Entertainment Technology Partners CEO and leadership

Financially astute Managing Director/CEO and commercially focused Financial director - PLC experience, jointly led successful MBO and acquisition of UK and overseas companies. Qualified Chartered Accountant ICAEW - 24 years of board director experience. Non- Executive director and Angel investor.

I now have the pleasure of working with SME senior management teams to develop financial, sales, brand and growth strategies. Businesses of all sizes hit metaphorical walls where the business appears to plateau and it requires new ideas to push to the next level. This is where I help.

Business mindset

The key fundamentals for success are to nurture and grow a companies brand and reputation, through clear vision, direction and strategy. This together with an emotionally mature approach to valuing and developing the employees of the company, creates an energetic, driven, fun environment maximising sales and profit growth.

More specifically having been privileged to be part of a team that ensured Martin Audio was consistently in the top 5% of performing companies in our industry in the world, this was a result of several key factors.

1. An understanding of the current team, the morale, the creation of excitement and belief, the reason to get out of bed in the morning and 'pride in the brand'.

2. The importance of performance measures, recognising what you are doing right and repeating it.

3. Recognition of the team contribution, company wide communication and rewarding achievement.

4. Painting the picture of what can be achieved given a consistent winning effort.

I was introduced to a quote recently which resonated with me:

\'The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence\' (Vince Lombardi).

Reach out to me if you think I can help you?

David John is a Chief Operating Officer at Entertainment Technology Partners and is based in Florida. He has worked as AV Director at NEMACOLIN, Chief Operating Officer at LMG, and AV Tech Lead at Walt Disney World. David studied at Webster University, Penn State University, and Harvard Business School Executive Education.

Joanne Merrill is a CFO at Entertainment Technology Partners and is based in Orlando, Florida. She has worked as Senior Manager at PwC, Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller at Hard Rock, and Audit Senior at KPMG UK. Joanne attended University of Bath between 1989 and 1992.