Vincent Thébault

After 6 years at PowerVote, I have decided to open my own company, specialised in services and tools for the conference industry.
9 Yards offer audience response systems, online marketing and data collection tools, as well as media print solutions.

esponsible for the introduction and development of the company on the UK market

After the Spanish branch was successfully launched, PowerVote company asked me to build up the UK branch. I started working on the project in August 2006, opening the local branch. Over the last 2 years, my role has been to launch our electronic voting system on the UK market and develop the company's sales. My duties include sales, marketing, and day-to-day management.

Achievements: development of 70 accounts and increase of turnover by 100% on year 2 to £165K, compared with year 1.

Responsible for the introduction and development of the company on the Spanish market
I was hired by La Generale Multimedia, a French company, manufacturer of an Audience response system, to open and develop a subsidiary in Spain. During that experience, I handled everything in order to develop the business, from accounting to sales, marketing to customer assistance and logistics.

Achievements: after 2 years the subsidiary had 4 full-time employees and a turnover of €220,000. Today the company has a turnover of €500K and 5 full time employees

Sales manager for the Centre-West of France

I was the area sales manager for the centre west of France. My role was to follow up the existing clients and find new ones, drilling and drawing up of sales proposals. I was also in charge of building up business propositions to answer to public tenders.
ADS Laminaire is a manufacturer of cleanliness and laminar airflow machines for laboratories and clean rooms.

Achievements: Sales increased by 15% after a year.