With almost 20 years of experience at the intersection of finance, strategy, and technology, I am passionate about scaling organisations that solve real-world problems. As CEO of fielddrive, I lead a global team dedicated to redefining the onsite event experience through cutting-edge technology and seamless check-in solutions.

My background as a Chartered Accountant, combined with leadership roles at high-growth companies like Hubilo and Unbxd, has given me a unique 'data-meets-development' perspective. I specialise in Corporate FP&A, go-to-market strategy, and building the operational excellence required to take event-tech solutions to the global stage.

Based in the tech hub of Bengaluru, I am always looking to connect with innovators who are as excited as I am about the future of live events.

I co-founded CrowdComms in 2011, with the goal to create a richer interactive experience for delegates via their smartphone. 10 years on and CrowdComms is leading the way in the digital shake-up and transformation of the event technology industry.  

My mantra is that I know nothing. All I have is a bank of experiences to call upon and provide guidance through life. This means I listen and I am looking to learn something new everyday. The moment I think I “know” something is the day I fix my point of view and do not fully listen to others.

Managing Partner at Parthen meeting services / Member of the ICCA international Board of Directors.

Jelmer van Ast is the CEO & Founder of Conference Compass, a pioneer of event apps since 2009. Their apps have been used at over a thousand conferences, including most of the world's largest association conferences. With their all-in-one virtual and mobile event app platform, Conference Compass enables organisations to engage their communities around events year-round, seamlessly uniting the online and in-person experience.

Jelmer holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and knows first-hand what it takes to publish scientific research and deliver engaging presentations. With his roots in academia together with over 10 years of experience building an event tech company, he and his team stand by their customers to manage the virtual, live and hybrid experience.

Marco Noordegraaf is Manager Business Development at ACS audiovisual solutions, where he drives strategy, partnerships, and growth initiatives.

With a solid background in AV and event technology, he leads ACS’s market expansion by identifying new opportunities, building lasting client relationships, and developing proposals that balance technical innovation with commercial impact.

It is Marco’s and ACS’s focus on long-term partnerships and a commitment to operational excellence that defines the approach to shaping the company’s future.

With a background in economics and finance and experience in strategy consulting, my approach combines analytics and business acumen. I apprehend clients’ projects from a business perspective, and bridge the gap between real life situations and technical solutions. I am driven by customer satisfaction and success, and take great joy in helping clients reach their goals in today’s global digital ecosystem.
Based: Brussels, Belgium. 

I am an enthusiastic sales and marketing professional with a passion to help companies achieve and meet their goals.

Best placed to help companies struggling and in need of new creative ideas and energy, support and leadership.  I am also on hand to help larger and more established companies come through the challenges they may be currently facing.

Extremely goal orientated and committed to success, I consider myself a very loyal and dedicated part of any team.  My strengths lie in networking and bringing new connections to you, and opportunities to each other.

I look forward to hearing from like-minded individuals, or companies, to start and develop new projects and ideas in an ever-changing world.

Compassion – Sincerity – Empathy are words I choose to live by.

Specialties: Strategic planning, event and project management, sales, marketing, new concepts/ideas. 

Based: Corfu, Greece.

About

I work with my clients to help them become better leaders in the world of influencer marketing and/or running better membership organisations with the aim of

✅ Increasing market share

✅ Increasing revenue

✅ Showing greater authority

✅ Showing greater visibility

✅ Creating more impact

✅ Showing more influence

✅ Seeing more referrals

For Businesses

I help them develop or refine their membership or influencer proposition and I do this by auditing their current business and getting a clear understanding of the challenges ahead, then go through a mapped process to achieve the desired results

✅ Audit evaluation

✅ Re-aligning mission and brand proposition

✅ Creating influencer or membership strategy

✅ Refer key influential people to help amplify the plan

✅ Evaluate success by testing and measuring effectiveness

I can also work to help businesses write blogs on their websites, collaborate on white papers and help them build their brand exposure through my podcasts

For Individuals

When I work with individuals, I go through the same process of understanding their business challenges and how I can help them to achieve a more successful membership programme or consider how best to become an influencer. Influencer marketing is the fastest growing advertising discipline today

? About Me

I have run trade associations, launched online education platforms, exhibitions and magazines as well as grown the membership of many organisations. I specialise in mystery shopper audits too I won the BPMA personality of the year in 2009 and now work with leading brands, agencies and SMEs

I love working with ambitious people that want to make a difference to their organisations.

? www.gordonglenister.com

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Based: London, UK.

I'm passionate in the extreme, developing and delivering business concepts and projects. Focused on my long term objectives and excited by the short term milestones I've set myself and by others.

Now dedicated to the businesses I run, having spent too much time demolishing previous employers sales targets, whilst re-writing the rule books wherever I've worked and whomever I've worked for.

No limits to the ideas and concepts I have, Alphabet would be lucky to have me!

I simply love working, and for those who don't, I don't understand why you don't. This is my hobby and my life, work is what I chose to do! Please understand that. 

Based: London, UK.