Llew is the VP – Online Marketing & Products at Clickatell.com, a mobile network aggregator covering over 750 mobile networks in more than 220 countries. He’s responsible for the strategic direction of Clickatell’s Online business, as well as the company’s overall Online Marketing, web sales channel and product functions. The Online business unit’s area of focus includes the key global Mobile Marketer customer segment, amongst others.
Before Clickatell, Llew was CEO and co-Founder of KeyJam.net, a boutique web and mobile business consultancy, as well as co-Founder and Head of Online Marketing at incuBeta.com (now Clicks2Customers.com), a leading online marketing agency on 3 continents.
Llew is an Online visionary, winning numerous local and international awards, including the: TT100 “Most Promising Emerging Enterprise” (2005), TT100 “Minister’s Award for Overall Excellence” (Small/Medium Enterprises) (2006), Commission Junction (CJ) Leadership in Innovation Award (2006), CJ Horizon Award for Global Vision (2006).
Llew was a member of the adjudication panel of the 2008 Technology Top 100 (TT100) Awards, awarded to the most innovative technology companies in South Africa.
Llew is also a member of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council Advisory Board for Africa (http://www.cmocouncil.org/africa/board.asp), which includes CMOs from some of the largest and most influential companies in South Africa.
He is a also member of the global Advisory Boards to the Forum to Advance the Mobile Experience (FAME) (http://www.fameforusers.org/advisory-board.php ), and the Customer Experience Board (http://www.customerexperienceboard.org/corporate.php ), along with a select group of CMO-level executives from global Fortune 500 companies.
Llew occasionally writes for Readwriteweb.com (approx 150,000 RSS subscribers) and the Mail & Guardian Online on Online technology matters.
He has a Masters degree in Management of Technology & Innovation from the Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management in Johannesburg.