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Supratim Biswas
George Fraser
Brian McManus
Gavin Somers
John Thornhill
Dominic Trigg
Ernst van Leeuwenkamp
InfoSpace Europe
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Supratim Biswas
Senior Director, Customer Solutions, Mobile
Senior Director, Customer Solutions, Mobile
Supratim leads customer solutions operations for the mobile team at InfoSpace Europe. He is also responsible for leading the company’s mobile search and advertising solutions product strategy and market initiatives in Europe.
Since joining the company in September 2000 Supratim has held various key positions within InfoSpace spanning engineering, product and customer driven functions. Prior to InfoSpace Supratim worked for Cognos (a market leader in Enterprise Business Intelligence products) and for BUPA. Supratim has more than 10 years of experience in product development, professional services, program management and system integration functions within the information technology and mobile industry.
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Since joining the company in September 2000 Supratim has held various key positions within InfoSpace spanning engineering, product and customer driven functions. Prior to InfoSpace Supratim worked for Cognos (a market leader in Enterprise Business Intelligence products) and for BUPA. Supratim has more than 10 years of experience in product development, professional services, program management and system integration functions within the information technology and mobile industry.
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George Fraser
VP, Sales and Marketing, Mobile
VP, Sales and Marketing, Mobile
George joined InfoSpace in May 2005, and is responsible for InfoSpace’s growth within Europe, Middle East, and Africa. This includes being ultimately responsible for the key relationships InfoSpace enjoys with the largest carriers in Europe, including Vodafone, T-Mobile, Telefonica, and Hutchinson 3G.
Prior to this George spent over five years as GM for EMEA at RealNetworks, as well as undertaking senior sales and marketing roles at AOL and BT. George graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in Banking and Finance.
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Brian McManus
Executive Vice President, InfoSpace Web Search
Brian McManus leads the Web Search business at InfoSpace. He joined the company in April 2003.
Previously, McManus served as vice president of corporate development at Internet Service Provider Epoch Internet. At Epoch, he was responsible for indirect distribution, mergers & acquisitions, and financing. During his tenure, Epoch raised approximately $75 million.
McManus is also a former CEO of two Seattle-area companies - AccessLine and Intermind, now OneName - and has been a consultant for a variety of emerging technology companies in the telecommunications and Internet sectors in the Pacific Northwest and Silicon Valley.
During the 1980's, McManus was also a partner in the Seattle law firm of Mundt MacGregor where he was focused on the formation, finance and governance of emerging technology businesses.
McManus received a bachelor of science degree with honors in Business Administration and Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. He also earned a master's degree in Business Administration and a juris doctorate, with honors, from the University of Washington.
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Executive Vice President, InfoSpace Web Search
Brian McManus leads the Web Search business at InfoSpace. He joined the company in April 2003.
Previously, McManus served as vice president of corporate development at Internet Service Provider Epoch Internet. At Epoch, he was responsible for indirect distribution, mergers & acquisitions, and financing. During his tenure, Epoch raised approximately $75 million.
McManus is also a former CEO of two Seattle-area companies - AccessLine and Intermind, now OneName - and has been a consultant for a variety of emerging technology companies in the telecommunications and Internet sectors in the Pacific Northwest and Silicon Valley.
During the 1980's, McManus was also a partner in the Seattle law firm of Mundt MacGregor where he was focused on the formation, finance and governance of emerging technology businesses.
McManus received a bachelor of science degree with honors in Business Administration and Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. He also earned a master's degree in Business Administration and a juris doctorate, with honors, from the University of Washington.
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Gavin Somers
Marketing Director, Web Search
Gavin is the Marketing Director of Web Search at InfoSpace Europe. He holds an MBA from Manchester Business School and has over 15 years experience in senior marketing positions. He most recently held positions in the telecoms, IT and new media sectors, working for organisations such as Marconi, Nynex and ADC.
His role at InfoSpace is to define, develop and manage all marketing objectives, strategies and activities in Europe for InfoSpace.
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John ThornhillBusiness Developement Director
John has worked on both sides of the Atlantic as corporate venturing specialist having developed initiatives for IBM, PA Consulting, The Sunday Times and more recently as Director of Metronomy.
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Dominic is currently Vice President of Web Search for InfoSpace Europe. He has an extremely strong background in online and traditional media advertising.
Previous roles include Director of advertising operations for Yahoo! Europe and Advertising Director for Microsoft’s MSN UK, Hotmail UK and Expedia, in addition to ad manager for BT Internet. During 2001 he took a brief foray to Digital TV as media director at Music Choice Europe plc, before returning to web and Yahoo! in 2003.
Previous to his online career, Dominic held roles as ad manager to Gruner & Jahr’s Focus magazine and BBC’s BBC Worldwide magazine.
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Previous roles include Director of advertising operations for Yahoo! Europe and Advertising Director for Microsoft’s MSN UK, Hotmail UK and Expedia, in addition to ad manager for BT Internet. During 2001 he took a brief foray to Digital TV as media director at Music Choice Europe plc, before returning to web and Yahoo! in 2003.
Previous to his online career, Dominic held roles as ad manager to Gruner & Jahr’s Focus magazine and BBC’s BBC Worldwide magazine.
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Ernst van Leeuwenkamp
Director of Product & Strategic Partnership Management
Ernst is the Director of Product and Strategic Partnership Management for InfoSpace Europe. He has been with infospace for 6 years and has been at director level involved in the internet industry since 1999.
Director of Product & Strategic Partnership Management
Ernst is the Director of Product and Strategic Partnership Management for InfoSpace Europe. He has been with infospace for 6 years and has been at director level involved in the internet industry since 1999.
He possesses over 20 years experience in partnership sales and product development in Europe and the US.
Ernst is responsible for all strategic partnerships in Europe and product development for online search and directories. This includes the white label distribution products deployed with partners like The Guardian, Teamtalk, London Stock Exchange and The Sun. Ernst is also responsible for the InfoSpace's own brands like Dogpile.co.uk and the recently launched WebFetcPro.co.uk. The partners Ernst looks after are the likes of MIVA, Mirago, Thomson Directories, Yahoo! and Blinkx for Video search.
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Ernst is responsible for all strategic partnerships in Europe and product development for online search and directories. This includes the white label distribution products deployed with partners like The Guardian, Teamtalk, London Stock Exchange and The Sun. Ernst is also responsible for the InfoSpace's own brands like Dogpile.co.uk and the recently launched WebFetcPro.co.uk. The partners Ernst looks after are the likes of MIVA, Mirago, Thomson Directories, Yahoo! and Blinkx for Video search.
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