andy rice (andyrice) 
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| balsham, UK | |
www.leadersinperformance.com |
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| Joined: Jul 30th,2009 | Profile hits: 530 | Network: 3 | |
Profile Summary
Conferences on Elite Performance in Sport and Success in Professional Football
Leaders in Performance takes place on Thursday 8th October 2009 at Chelsea FC alongside the second day of 'Leaders in Football', the world's most exclusive football business event, thereby creating a fantastic opportunity to meet a wider audience of leaders in the business of football.
All iStadia members who would like to attend the Leaders in Performance Conference receive a 10% discount. For more information on this and the event itself go to Leaders in Performance on iStadia's MarketPlace.
These leaders in performance are at the cutting edge of what makes an athlete or team successful at the highest level. They include Mike Forde and Bruno Demichelis at Chelsea, Frank Dick elite level coach responsible for Olympic success and David Brailsford of British Cycling who's team domintated the medals at the Beijing Olympics.
ANDY RICE
17 Woodhall Lane, Balsham, Cambridge, CB21 4DT.
Tel: (Home) 01223 890023 Mobile: 07545 928298 E : andyandtina1010@hotmail.com
A proven account director, with a strong track record in management, strategic planning and implementation. A respected leader, with excellent written and verbal communication
skills. Collaborative style. www.linkedin.com/in/andyrice1010
July 2009- present LEADERS IN PERFORMANCE
International conference for elite sports coaches and directors
Director (contract)
May- July 2009 CASPIAN PUBLISHING
Business to business communications provider
Interim change management consultant
3 month project
• Brief was to assess sales and marketing resource and propose solutions to a fragmented, under-performing and demotivated team.
• Introduced integrated solutions, structure and improved commission system; leading to increased focus and productivity.
• Produced a comprehensive report identifying areas of increased profitability.
• Consultant on successful COI business pitch delivering £68,000 fees
2007- 2009 ARCHANT
The UK's leading independent media group, with a turnover of £175m.
Publisher
Approached to take budget, marketing and editorial responsibility for Photography Monthly, Professional Photographer, Which Digital Camera and BPI.
• Bottom line responsibility for a £2.5m turnover.
• Managed 18 staff including 4 Editors and the ad teams
• Led the team to year on year bottom line growth, despite competitor launches.
• Relaunched photographymonthly.com and professionalphotographer.co.uk
• Took Which Digital Camera online, generating affiliate revenues.
• Increased web traffic by 400% with SEO and social media solutions.
• 1st embedded client video and podcast at Archant Specialist.
• Increased on-line revenues by 300% year on year.
• Professional Photographer voted Archant Specialist ‘Product of the year’ two years running. The most profitable title in the group.
1999- 2007 SPORTBUSINESS GROUP LTD. (sold to Electric Word plc)
Leading provider of commercial information to the global sports industry.
Publishing Director, and shareholder
• Recruited to replace the Managing Director.
• Re negotiated the bank loan.
• Implemented a strategy to change SportBusiness from being simply a magazine to a media neutral information provider.
• Doubled advertising revenues, streamlined the business to achieve profitability.
• After market research, established high-value industry reports such as The Business of Sports Marketing and Broadband: The Opportunities for Sport.
• Developed an international network of sales agents in 7 different countries.
• Ran highly profitable collaborative conferences on Sports Tourism, Sport & Igaming, Sport and New Media, with legal partners
• Created and ran the largest multi-streamed sports marketing conference in Europe; 400+ delegates; revenues of £150,000 and a 57% profit margin.
• Developed an online marketing plan leading to a 400% increase in sales lead generation and a 27,000 subscriber prospect list.
• Part of the team that won a $1million contract to produce part of DAGOC’s communications strategy for the 2007 Asian Games.
• Identified new business opportunities and created joint ventures to form iGaming Business Ltd and Extreme SportBusiness Ltd. , generating additional revenues of £500,000+ and £100,000+ per year.
• Part of the team that produced the world’s largest (1850 delegates) sports new media conference in partnership with The IOC, achieving £500,000 of revenue and a 35% profit margin.
• Part of the team that prepared the business plan to attracted £10m of venture capital funding.
1991- 1998 MARKET LINK PUBLISHING PLC.
An AIM listed magazine publishing company, subsequently bought by Archant.
Sales Director, promoted to the board from Sales Manager in 1996.
• Helped build the business grow from a 3-magazine provincial publisher to an AIM listed business with £3m turn-over and 15% profit margins.
• Responsible for the sales of 8 specialist titles, managing a team of 23.
• Created and managed a contract publishing division, winning contracts with Jessops, Dixons, The Landmark Hotel and The All Wheel Drive Club.
• Managed the relationship with PADI that saw subscription rates on Sport Diver increase by 330%.
1989- 1991 INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT WORK.
Travelled and worked in 20 countries including spells teaching English in Japan, tennis in Australia and skiing in America.
1987- 1989 CENTAUR COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
A privately owned, business to business publishing company.
Sales Executive, Marketing Week.
Appointed as part of the team to attract new revenues to the company’s flagship title.
1986- 1987 BMP GROUP.
The magazine publishing division of Mirror Group Newspapers.
Sales Executive, Sportsweek magazine.
Joined the team to launch the UK's first multi-sport monthly magazine.
1985- 1986 IPC MAGAZINES.
The country’s largest magazine publishing group.
Graduate Trainee, NME
Recruited as 1 of 6 trainees from 7,000 applicants.
QUALIFICATIONS: Upper Class BA (Jnt Hons): English, Sports Science and Physical Education, Loughborough University.
OTHER:
• Lecturer at Birkbeck College, London University on MSc programme - ‘Sports marketing and Football’.
• Invited to be a member of SUNY Cortland University advisory board.
• Part II Tennis Coach.
• Trustee of Rainbow Farm, children's charity. www.rainbowfarm.org
• Raised £5,000 from the sports industry for an adventure centre.
PERSONAL: British. DOB 18.01.64. Married- 2 daughters.
Andy Rice, 17 Woodhall Lane, BALSHAM, Cambs, CB21 4DT, UK
Tel: (Home) +44(0)1223 890023 Mobile 0789 4461588 E : andyandtina1010@hotmail.com
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Head Professor Sports Science Faculty, Centennial College Toronto
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Elite Clinical Client Relationship, IPRS Ltd
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Engish, Sport Science and Physical Education
