James Quigley
Summary
Multi-disciplinary business and technology board-level professional with extensive corporate, international and start-up experience across a range of sectors including retail, professional/financial services, health, manufacturing, telecom and non-profit.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Co-founder and Director
- Of technology-led, online optical eyewear start-up based in UK/Canada with the following responsibilities:
- Managing online eyewear store sales to a worldwide customer base
- Sourcing, establishing and maintaining supplier relationships with glasses/lens manufacturers and packaging suppliers
- Website conception, creation and implementation, including technical and business requirements
- Project managing third party technical suppliers
- Day-to-day leadership and management in the running of business operations, financial and reporting obligations
- Ongoing business process improvement and management
- Direct management of branding, digital marketing channels across PPC, SEO, Display, email marketing and social media
- Fulfillment of global logistics, including legal, import/export requirements for US/EU
- Managing help desk and customer service
- Business Development, Networking and supplier acquisition
Director of Consulting and
- Founding member of independent firm,with a particular focus on:
- Business consulting, technical consulting and structured business analysis
- Implementing Business Process Management/Workflow CMS/CRMsolutions
- Project Management (Technical and Business)
Co-founder/Director
Online Optical Retailer
01.2015 - Current
E-Commerce Manager
01.2012 - 01.2014
E-commerce
Online Pharmacy
01.2010 - 01.2011
- Manager for Non-profit aimed at promoting construction of roads in rural communities in developing countries
- Responsibilities include:
- Manage all online activity in relation to traffic acquisition, sales, conversion and a/b testing and reporting
- Develop and implement ecommerce strategy in order to improve website performance
- Migrating website to Wordpress, making website responsive
- Website speed optimisation, A/B testing, traffic analysis and reporting tools, General Manager, Day-to-day running of online pharmacy, selling non-prescription medicines
- Managing digital marketing channels (PPC, SEO)
- Managing Affiliate Marketing channel
- Negotiating and contracting with suppliers/medical professionals
- 3PL Logistics/Global order fulfillment
Director
Consulting
Logan
01.2003 - 01.2009
Education
MBA -
IESE Business School
Barcelona, Spain 01.1997 - 01.1999
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics
Glasgow University
Glasgow, Scotland 04.1984 - 04.1988
Skills
MBA from IESE Business School, Barcelonaundefined
Additional Information
- Personal UK Nationality Canadian Citizenship Full UK/Canada Driving License
Timeline
Co-founder/Director
Online Optical Retailer
01.2015 - Current
E-Commerce Manager
01.2012 - 01.2014
E-commerce
Online Pharmacy
01.2010 - 01.2011
Director
Consulting
01.2003 - 01.2009
MBA -
IESE Business School
01.1997 - 01.1999
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics
Glasgow University
04.1984 - 04.1988
Co-founder and Director
Director of Consulting and
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