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Aveni Ruida
- Principal
2014 - maintenant
Aveni Ruida has been established in France with the cooperation and partnership of Ruida SA of Switzerland to expand Ruida SA’s core business - import/export and industrialization services from China - into France. Aveni also seeks to invest in certain start-up companies/ideas as an Angel investor or venture fund.
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Ruida Electronics SA
- Key Account Manager
2011 - maintenant
Ruida Electronics SA is the Swiss sales and support office for the Chinese group Yuandong, a reputed turn-key electronic manufacturing company which is based in Beijing. While in partnership with the Yuandong Group, Ruida SA is fully independent and actively sources from other suppliers based on European customer requirements. Principal activities include sales and technical support in the following domains:
1. Fabrication of PCBs (Printed Circuit Board)
2. PCBA (Printed Circuit Board Assembly) with an assortment of SMD and traditional components
3. Distribution of communication cables (i.e. USB cables)
4. Design, development and production of plastic injection moulds.
5. Manufacturing of plastic injected series
The group, not counting privileged partners, is comprised of approximately 1500 employees. Ruida SA’s flexibility enables the company to not only provide their customers with prototypes and small PCB series, but to cover the production chain from A-Z and to manufacture in mass. This aspect is also applicable when speaking of the plastic injection domain.
In addition to offering production services, Ruida SA also provides a wide array of support and assistance in domains such as electronic development, both hardware and software, but especially a privileged connection to the industrial heart of China’s business sector, enabling them to offer clients a large range of products.
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Symon Dacon
- Product Manager for UView product
2011 - 2011
• Developed a marketing strategy i.e. product positioning, hardware sourcing, pricing and promotion
• Was responsible for launching, selling, order processing and coordinating customization with graphics team. Received Top Salesperson Award
• Ran an online and telephone marketing campaign that resulted in a 60% reply rate
• Represented company at trade shows
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FIDELITE FILMS
- Production Assistant “Asterix & Obelix , 2012”
2010 - 2010
• Made production budget simulations using data from partners and national film agencies
• Coordinated budgeting and production planning, negotiated payment terms between Malta studio site and French producers
• Created database on tax credit schemes from Germany, Malta, Ireland, Hungary, Canada and France
• Acted as liaison between French managers and production crew and partners in Germany, Canada, Ireland, Malta and Hungary
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Via Luna Technology
- Independent Sales Associate
2009 - 2010
• Managed email lead-generation campaigns for web sites and online start-ups including www.margaritas.com, www.myvideochamp.com, www.sincerelymarketing.com
• Conducted market research and strategy development
• Sales of Via Luna products (www.wefightboredom.com)
• Headed calling campaigns and on-site gorilla marketing efforts
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Eman Bass
- Social Media Marketing Manager “Unilyzer” product
2009 - 2010
• Developed and implemented a new marketing strategy
• Promoted brand image with email marketing campaigns
• Managed all social media outlets for Unilyzer such as Facebook fan page, Twitter and LinkedIn
• Wrote and published articles and produced tutorial videos on the website, increasing web traffic and paying customer ratio
• Redesigned web page improving on time-on-site, repeat visitors and resulting in a 300% increase in customer retention
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FIDELITE FILMS
- Legal Affairs /Production Assistant
2007 - 2007
• Prepared finance proposals to French and European financing organizations for feature films, raising over 270,000 Euros
• Drafted and reviewed contracts for authors, directors, actors and financial partners
• Acted as representative of French production crew to partners in Canada and Ireland
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Arsam International
- Legal Affairs / Production Assistant
2007 - 2009
• Negotiated and sold the rights of feature films to international cinema distributors in Italy, England and Japan
• Prepared financial aid requests to French and European Government film financing organizations (CNC, Eurimages, Media, Fonds Sud) resulting in funds of over EUR 200,000 granted
• Compared historical box office data and assisted producers in positioning and marketing films to distributors
• Prepared marketing tools to promote films to potential investors
• Participated in the preparation of co-productions between France, Israel, Japan, US, UK, Spain and Canada
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Yuandong Electronic & Circuit Group
- Professional Trainee / Marketing
2004 - 2005
• Was trained at the Beijing site on the companies’ technical, marketing and sales capabilities and organization
• Developed business and marketing strategy for entering the Swiss and European Markets
• Collaborated with the President in setting up Ruida, a new Swiss subsidiary
• Was responsible for prospecting for new customers, sales and after sales service
