Plexus Tech

Manage the delivery lifecycle to improve project efficiency and elevate agile adoption across teams.

Craft tailor-made, solution-focused proposals that highlight Plexus Tech's unique capabilities

Forge and deepen client relationships, serving as Portugal's key point of contact.

Elevate our team's capabilities by supporting the top talent acquisition and retention initiatives.

Delivery Director

Marcos Gonçalves

Marcos specializes in guiding SaaS and IT Services Founders & CEOs on their path to success. 
Get the support you need to navigate the challenges of entrepreneurship and reach your full potential.

Because why just fit in, when you're born to stand out?

Founder

Progressive Cloud

As a part-time COO and CIO, I help companies like yours get the most out of their operations and technology. I've played in the major leagues of banking, insurance, telecommunications, and automotive and thrived in the exciting world of startups. Imagine having all this experience for just a day or two a week. It's like having a full-time Exec, minus the high cost and long-term commitment.

I love connecting the dots between business and technology to make things smoother and brighter. Whether you're just starting and need a solid plan or you're an established player looking to move into the digital age, I can help. I aim to offer you a customized solution that is as flexible without breaking the bank. Sounds good? Let's talk!

Fractional Chief Operating & Information Officer (COO / CIO)

Progressive Cloud is a full-remote company that pairs unmatched engineering talent with state-of-the-art technologies to solve modern business challenges in the digital landscape. We're sponsored by the Futurice Group, a multi-national digital innovation and engineering company with Finnish roots. Their core business is developing and designing digital services and products across different business verticals.

Founder and CEO

Silicon Valley Insight

Project Management Excellence: Streamlined Silicon Valley Insight's delivery lifecycle for maximum efficiency and adherence to budget.

Strategic Implementations: Drove operational enhancements by pioneering strategy and integrating cutting-edge technology.

Team Leadership: Led multidisciplinary teams to excel in collaboration, performance, and risk management, upholding delivery standards.

Senior Vice President of Delivery

Vice President of Product & Project

Critical TechWorks

Leadership & Budget Management: Directed a 60+ engineering team, efficiently administering a €7M budget towards strategic user experience enhancements.

Integration Excellence: Spearheaded cross-functional team efforts to deliver top-tier integrated solutions, ensuring alignment with project goals.

Client Relations & KPI Utilization : Acted as the principal client liaison, notably with BMW, to fortify relationships, ensure transparency, and drive performance through key metrics.

Head of Interactions

tb.lx (formerly Daimler Trucks & Buses Tech and Data Hub)

Visionary Product Strategy: Devised and steered the product roadmap for Daimler tb.lx, aligning with corporate objectives and market needs.

Agile Team Leadership: Guided cross-functional teams to prioritize and expedite product development cycles, enhancing stakeholder rapport.

Metrics-Driven Management: Embedded KPIs and OKRs into product lifecycle to bolster performance, agility, and strategic direction.

Data Science Leadership : As Product Lead, orchestrated a data science team in constructing predictive models powering AutoTech streaming services.

Product Owner

Mercedes-Benz.io

Strategic Vision: Crafted and conveyed strategic plans for the Seller Center (platform for Mercedes Retailers), aligning product direction with corporate targets and user needs.

Backlog and Team Coordination: Orchestrated backlog management and rallied cross-functional teams for timely, high-quality output.

Performance Monitoring : Tracked product KPIs, championed inter- departmental engagement, and aligned budgets with fiscal objectives and operational efficiency.

Hiscox

CRM System Leadership: Spearheaded the delivery of a pan-European CRM system, bolstering underwriting and marketing functions, and ensuring GDPR and IDD adherence.

Strategic Product Management: Harmonized product strategy with Hiscox's platforms, led the adoption of agile practices, and oversaw a portfolio of 50+ annual IT initiatives.

GDPR Implementation Expertise : Orchestrated comprehensive GDPR compliance across Hiscox’s European operations, enhancing data protection and privacy standards.

Agile Execution Supervision : Directed agile project execution, upholding the company’s dedication to agile methodology and project efficiency.

Senior IT Business Analyst / Delivery Lead

Noesis

Platform Enhancement: Oversaw the maintenance of BNP Paribas's Neolink trading platform, ensuring high performance and reliability for securities trading operations.

Feature Deployment: Coordinated the deployment of new features and security patches to the Neolink platform, enhancing trading capabilities and safeguarding against cyber threats.

Quality Assurance: Executed comprehensive bug fixes and optimizations, significantly improving user experience and system integrity for Neolink's trading environment.

Senior Business Analsyt

Novabase

System Consolidation: Leveraged Calypso's integrated cross-asset platform to consolidate Novo Banco's trading operations, enhancing system efficiency and innovation in risk and accounting processes.

Operational Compliance: Guided Novo Banco through a strategic transition to the Calypso platform, streamlining operations and ensuring compliance with evolving financial regulations.

Knowledge Collaboration: Established direct interfaces with the trading team, imparting specialized Calypso platform knowledge and fostering a collaborative environment for continuous process improvement.

Calypso Business Analyst

Empower Startup Founders & CEOs: Break Free from 'Do-It-All' Roles, Slash Costly Errors, and Launch Profitable Products💥

I guide Tech Founders and CEOs to optimal success and growth in the startup arena.

I talk about:

1. Strategic Leadership:
    - Navigating the crucial early and scale-up phases for SaaS and IT Services startups
    - Personalized mentorship for visionary tech leaders

2. Organizational Dynamics & Culture:
    - Talent strategy for attracting and retaining tech innovators
    - Fostering effective team collaboration, whether hybrid or remote
    - Agile practices and product-centric leadership

3. Mindset & Growth:
    - Career pathing tailored for the tech entrepreneur
    - Cultivating emotional intelligence and resilience within tech teams
    - Embracing the G.R.I.T. mindset for enduring success

4. Operational Tools & Marketing:
    - Leveraging cutting-edge tools and methodologies
    - Modern marketing strategies tailored for the tech industry
    
If any of these resonate with you, turn on the notifications.
    

## MORE ABOUT ME ##

15+ years in the driver's seat of significant software projects. Crafting tech narratives, nurturing teams, and witnessing companies reach new heights. But my journey extends beyond tech accomplishments. The challenges of COVID-19 revealed the profound link between personal growth, executive leadership, and entrepreneurship.
    
As your concierge strategist, I provide bespoke support tuned to your startup's pulse—sharpening your product, operations, and market strategy. Together, we'll customize your path from launch to industry impact.
    

## PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHTS ##
    
    - 🌟 Leading the digital charge for over 15 years, delivering solutions for 30+ industry startups and giants.
    - 🚀 Launched and grew a tech consulting firm to €500,000 in revenue within 5 months.
    - 🤝 Fractional COO, CPO, and CIO roles bringing startups from concept to launch readiness.
    - 🗞️ Weekly insights on tech entrepreneurship and leadership with 'Founder Flightplan'.
    
    Ready to pivot and pen your success story? Here's your toolkit:
    
    1⃣ Subscribe to my insights:
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    2⃣ Embark on the Founder Growth Program
    https://marcosgoncalves.me/why-score/
    
    3⃣ Tailored guidance for your challenges
    https://marcosgoncalves.me/1-1-coaching-sessions/
    
    4️⃣ Let's collaborate! Drop me a message.

Marcos G.

Phil Herridge

SemperParatus.Group

Semper Paratus Group assists companies to grow exponentially by automating the sales process and leveraging new opportunities using Sales Automation and then delivering the results directly into your calendar, allowing you to win more new business than ever before.
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We have redefined the traditional automated lead generation process and given it a human touch, which has seen prospect engagement rates of 63% from decision-makers, meaning opportunities are closing much faster than those from within standard sales methods.
 
Want to experience the expertise of Semper Paratus Group for yourself? Schedule a demo by clicking the link - calendly.com/spgroup

Founder, CEO and Sales Automation Specialist

Meta3

As Co-Founder of Meta3, I’m focused on helping companies across multiple sectors harness the power of the Metaverse and Web3 technologies, not just to visualise the future, but to shape it.

Our platform is used by property developers to accelerate off-plan sales, by planning consultants to gain stakeholder buy-in, and by forward-thinking organisations looking to create truly interactive, customisable digital experiences. From real-time design personalisation and sunlight simulation to mapped local amenities and built-in upsell features, Meta3 goes far beyond the limitations of traditional virtual tours.

With a background that spans a variety of sales strategy, prop-tech and media, Meta3 thrives in spaces where innovation, communication, and commercial results come together. We are passionate about using technology not as a gimmick, but as a tool to drive real value for businesses, communities, and end users.

If you're exploring how the Metaverse and immersive tech can transform the way your business presents, sells, or engages, let’s connect.

Co-Founder

Legacy Property Investment Group

At Legacy Property Investment Group, we are committed to helping investors achieve superior returns on their savings through strategic property investments. As experienced professionals, we offer deep market insights, personalised investment strategies, and comprehensive support to help you meet your financial goals.

Whether you're a seasoned investor or just starting, we provide the expertise and guidance needed to navigate the real estate market effectively. Trust Legacy Property Investment Group to be your reliable partner in building a prosperous financial future.

Semper Paratus Headhunting

Semper Paratus Headhunting operates on a truly one to one bases. We do not harvest thousands of CV’s to send out speculatively. Instead we hunt out the very best candidates on behalf of our clients and then place them to provide the next step in their career progression.

DigiMedia360

DigiMedia360 was formed to assist start-ups and small businesses create a customer base and then retaining these customers for ongoing repeat business via real-time and highly targeted marketing campaigns using SMS, email and social media.

As technology has changed, DigiMedia360 has made sure that we’ve adapted the solutions we offer to meet the requirements of our clients. 

At DigiMedia360, the needs of our clients come first – we want to hear about your business, about what you do and the processes in place; this allows us to introduce the correct strategies and solutions for you to achieve your goals, which always includes enhancing the customer experience, increasing productivity and becoming more profitable as an organisation.

Through our sister company, we have effectively used Sales Automation and targeted sales & marketing strategies to engage with our target audience.

Director and Sales Automation Specialist

My Hidden Salon

The Hair & Beauty Spa is the ultimate salon environment for all to come and enjoy. Our stylish, welcoming spa is situated just outside Chester city centre and provides guests with exclusive treatments. 

Our ethos is to give our customers the most luxurious experience we can, by providing a salon spa environment different to anything else in Chester, a personal one-on-one service where you have our full and undivided attention.

You can enjoy your treatments with a selection of herbal teas, fresh coffee selection or chilled organic juices. With tranquil music, relaxed surroundings and a warm and friendly atmosphere, we become your own personal spa.

Through our sister company, we have effectively used Sales Automation and targeted sales & marketing strategies to engage with our target audience.

Training Strategies Ltd

Training Strategies are one of the UK’s leading providers of Government and European-funded diplomas; delivering vocational training, apprenticeships and employability programmes.   

All our vocational coaches have worked in the sector in which they teach and we are dedicated to delivering the very best results, something that is supported by our ‘Good’ Ofsted rating.   

Training is provided at the place of work, with vocational coaches coming to your business every month to support learners and set further work to complete the course. We deliver training on a wide range of subjects, including Business Administration, Sales, Customer Services, Contact Centre Operation, Warehouse Operation, Performing Manufacturing Operations, Team Leading, Management and Leadership (levels 3, 4, and 5) to name just a few.   

98.6% of pre-employment programme learners passed their qualification, with 76.4% of those learners progressing into employment with our help. 
80.2% of our apprenticeship learners achieve their qualification, which is significantly above the national average of 63%, all of which explains why we have a learner satisfaction rate of 97.6%.   

Through our sister company, we have effectively used Sales Automation and targeted sales & marketing strategies to engage with our target audience.

Sales Director and Sales Automation Specialist

The Engage Hub

Engage Hub is a global technology provider of data-driven customer engagement solutions. By harnessing the power of cloud technology, we help enterprise organisations deliver highly personalised, connected experiences across multiple channels, including SMS, web, email, voice, push notifications and Facebook Messenger.

Our innovative logic building technology triggers intelligent conversations using real-time data. This, combined with our dedicated industry consultants, is what sets us apart. We have over 30 years of experience delivering successful projects to help businesses strengthen customer engagement and improve operational efficiency.

Headquartered in London and with offices throughout Europe, Asia and South America, Engage Hub provides intelligent customer engagement solutions to some of the world’s most successful enterprises, such as Sainsbury’s, MBNA, Hermes, Singtel and Telefonica.

I introduced the effective use of Sales Automation and targeted sales & marketing strategies to engage with our target audience.

BDM & Sales Automation Specialist

Esendex

As BDM, it was my role to effectively use Sales Automation to target our ideal prospects and create effective sales & marketing strategies.

Textlocal Ltd

I was TextLocal's first salesperson when there was just a handful of us working out of a small Regus office on Chester Business Park and introduced large brands such as Pizza Hut, Optical Express, Castrol, UniBet, P&O Ferries and Tessuti to name just a few.

As Head of New Business Development, it was my role to effectively use Sales Automation to target our ideal prospects and create effective sales & marketing strategies.

Head of Business Development & Sales Automation Specialist

🤖 Our clients learn how to use neurolinguistic messaging to control sales conversations and attract more of their target clients to where they want them to be in the sales cycle, ready to buy! 🤖

I help business just like yours to increase their productivity and annual turnover by automating their sales process and generating new business faster than ever before!

Semper Paratus Group has deconstructed the traditional sales process and automated it using AI so that there is no more cold calling or emailing prospects; just a continuous and predictable flow of high-quality leads from your target audience who self-book themselves into your diary.

Technology continues to move at an unprecedented rate, but the sales process hasn’t really changed for decades – until now! 🚀

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