Matt Garrett's CV

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September 2005 to Present

Matt Garrett Ltd. & SEO UK Ltd.

Internet Marketing, including: Search Engine Optimization, Niche Marketing, Keyword Research, PPC, AdSense, Info Product Creation, List Building & Email Marketing, Copywriting, Blogging, Affiliate Marketing, Article Marketing, Web 2.0 & Video Marketing

February 2003 to August 2005

Select Legal Ltd. 

Sales Executive for Select Legal's range of legal software.

My roll with Select Legal includes developing and executing a new marketing strategy for their new windows back office system.

November 2002 to February 2003 

Oyez Straker Legal Software 

Sales Director for CaseLite and Osprey case management.

My roll in Oyez is to develop the sales of CaseLite and Osprey in the legal market, with the aim of building a sales team.

March 2001 to October 2002 

Laserform International 

Sales and Marketing Manager for Legal Accounts/Practice Management.

My roll in Laserforms was to sell the LA6 Practice management system and Criminal Billing system, as well as to assist in the development of the product in to a true Practice Management system and develop a sales team for this product.

Sept 2000 to March 2001 Equal partnership in Osprey Sales 

A legal software dealership.

Sales & Marketing Partner

Osprey Sales provides a variety of services to Legal Practices, including the Osprey practice management system from Pracctice Ltd., hardware and networking solutions, email, Fax and Internet set-up and consultancy.

My partner in Osprey Sales was also a Sales Executive for Pracctice Ltd.
The dealership was been set-up to allow us to offer services that Pracctice Ltd. did not currently offer to their clients and to allow Pracctice Ltd. to restructure and concentrate more on being a software house operating through dealerships.

July 1995 to Sept 2000 

Pracctice Ltd. – Legal Software supplier

Starting position - Salesman, final position - Sales & Marketing Director.

Over the five years with practice I helped build the company up from 8 staff (one salesman) with around 100 clients, to 45 staff, around 450 clients with a team of three internal salespeople and 2 dealerships. I was made a Director of the company in January 1999 in recognition of my efforts on behalf of the company.

As Sales and Marketing director I was responsible for marketing strategy, organising exhibitions, developing and managing new and dealerships, building and training the internal sales team, as well as continuing my personal sales effort for the company. I also helped ensure the product achieved Law Society recognition under the new scheme launched in 1998, which we received confirmation of for the third year running in August of this year.

I was also responsible for developing ongoing relationships with third party suppliers such as CompuAdd, Viglen and Elonex (for hardware and networking services) and other legal suppliers for mutually beneficial marketing, such as DPS, BCL, Lexology and Alternative Team Ltd.

April 1994 to July 1995 

Gower Business Systems, Swansea - Systems dealership

Position - Salesman

Gower employed me in part to offer support for their existing clients using the Hay Logic system, but primarily as a salesman. The company's main products were Pracctice Integrated Legal systems, Pegasus Opera commercial accounting systems, hardware, networking and training services.

During my time with Gower the company became dealers for Pracctice Ltd.

Jan 1991 to Mar 1994 

Hay Logic Ltd. - Legal Software supplier.

Starting position - "Technical Assistant", final position - Salesman.

I was the first employee of HayLogic and started my position testing the DOS based Legal software. During my time with the company my role included telephone and on-site software and technical support, hardware, software and network installation (including Ethernet cabling), Payroll and office management, training and sales.

I was made redundant in March 1994, when the company was put in to voluntary liquidation by the directors. HayLogic had six employees and around 75 clients (inc. the Lord Chancellors Dept.) and one dealership (Gower Business Systems, Swansea) at the time.

References:

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Hobbies, interests and pastimes:

Skiing, Scuba Diving, swimming, cycling, computers, the internet, digital photography, reading and Tropical Fish.

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