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With over 10 years of experience in the sales industry, Ksenia has had an opportunity to coach over 600 sales reps, while increasing her clients’ revenue by over 45mln and speaking on national and international conferences. Now Ksenia is a co-founder of Fall In Love With sales (Sales School for Women) and Cryptohub (Online Crypto Education Social Platform).
Max Shepherd-Cross is a CEO and Cofounder of HotelFlex. HotelFlex matches empty hotel rooms with guests who wish to extend their stay to accommodate awkward travel schedules. In doing so, making money for hotels and ensuring that guests never again have to wait for their room to be ready after arriving on the early morning flight. After setting up the business in the UK just 3 years ago, Max went through the world renowned Y Combinator accelerator in Silicon Valley before raising over $1.1m in funding and relocating to the Gold Coast under the Queensland Government’s HotdesQ program. The software is now used in hotels all around the world.
Business Professional with exceptional analytical skills, visionary with practical insights. Twenty years of progressively responsible leadership experience with Virtualmgr.com, The Shell Oil Company and Accenture. Expertise acquired in numerous functions including Executive leadership, SaaS Software, Retail, Marketing and Operations. Strong Project Management skill base obtained by working with blue chip companies throughout the World. Business Development expertise and international program management experience. Problem solving skills combined with result-oriented, highly-motivated and motivating personality plus exceptional people skills have contributed to a solid track record of business metrics accomplishments, project completion on time and on budget, with distinction.
