The University of Edinburgh

Supporting underrepresented and impact founders

United Kingdom

Hatch Enterprise UK

Trustee and Non Executive Director

- 8 angel investments in the UK• Focusing on underrepresented and impact founders• Recognised by the London Startup Ecosystems 2020 Report as a recommended mentor• Member of the UK Business Angels Association, several syndicate and mentor networks, including Alma Angels and HERmesa• Editor of the UK Angel Investor Newsletter helping entrepreneurs find investorsI currently only consider investing in UK companies with (S)EIS advance assurance.

Self-employed

Advisor & Angel Investor

Leading the go-to-market strategy and operations for privacy across advertising partners in EMEA as well as supporting Google’s publishing partners in the region to make the most of out the digital advertising opportunity in a sustainable way. Initiated and sponsored a project to review Google's Go-to-market approach in EMEA on how to better support the advertising needs for VC-backed startups.

Google

Director EMEA Go-to-Market Strategy & Operations Partnerships & Privacy

The Publisher Solutions & Innovations (PSI) team provides in-market frontline customer feedback of Google's publishers, understands the competitive dynamics of the market and identifies vertical-specific growth opportunities in digital advertising across all platforms and formats. PSI is a key driver of Google's publisher product roadmap and the strategic focus for the publisher sales teams. PSI team members also bring product expertise to sales, enabling front-line sales partners to sell effectively.PSI EMEA incorporates the previous Product Specialist and Marketplace Development teams in EMEA.

Director Publisher Solutions & Innovations EMEA

Supported founders of Google's internal incubator programme with their key challenges, in particular on go-to-market approach and commercial strategySupported entrepreneurs participating in Google for Startups’ programmes, in particular on raising funding, sales strategy, operational processes, marketing and recruitment

Startup Advisor

We help Google's product and engineering management to define strategy and product roadmaps that are required for Google's publishers in North & Central Europe to effectively monetise their digital assets. We support the publisher-facing sales teams to turn product features into solutions so that Google's publishers can benefit from the latest technology developments to optimise digital revenue. Using Google's expertise and analytical capabilities in digital advertising ecosystems, we also engage directly with the top management of Google's largest partners to give them unique insights, helping them to optimise their broader digital strategy.

Director, Product Specialists and Data Insights, Partner Business Solutions, North & Central Europe

P&L responsible for Google's large publishers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and promoted to Director in December 2012.Helped large publishers to get the most out of the web, in particular optimised revenue from digital advertising with products such as dfp, AdX, Admeld, Admob, AFS, AFC and AFD.

Director, Germany, Austria & Switzerland, Partner Business Solutions

Co-led the UK Partnerships team and was responsible for ISPs and Portals across Germany and UK.

Head of Internet Service Providers and Portals

Hands-on account management and business development with focus on Telco sector and a broad area of products including YouTube, Maps, Search, Adsense with clients in Europe .

Strategic Partner Manager

Joined as one of the first employees and worked on everything that needed to be done to launch the service and make it commercially successful. Shazam was acquired by Apple for $400m. Responsibilities included:• Deputy CTO• Software quality control and deployment process• Hiring 20+ technical staff• Responsible for all project management and technical integration with partners• Business development and account management in Europe and Asia

Shazam Entertainment

Head of Partner Management

Technical lead in consulting projects, consulted Credit Suisse First Boston on IT outsourcing strategy and Deutsche Bank on Web-based trading platform (non-existent at the time)

Viant, Inc.

Senior Technologist

C++ software engineering of HR management system for public sector, migrated 1m lines of Cobol code of MVS backend system to Windows architecture

Thomas Schreiber