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Simon Taylor
CEO and founder of HYCU
Simon Taylor is an accomplished sales leader in the high technology market with over 20 years of experience exceeding quotas. He has a strong background in B2B sales, having sold infrastructure, software, and managed services to Telcos, service providers, utilities, and enterprise customers in the UK and globally. Throughout his career, Simon has built successful teams, managed channel distribution, and marketed technical products to senior management of large and complex accounts. He is equipped with excellent leadership skills that are geared towards making people successful.
Simon's expertise lies in creating business plans, go-to-market strategies, sales strategies, channel management, service delivery, and project management. He is a strategic thinker who can synthesize business and technology trends and develop practical plans from concept to revenue. Simon has outstanding skills in sales management, solution sales, collaborative selling, value-based selling, new business development, mobile network operators, business modeling, CRM implementation, forecasting, commercial management, contract negotiation, business transformation, project management (PRINCE2 Practitioner), sales operations optimization (especially post M&A), sales enablement, and deal closure.
Simon has held various leadership positions throughout his career, including Business Development Manager IoT at Manx Telecom, Head of Sales - Energy & Infrastructure at Ordnance Survey - Strategum Project, and Chief Sales Officer at Movirtu - Strategum Project. He has also served as Director at Strategum, EVP Sales and Business Development at Synchronica, EVP Sales, Marketing & Business Development at Colibria, VP Sales & Marketing, Co-Founder at Accendo, Director of Sales at Fujitsu, and Sales Director at Coherent Communications.
Simon's excellent track record in sales and business development makes him a valuable asset to any team looking to achieve growth and reach revenue targets. With his extensive experience and expertise, Simon is well positioned to lead teams and drive business growth in the high technology market.
