Martin Bowley
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Having fun building Rare Breed Digital Ltd and the freedom running of your own business brings. Terrific talent have joined to create and develop a first class Creative Digital Agency. . Check out our work : www.rarebreeddigital.com . Martin Bowley
Martin Bowley's Background
Martin Bowley's Experience
Executive Chairman and CEO at Rare Breed Digital
2012 - Present
Martin Bowley runs A DESIGN DRIVEN DIGITAL AGENCY ENABLING CLIENTS TO GET MOBILE APPS DEVELOPED AND TO MARKET.
www.rarebreeddigital.com
Rare Breed Digital Ltd we are a digital agency currently focusing on smart apps for smart screens, and web design.
All are bespoke and designed to operate across all hand held screens.
We operate in 4 key areas :
1.Media companies value adding advertising campaigns through web and apps.
2.Companies that need Mobile Apps to drive consumer interaction and sales.
3.Entrepreneurs and Start ups, increasingly at post graduate level who need to get mobile app ideas to markets fast.
4.Companies at any level who just need a simple mobile app to ensure they' are taking advantage of this incredible medium
Managing Director at Digital Cinema Media
February 2009 - January 2011
Company just been awarded Medium of the year by Marketing Magazine ,reflecting two years of incredible effort .
Restructuring of Company
New Talent employed
New Strategic Direction employed .
8 years of revenue declined reversed ,and forecast to further increase.
Digital incomes increased 10 fold - including Second screen and Mobile Apps to back up From The Red Carpet Initiative.
CEO at Pitch Entertainment Group
November 2006 - December 2008
Joined as CEO . Massive Digital learning curve here.
Pitch was a digital mobile content entertainment company .
I was charged with turning company around and taking to sale .This was achieved in June 2008 .
Doubled gross revenues in 12 months .
Expanded company's operations by taking offer Global from 4 to 20 international markets in 18 months , achieved with the partnership of Ericsson IPX and particulary Peter Garside.Google were a terrific help in attracting customers.
Launching in US and partnering with Mblox led to the sale to a VC backed Silicon Valley Mobile Company .
Developed Mobile Social Network, success was hampered by high data charges from the Networks, although members had very high usage - one of those kick yourself projects as I have no doubt only a year later it would be a success.
Revenue model was ad funded so bit too early to market.
MD at Carlton. Television
January 1992 - January 2004
During 2002-2003 worked on core team to get merger through OFT .Negotiation was front line for all Competition meetings .
Part of start up team at Carlton 5 colleagues to 250 in 12 months .
Responsible for ?1.4B of ad revenue .
Integrated purchases of Central TV ,HTV,Westcountry TV
CEO SALES AND MARKETING CARLTON at ITV
1992 - 2003
Sales Director at Television south west
1987 - 1992
Sales Executive at Devonair Radio
January 1979 - 1981
Chairman at UniSportOnline
March 2012
Unisport streams live sport from Britains top Universities .www.unisportonline.co.uk
Unisport also have an innovative division specialising in Live Streaming www.unisportlive.com
Martin Bowley's Education
Torquay Boys Grammar School
1970 – 1974
Babbacombe Primary
1965 – 1967
Country Dancing
Concentration: Blue Peter milk bottle top appeal
Martin Bowley's Interests & Activities
Mobile, apps and rock n roll
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