derek evans

Founder & CEO, Screentwist Digital Media (UK)

Derek Evans Derek has over 20 years general management, business change strategy, organisational restructuring and sales and marketing experience, gained from working within blue-chip companies in telecoms voice & data, consumer electronics, television media, cellular service provision, content, advertising, entertainment & information, managed services and new media digital technology areas. He has extensive experience in developing Pan European strategic alliances & in the development & delivery of business growth within both large scale start up organisations, early stage & established companies in business-to-business and business-to-consumer markets, through direct and indirect channels. Derek is also an experienced consultant, advisor, interim manager, coach and mentor, working with senior executive teams, identifying key business issues and resolving them. Other positions include; - Vice President & Managing Director, EMEA for Sierra Wireless, quoted on Nasdaq and Toronto exchanges - specialists in mobile data PC cards and embedded modules. - General Manager & Sales Director at Dolphin Telecom, a pan European network operator - General Manager at BT/Cellnet (now O2), managing their cellular service provision business. - General - -Manager/Sales Director positions at Orange Telecommunications and British Satellite Broadcasting during their initial market launches. - Advisor/consultant roles with Vodafone & Prudential Bank, where the primary focus was to develop a Customer Relationship Management strategy for the introduction of the ‘Egg’ Financial Services Brand.