Darren Brown BSc (Hons), FCIM

Experience

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  Navico Group

  Apr 1994 - Apr 2003

  Manufacturer of yacht navigation products for performance sailing yachts, including professional ocean race boats such as Ellen MacArthur's Kingfisher and America’s Cup syndicates amongst others. Responsible for product life cycle & full marketing mix of navigation electronic product line. Responsible for sale budget and forecasting. Reporting into Managing Director. Travelled UK Manufacturer of Navigation and Communications products. Responsible for running European Boat show program and sales growth in Northern UK and Ireland. Developed concept for sailing yacht performance indicator - highly commended at European industry awards and subsequently went into production.

  • Product Manager - B & G

    Nov 2000 - Apr 2003

  • Sales Projects Leader - Navico

    Aug 2000 - Dec 2000

  • Sabatical

    Aug 1998 - Aug 2000

  • UK & Europe Sales - Navico

    Apr 1994 - Aug 1998
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  Navman

  Apr 2003 - Oct 2004

  General Manager, Navman Marine Europe

  Reporting to the Board of Navman Group, initially tasked to research European marine leisure market as a marketing consultant and then appointed GM to develop marine navigation business in Europe.

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  Light Blue - Branding for the Future™

  Oct 2004 - Oct 2014

  Founder - Director

  Specialist marketeer working for a range of clients from brand development initiatives to marketing programs. Clients worked with include; Vivid, Earth, Bridgedale, What-If Innovation, Mountain Equipment, Navman, EPOS Group, Satmap amongst others.

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  Cunninghams Epos Group

  Sept 2009 - Jun 2013

  Sales & Marketing Manager

  The business is a software developer offering SaaS software in the retail space, specializingin developing and supplying point-of-sale software, hardware and CCTV security systems into theretail and hospitality sectors. Responsible for sales and the company marketing, reporting intoowners of the business; I was tasked during the last 18 months to integrate a recently acquiredbusiness in Manchester into EPOS Group with the business owners.

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  Orbis Tech

  Jul 2013 - Jun 2023

  Business Development & Marketing Lead

  Orbis Tech is a forward thinking software technology company. Our business is committed to developing integrated, point-of-sale, back-office, head-office, e-commerce and app software that empowers hospitality, fuel and retail businesses across the globe. Based in the UK, we have development teams across both Europe and Asia Pacific.With each Orbis release come new and exciting features which help continue to secure our customers investment in Orbis technology. Our software is completely modular in structure with applications available on the cloud, delivering feature rich and advanced business solutions to our clients’ fingertips.Orbis Tech an established leader in the hospitality and retail space. Orbis Tech has innovative and dynamic products and is always striving to create the latest technologies on behalf of its customers – today and tomorrow Show less

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  PDI Technologies

  Sept 2022 - now

  Account Manager EMEA

  PDI Technologies resides at the intersection of productivity and sales growth, delivering powerful solutions that serve as the backbone of the convenience retail and petroleum wholesale ecosystem. By “Connecting Convenience” across the globe, we empower businesses to increase productivity, make more informed decisions, and engage faster with our customers. www.pditechnologies.com

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  Snowtrax

  Nov 2022 - now

  Ski Instructor

  Grew up skiing, spent time in Scandinavia, European Alps and Scottish Highlands, give back what I have learnt by ski instructing at weekends at Snowtrax, Christchurch, UK.