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Management Team

John Stevens, Group Managing Director

John joined 2ergo in January 2010 from DSGi Business where he was Sales and Marketing Director. He has more than 25 years commercial experience in retail and B2B sectors, including  three years as Marketing Director at PC World Business, and various board positions including eCommerce Director and Multi-Channel Marketing Director.  John was promoted to Joint Managing Director in March 2010, with responsibility for sales, marketing, product development and new business ventures.

Jill Collighan, Group Finance Director

Jill has over 20 years experience in the accountancy industry. She qualified as a chartered certified accountant in 1994 joining Lathams Chartered Accountants before leaving to set up her own accountancy consultancy business. Jill has worked with the group since 2002.  In March 2010 Jill was promoted to Joint Managing Director, with responsibility for group finance, operations, technical development and HR

David Traynor, Director

David joined 2ergo in April 2002. Prior to joining 2ergo he held a variety of technical, commercial and consultancy positions within Project Telecom plc, Willow Starcom ltd, Logitek plc and British Aerospace plc. He has been a Director of 2ergo ltd since 2002.

Colin McCaffery, Product and Technology Director

Colin has significant experience in the telecoms industry gained through senior product management roles at Orange, Sky Television, Vodafone global and CTI Group.  Key achievements include the launch of the first UK wap portal at Orange, leading a product marketing function within Vodafone global to deliver pan European Vodafone Live content charging product to 22 countries and the implementation of a global product and marketing strategy at CTI Group.

Richard Fumarola, Director of Operations

Richard has gained considerable experience in the implementation of operational strategies for growth.  Richard has over 20 years experience and has previously worked at ViewSonic Europe Ltd as Vice President of European Operations, prior to this he was Executive Director of Sykes Enterprise and VP of Customer Care for Gateway Computers EMEA. Richard has implemented world class techniques such as Lean, Six Sigma, COPC and TQM to ensure operational effectiveness and is responsible for customer operations and quality globally.

Ariya Priyasantha, Director of Loyalty

Over the last 16 years, Ariya (also known as Pri) has worked in product management roles and created new businesses in mobile marketing. After spending time working at MoD (DRA) on the Typhoon Fighter Aircraft, and for Fujitsu as a consultant for HA advanced systems, in 1996 he created his first business providing consultancy services to customers such as TXU Energy and Avon Cosmetics. In 2001, he started Activemedia Technologies which pioneered mobile marketing in India - launching the first nationwide shortcode in 2001, and in the UK launched the first and most successful mobile loyalty project in the world in 2004 - Orange Wednesdays, and its subsequent rollout into Europe.Pri is passionate about product innovation - and is a thought leader on mobile loyalty. Pri holds a 1st class MEng degree from York University.

Jim Beddows, Director and Senior Vice President of Global Business Development and Strategy

Over the last sixteen years, Jim Beddows has been creating new businesses, business models and content-service offerings in digital media for The Walt Disney Company, 20thCentury Fox, Microsoft and 2ergo. As regional managing director, he launched the first mobile services for a Hollywood Studio (Disney) in 1998 with NTT DoCoMo in Japan.  As founder and vice president of 20th Century Fox mobile entertainment, Jim oversaw both creative and business strategies to translate the studio's most iconic properties to the mobile space.  At Microsoft, Jim was Head of Content and Application Partnerships for MSN Mobile which launched in 2007 and quickly ramped to 15 million off-deck unique users in the US and went live in 17 international markets.  As Senior Vice President for Business Development and Strategy, he has established 2ergo's relationship with Microsoft and its Innovation Outreach Program community.

Michael Scully, Commercial Director and General Manager of 2ergo Americas

Michael joined 2ergo in November 2009 and leads our Americas market unit.  Formerly at Virgin Mobile USA, Michael drove significant revenue growth and product  innovation as the head of mobile content and data services.  Later, he moved from the carrier world to the device world by joining Nokia's new Software and Services unit, serving as the global strategy lead for content and downloadables (now Ovi Store).  Michael holds a BSBA in Management Information Systems from the University of Central Florida and an MBA in both Strategy and Marketing from Yale University.

Raj Singh, Managing Director of 2ergo India

Raj is recognised as a thought leader in India's mobile industry and brings a solid mix of mobile marketing and operational management experience to 2ergo. Previously, he was Managing Director of India for ActiveMedia Technology, developing strong relationships with leading mobile operators, media and brands since 2002. In his career, Raj has worked in business development, client engagement, operational and financial management roles at Capco, Credit Suisse First Boston and British Airways. He is a qualified Chartered Management Accountant and holds a M.Eng from Oxford University.

Roger Woodend, General Manager of 2ergo Australia

Roger is originally from Northern Ireland and joined 2ergo in May 2010. He holds an MBA with distinction from MacQuarie Graduate School in Sydney, and a BA (Hons) in Politics from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. With a background in Telecoms, IT Outsourcing and Systems Integration, Roger has extensive experience of working with major global corporations in a variety of sales and management positions. Prior to his appointment at 2ergo, Roger was Business Development Director at Atos Origin.  Prior to this, Roger was at British Telecom (BT) for 10 years where he held a variety of sales, marketing and senior management roles in various markets spanning the UK, Europe and the US.