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== '''JULIO ESPIN''' ==
== '''JULIO ESPIN''' ==
Results focused COO/MD who has consistently delivered top and bottom line growth and service improvements through sales, product development, restructuring, and automation.<p>
'''Results focused COO/MD who has consistently delivered top and bottom line growth and service improvements through sales, product development, restructuring, and automation.'''<p>
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KEY EXPERIENCE<p>
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'''KEY EXPERIENCE'''<p>
• Cross-functional and cross-industry expertise<p>
• Cross-functional and cross-industry expertise<p>
• Team-building, mentoring and leadership<p>
• Team-building, mentoring and leadership<p>
• Process engineering and re-engineering<p>
• Process engineering and re-engineering<p>
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Aug 08 - Present<p>
Aug 08 - Present<p>
CHIEF OPERATING OFICER - ENORMO.COM, BARCELONA<p>
'''CHIEF OPERATING OFICER - ENORMO.COM, BARCELONA'''<p>
• The largest global property database and the world’s 9th most visited property website.<p>
• The largest global property database and the world’s 9th most visited property website.<p>
• Headhunted to develop processes and operations to scale a tech start-up for growth.<p>
• Headhunted to develop processes and operations to scale a tech start-up for growth.<p>
• Recruited/trained senior personnel across every function, developed business/financial reporting.<p>
• Recruited/trained senior personnel across every function, developed business/financial reporting.<p>
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Jan 02 – Aug 08<p>
Jan 02 – Aug 08<p>
MANAGING DIRECTOR, MARITIME & TRANSPORT DIVISION - INFORMA PLC, LONDON<p>
'''MANAGING DIRECTOR, MARITIME & TRANSPORT DIVISION - INFORMA PLC, LONDON'''<p>
• FTSE 250 information publisher with £1.3 billion annual t/o, and 8,000 staff in 40 countries.<p>
• FTSE 250 information publisher with £1.3 billion annual t/o, and 8,000 staff in 40 countries.<p>
• Jointly managed 400 staff in 8 countries delivering £52m t/o and £7.5m operating profit.<p>
• Jointly managed 400 staff in 8 countries delivering £52m t/o and £7.5m operating profit.<p>
• 2002: Took over the Maritime Research Company (MRC) and turned a £49k profit it made on £1,520k t/o the year before, into a £383k profit the next year. The cost savings were achieved via restructuring, redundancies, automation, new sales practices, new products, increased production, and rebranding/repositioning this business into the dominant player in its market.<p>
• 2002: Took over the Maritime Research Company (MRC) and turned a £49k profit it made on £1,520k t/o the year before, into a £383k profit the next year. The cost savings were achieved via restructuring, redundancies, automation, new sales practices, new products, increased production, and rebranding/repositioning this business into the dominant player in its market.<p>
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Sep 99 – Jan 02<p>
Sep 99 – Jan 02<p>
E-BUSINESS DIRECTOR, MARITIME & TRANSPORT DIVISION - INFORMA PLC, LONDON<p>
'''E-BUSINESS DIRECTOR, MARITIME & TRANSPORT DIVISION - INFORMA PLC, LONDON'''<p>
• Informa Plc had just been formed from a merger of a conferences and a publishing business. The company wished to develop electronic revenues from its established print publishing business.<p>
• Informa Plc had just been formed from a merger of a conferences and a publishing business. The company wished to develop electronic revenues from its established print publishing business.<p>
• New role, reporting to an MD, to develop electronic products and revenues from a mainly print business.<p>
• New role, reporting to an MD, to develop electronic products and revenues from a mainly print business.<p>
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Jul 98 – Aug 99<p>
Jul 98 – Aug 99<p>
PROGRAM MANAGER, INTERACTIVE MEDIA UNIT - REED ELSEVIER PLC, LONDON<p>
'''PROGRAM MANAGER, INTERACTIVE MEDIA UNIT - REED ELSEVIER PLC, LONDON'''<p>
• FTSE 50 information publisher with £5.3 billion annual t/o, and 36,000 staff across 200 locations.<p>
• FTSE 50 information publisher with £5.3 billion annual t/o, and 36,000 staff across 200 locations.<p>
• Project managed resources, budgets, schedules and deliverables.<p>
• Project managed resources, budgets, schedules and deliverables.<p>
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Feb 97 – Jul 98<p>
Feb 97 – Jul 98<p>
OPERATIONS DIRECTOR - ON-LINE PUBLISHING LTD, LONDON<p>
'''OPERATIONS DIRECTOR - ON-LINE PUBLISHING LTD, LONDON'''<p>
• New media start-up producing website and print design solutions for a UK client base.<p>
• New media start-up producing website and print design solutions for a UK client base.<p>
• Responsible for supplier negotiations and managed volatile resource-demand via just-in-time contractor resourcing.<p>
• Responsible for supplier negotiations and managed volatile resource-demand via just-in-time contractor resourcing.<p>
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Mar 96 – Feb 97<p>
Mar 96 – Feb 97<p>
DESIGN DIRECTOR - ON-LINE PUBLISHING LTD, LONDON<p>
'''DESIGN DIRECTOR - ON-LINE PUBLISHING LTD, LONDON'''<p>
• Costed tenders, managed operations, streamlined productivity, trained the designers.<p>
• Costed tenders, managed operations, streamlined productivity, trained the designers.<p>
• Wrote the 'WebBible' corporate handbook, a guide to processes from pitching for a tender to launching a web-site.<p>
• Wrote the 'WebBible' corporate handbook, a guide to processes from pitching for a tender to launching a web-site.<p>
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Mar 95 – Feb 96<p>
Mar 95 – Feb 96<p>
DESIGN MANAGER - HARRISON & GILL, INDONESIA<p>
'''DESIGN MANAGER - HARRISON & GILL, INDONESIA'''<p>
• International manufacturer of high quality reproduction antique furniture.<p>
• International manufacturer of high quality reproduction antique furniture.<p>
• Designed brochures and exhibition stands for their marketing, and managed the product design team.<p>
• Designed brochures and exhibition stands for their marketing, and managed the product design team.<p>
• CAD-designed a purpose-built factory, re-engineered factory production so order tracking and productivity monitoring.<p>
• CAD-designed a purpose-built factory, re-engineered factory production so order tracking and productivity monitoring.<p>
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May 94 – Feb 95<p>
May 94 – Feb 95<p>
SENIOR DESIGNER - BAF GRAPHICS LTD, LONDON<p>
'''SENIOR DESIGNER - BAF GRAPHICS LTD, LONDON'''<p>
• Designed exhibition stands and associated display graphics for international blue-chips.<p>
• Designed exhibition stands and associated display graphics for international blue-chips.<p>
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Jul 93 – Apr 94<p>
Jul 93 – Apr 94<p>
COMMERCIAL ARTIST, SPAIN<p>
'''COMMERCIAL ARTIST, SPAIN'''<p>
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EDUCATION<p>
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'''EDUCATION'''<p>
• MBA (year one of two year course), Kingston University (2000).<p>
• MBA (year one of two year course), Kingston University (2000).<p>
• BTEC Diploma Advanced Multimedia. Hoxton Bibliotech (1997).<p>
• BTEC Diploma Advanced Multimedia. Hoxton Bibliotech (1997).<p>
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PERSONAL<p>
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'''PERSONAL'''<p>
• Languages: Fluent English and Spanish.<p>
• Languages: Fluent English and Spanish.<p>
• Interests: Skiing, yachting, travel.<p>
• Interests: Skiing, yachting, travel.<p>
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MAIN PROFILE ON [http://www.linkedin.com/in/julioespin]<p>
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'''MAIN PROFILE ON WWW.LINKEDIN.COM/IN/JULIOESPIN.COM''' [http://www.linkedin.com/in/julioespin]<p>
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