Judges of The Small Online Business of the Year
David Smith, Managing Director, IMRG
After 10 years in publishing at IPC Magazines, working on magazines such as NME, Shoot, 90 Minutes, Golf Monthly and Rugby World becoming Sports Group Publisher in 1995, David ‘transferred’ to the Football Association as Commercial Manager in 1997 where he developed the FA’s licensing and merchandising programme. Whilst at The FA, he was part of the development team for The FA’s web site and launched the FA’s online store England-Direct. He left The FA after the Euro 2000 tournament joining Sports e-Tail working on the development and launch of various football/sport related online stores including those of Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, UEFA, and The ECB. In June 2007 David joined the online retail membership organisation IMRG as Director of Operations, responsible for the development of the organisation as the voice of online retail, before becoming its Managing Director.
Ben Heald, CEO, Sift Media/Business Zone
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CEO of online community specialists Sift, Ben founded the company in 1996 and since then has been involved in launching over 50 online communities – either for Sift Media (Sift's in-house publishing business) or SiftGroups (Sift's online community consultancy). These range from Sift's own online community titles such as www.accountingweb.co.uk, www.businesszone.co.uk, www.hrzone.co.uk and www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk to titles for organisations including CIMA, DEC, Kennel Club, Law Society, NHS and VSO.
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