jake howard

Startup Weekend Perth is a not for profit initiative that aims to stimulate and develop the innovative/creative/entrepreneurial ecosystem in Western Australia. It is a 3 day, 56 hour hackathon event that invites creative minds to come together to develop a business idea into an operational entity within this very short time frame.

Focused on developing and executing a variety of campaigns for small, medium and large organisations aimed at assisting those companies with building market share via strategic lead generation campaigns, market research services and direct sales acquisition programs while also delivering stakeholder engagement support to ensure current client and investor relationships remained strong.

Enygma was a fantastic business that's core focus was bringing world class musical talent to Australia, New Zealand and parts of South East Asia to perform. During my time running Enygma I toured/managed several international DJ/Producers, most of those who were first timers to Australia and New Zealand. While acting as the key tour organiser, Enygma was responsible for hosting a number of large Perth nightclub events and parties that featured the likes of Calyx & Teebee (UK), Photek (UK), Calibre & DRS (UK), Chris.SU & SKC (HUN), Evol Intent (USA), Silent Witness & Squire (UK) to name a few.

Responsible for helping progress the growth of this fantastic Not For Profit that is going from strength to strength in it's endeavour to breakdown social stigma's related to mental illness, encourage more open dialogue about causes of mental illness and ultimately help those suffering from conditions like anxiety and depression reach out to qualified people who can assist them, and help prevent the growing number of Australians engaging in self half and suicide.

I was engaged to assist with growing, developing and driving the sales capability of the business. Growing the sales team from 2 to 10 operators, improving efficiency of selling strategies, helping to shape product set and ensuring revenue and sales targets on a national scale are being met are all components of my role with HealthEngine.

Establishing and sustaining successful long term relationships with enterprise healthcare customers

Help clients build and develop new business lead channels, enhance their brands, establish significant electronic communication platforms all with the aim of driving their organisations to greater heights through increased strategic sales and market positioning.

* Leading all Enterprise & SME sales teams (SaaS & growth solutions focused) * Supporting tier 1 Enterprise customers & customer success function * Manager of key strategic software vendor partnerships * Google Ads product and Google partnership owner

Tasked with maintaining current relationships with existing corporate/enterprise clients, in addition to actively seeking to establish new commercial partnerships with Australia's leading health groups. Working through optimisation and performance improvement strategies also plays a significant part in this role.