Philip Blazdell

Portfolio Sept 2024 Business Consultant – Sustainable Manufacturing Start-up • Client: USA-Israeli based startup in Central America • Major Activities: • Write comprehensive business plan, competitive analysis and GTM strategy to secure initial funding • Investor presentations acting as CTO for company • Wrote plan for pilot-plant in Central America • Oversaw all work on building pilot plant, equipment and staff acquisition • Set up manufacturing KPIs • Handed plant to customer with all KPIs stable and SOPs in place • Company valued at US120m Swiss FinTech CEO and business start-up • Wrote business plan, financial model and 5 year P and L for innovative start-up in the FinTech area • Registered company in Switzerland, hired core tech team globally (65 people) • Built out Salesforce for the company, set up financial reporting structure, obtained FINMA membership • Wrote all KPIs, SOPs, procedures and polices • Delivered the MVP to the end customer, ahead of time and $200k under the agreed budget of U$2.2m • Created global marketing plan and set-up initial campaigns across Africa and Asia • Company valued at U$400m Process Improvement for US Events Company • Worked with US based events company to redesign their business flows for efficiency • Mapped all the current processes; identified areas for improvement; introduced improvements; wrote KPIs, SOPS and trained staff • Reduced costs by 12%, increased customer satisfaction by 16% and employee satisfaction by 25% Business Analyst for Indian Payments Orchestration • Worked with major Indian Payments Orchestration company to help them penetrate new markets • Set up CRM systems; took responsibility of European business development • Set up sales pipeline; closed 4 major deals with U$500k per annum • Wrote SOPs for sales-team, identified unmet market needs and worked with marketing to produce collatoral North African Oil and Gas Company • Worked with a major European oil and gas company to set up their subsidiary in an emerging market in North Africa • Completed on-site visit for planning; wrote business plan and commercial risk analysis • Helped register the company, prepared all registration documents • Wrote SOPs, financial plan and development roadmap • Worked with external subcontractors to set up pilot plant New Business Development for Japanese Labelling Company • Worked with a Japanese label company to help them understand the UK market for Smart Labels • Identified key technology gaps in the current market • Identified and booked meetings with major stakeholders • Facilitated initial technology development meetings • Project resulted in 3 closed deals corresponding to increased revenue of 17% per annum plus capture of significant new market share