Lead delivery of digital strategy and commercial due diligence projects.Eleven Strategy distinctively serves top Private Equity and Corporate clients across industry sectors on strategic digital disruption topics by bringing together over 50 strategists, engineers, data scientists and machine learning experts.eleven conducts strategic due diligence (both buy and sell sides) and strategy with a digital/disruption/data angle (for tech companies, tech-enabled companies but also inherently brick and mortar businesses looking to develop a digital edge). eleven is plugged into the broader ecosystem of technological partners (hardware, cloud, software/data analytics, design/UX, ...) to help its clients execute their digital roadmap and transformation.Projects I led involved B2B Information Services, B2C MedTech, B2C Real-Estate Tech, B2C EdTech, B2B Mobility Services, and digital entertainment and publishing across strategic technology and data topics including data-harvesting, data-cleansing, machine learning, data visualisation, machine vision, natural language processing, and augmented reality. Show less

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  Eden McCallum

  Jul 2021 - now

  Project Director

  Lead delivery of digital and data-focused strategy projects including market mapping, competitive assessment, product assessment, M&A target scanning, business case development.

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  Creativix

  Nov 2021 - now

  Founder

  Advising clients on difficult and strategic digital, data and technology related challenges and opportunities.Keen focus on sustainability. Early generative AI creator/prompter and AI strategy and transformation partner.Currently working with client shareholders, executives and teams, with consulting firms and with other independent advisors through a pragmatic approach delivering proven outcomes. Over 25 years experience working with clients and engagement teams in person and remotely across countries leveraging telepresence and collaboration tools and over 5 years of experience in building, engaging and leading teams remotely. Show less