Conor Neill
Bilingual Master of Business Administration from IESE Business school (2004), BSc in Artificial Intelligence and Psychology from University of Nottingham (1994), Consejero Delegado, socio at Taxijet since 2006.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Website: | http://www.conorneill.com |
| Skills: | Business, Design, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Languages, Leadership, Management, Public speaking, Sales, Spanish, Web design |
| Location: | Barcelona |
| Groups: | IESE Center for Entrepreneurship (CEFIE ) |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Investing in projects, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup, Supporting my investments |
| Tags: | Aviation, barcelona, blogger, entrepreneur, entrepreneurs' organisation, eo, iese, mba, professor |
| Schools: | Universidad de Navarra, University of Nottingham |
FEATURED STARTUP
Taxijet
Taxijet
Taxijet opens private aviation to a much wider audience
- Startup type: Company
- Status: Active
- Stage: Growth
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | TAXIJET (www.taxijet.es) |
| Position: | CEO |
| Time period: | January 2006 - Present |
| Description: | Taxijet is an air-taxi business that operates aircraft. We have 1200m2 of maintenance facilities and offices in Sabadell airport. |
| Employer: | IESE, Universidad de Navarra |
| Position: | Professor |
| Time period: | January 2004 - Present |
| Description: | Professor in the department of Managing People in Organisations.
Develop and teach Managerial Communications courses on MBA, Executive MBA, In-Company programs and a range of corporates and professional associations. |
| Employer: | COMPRALIS and PUNTOSEGURO.COM |
| Position: | Director General |
| Time period: | January 2004 - December 2007 |
| Description: | Puntoseguro is a web portal for personal insurance lines in Spain. We conducted a management buy-in with 2 ex-Directors of AXA and have increased sales 400% during the 36 months of our ownership. Compralis is a procurement outsourcing business for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Grew team to 12 people prior to selling the business in March 2007. |
| Employer: | MERIDEA FINANCIAL SOFTWARE OY |
| Position: | Owner, Consultant to the Board and CEO |
| Time period: | January 2003 - December 2007 |
| Description: | Meridea is a joint venture between Nokia, Accenture, 3i and Finnish Bank Sampo. Developed commercial strategy for sales to banking sector. Part of negotiation team for sale of the business in 2007. Re-negotiated company debts.
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| Employer: | ACCENTURE |
| Position: | Manager, Communications and High Technology Market Unit |
| Time period: | January 2000 - December 2004 |
| Description: | Manager with responsibility for sales of Customer Relationship Management projects. Personal responsibility for sales of $1.5 million. Leadership of teams from 3 to 22 people. Some key achievements include:
Delivered over 600 hours of training in core consulting skills to 420 Accenture consultants managed business development for AKQA, number 1 European digital marketing agency. Delivered $1.3m of new sales. set up 400 seat call centre. In charge of recruiting and training personnel. Training systems and processes in place in under five months. (global retail financial services company) transformed a 2000 person department from maintenance to product innovation. Cut 70% out of product development and maintenance budgets. (global telecoms company) Key clients: British Telecom, UK Government, Centrica, Cable & Wireless Optus, National Australia Bank, Telstra, Star City Casino, Legal & General Insurance, National Westminster Bank, Shell, Ford, Nationwide Building Society |
| Employer: | ACCENTURE |
| Position: | Consultant, Technical architectures |
| Time period: | January 1995 - December 2000 |
| Description: | Worked extensively outside the United Kingdom culminating in a 2 year posting to Australia to build their consulting practice in business simulation. Key achievements include:
worked extensively with Northwestern University department of the Learning Sciences to develop practical models for development of “business simulators” – computer-game-like multimedia learning environments that we developed to train high-value jobs. developed the first automated multimedia financial advice service in the UK. System delivered 30% increase in branch mortgage sales. (domestic financial services company) developed multimedia-based training for dealers in one of the world's largest casinos. 50% time saving on training delivery, 600 dealers per year, reduced attrition. |
| Employer: | ROUND ONE MEDIA GROUP |
| Position: | Multimedia Producer |
| Time period: | January 1994 - December 1994 |
| Description: | Multimedia producer and developer creating products for sale in the UK market.
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EDUCATION
| University: | Universidad de Navarra |
| Time period: | 2002 - 2004 |
| Degree: | Bilingual MBA, MBA |
| University: | University of Nottingham |
| Time period: | 1991 - 1994 |
| Degree: | Artificial Intelligence and Psychology , BSc |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Avid windsurfer and AYF licensed yacht skipper, play golf off a handicap of 14 and PADI certified scuba diver with over 100 dives |
| Hobbies: | Extensive travel having journeyed through all continents and over 30 countries. |
| Memberships: | President of Entrepreneur’s Organization Chapter in Spain |
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Gaby Kaminsky
Pursuing MBA from IESE Business School, MA in Diplomacy from Tel Aviv University (2007), BA in Political Science from Tel Aviv University (2005), Consultant and Head of Business Development at Nest Consulting (2007-2008), Business Development Intern at Bo
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JC Duarte
Computer Engineering and Robotics graduate, currently working as Partner at Bearing Mediacom, Founder at Strategy in a Day.
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Jose Mariano Lopez-Urdiales
Entrepreneur in near-spaceflight, MIT graduate and father of 2.
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