Days Of Futures Passed

A podcast with guests who share the grand visions of the future from history and science fiction that inspired them as children.

Host

Theo Priestley

Keynote speaker, fractional CxO, advisor, startup mentor, storyteller, technology evangelist, author, futurist, entrepreneur, gamer, cat slave, sci-fi aficionado.
 
For all speaker enquiries please visit: https://www.theopriestley.com

Keynote Speaker, Fractional CxO

HackerNoon

Winner - Most Read Stories of 2023
Nominated - Contributor of the Year 2022
Nominated - Tech Storyteller of the Year 2022
Nominated - Contributor of the Year 2021

Contributing Writer

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

A comprehensive history of tomorrow, exploring groundbreaking topics including Virtual Reality, AI, Privacy, Education, Economics and the Future of Work.

"The more people that read this, the better the quality of debate and planning going forward. If you have any interest in the shape of the future then this is a must-read!"
 
"This book is a fantastic collation of ideas, insights and analysis on what the future holds. It will challenge you and make you think about how your actions impact the future."

Order the book - now available through Bloomsbury directly, Amazon, Target, Waterstones, and many other international booksellers.

Author - The Future Starts Now

Metanomic

Raised venture capital to build a web3 and video game real-time analytics platform using AI. Led a fully remote, international team to deliver two products in rapid succession (one MVP, one full v1.0), built the client and partner pipeline before handing over to Sales.

Acquired in 2023.

FutureOn

Driving marketing, branding and PR for a unique cloud-based real-time visualization and collaboration platform – FieldTwin – helping Integrated Energy Companies make smarter and faster decisions throughout the lifecycle of a project.

Vice President Marketing

We Didn't Start The Fire

A 13 episode podcast series that covered a multitude of business and technology trends leaving no stone unturned.

CSignum

Ownership of marketing, branding and PR for an offshore engineering company that manufactures patented wireless and cable-free data communications systems for the energy, environmental, transportation and aquaculture sectors.

Rebranded from WFS Technologies following a management buyout.

RawShark Studios

Bootstrapped game design studio working on web3 game projects.

Founder/ Head Of Studio

HTC Vive

Startup Mentor

Please note I no longer use LinkedIn on a regular basis. 
Visit theopriestley.com for contact details, or medium.com/@theo for articles.

Skillmix

Learn how to build any agent you can imagine. Includes an awesome cloud environment where you can learn how to build LangGraph agents, work with AWS services, and more. Free labs available.

Founder

Kanbai

Kanbai provides an Agentic AI platform for industrial workflows.

Co-Founder

Playfix.io

Playfix empowers everyone to build web3 sites and dApps with AI. Just enter a prompt and we'll generate a page for your next project in minutes. Signup at playfix.io.

CEO & Co-Founder

Tisane Labs

NLP powered content moderation for gaming, social media, marketplaces, law enforcement, and much more!

Partnership Advisor

Sift

In this role, I was tasked with leading and growing the Sift sales team in APAC.
- Designed and implemented Sift's new APAC expansion plan.
- Led the team’s outbound sales and solution architecture team.
- Successfully implemented a regional partner strategy and on-boarded strategic partners.
- Exceeded the region's annual sales targets by 110% (YTD).
- Extensive experience in building and scaling sales teams and processes, with a focus on APAC markets.

APAC GTM & Sales Strategy Leader

Sift Science

I was hired by Sift to expand sales operations to APAC. I was the sole employee there during this time, where I built a book of business in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, and Australia. 
- Won a groundbreaking million dollar deal in APAC (first in the region).
- Notable wins with Traveloka (ID), KDDI/Luxa (JP), Carousell (SG).
- Overachieved sales quota by an average of 150%.
- Brokered a MOU with the first APAC Solutions Integrator partner in Japan.

Enterprise Sales & Market Expansion Leader APAC

Amazon Web Services

Generated new business and increased share of wallet in key existing accounts. 
- Overachieved sales quota by 105% in Year 1; 120% in Year 2.
- Specialized in customer addition and revenues from  ecommerce, gaming and media.
- MVP awarded for sizable wins at Fairprice, Gumi, and Pocket Math.

Enterprise Sales

Twilio

At Twilio I worked with startups and SMBs who wanted to add voice and/or SMS to their applications. 
- Established net-new revenue for Twilio’s voice and SMS services.
- Overachieved sales quota attainment by 110%.
- Key accounts included Snap and Red Beacon(Home Depot).

Account Executive

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

At this time AWS was a fledgling business unit within Amazon.com. I joined as one of the first five sales hires. 
- Overachieved 120% of quota in 2010 (first year of sales quotas).
- Territory expansion to enterprise and mid-market customers in NY, NJ, and PA.
- Breakthrough wins at New York Life & Vimeo.

WebOnyx

WebOnyx was a boutique web development consultancy. I was brought in to generate new business. I worked in all phases of sales and account management. Managed several customer projects. Helped in the early stage of designing software (gathering customer requirements, etc). Closed $250,000 USD contract with AT&T.

Account Manager

20+ years in the tech industry across a range of technology and commercial roles. Was an early employee at AWS, having joined them in 2008. Worked for AWS in both Seattle and Singapore. Along the way, I have worked at billion dollar startups including Twilio and Sift. 

Currently building Skillmix, the fastest way to get hands-on experience working with cloud architectures

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