AndrewGrill.com is the personal website of PeopleBrowser UK CEO, Andrew Grill
Title
Andrew Grill | MBA Qualified Telecoms Executive | Board Member | Entrepreneur
Description
http://www.andrewgrill.com is the official site of London Based General Manager, Andrew Grill and was registered in 1999.
A Brief Website History
This website started it's humble beginnings in 1994 when I was studying for my Master's Degree in Adelaide. We were provided with extremely generous facilities, including our own 'room' - which was set up like an open plan office, with PC's on each desk, and office furniture.
We were encouraged to experiment with or own computer network - connected to the University's link to the internet. At this stage we were running Mosaic version 1 on Unix (Netscape didn't exist then).
We had our own servers www.spillane.aitec.edu.au - for Uni of SA students www.marple.aitec.edu.au - for Adelaide Uni students and it was here that my original site was hosted.
1994 Version 1 - on www.marple.aitec.edu.au/~grill (basic pages, cv - no frames)
1996 Version 2 - moved to our Alumni garlic.aitec.edu.au/~grill - with improved pages and my CV in Adobe Acrobat format.
1999 Version 3 - moved to my BigPond server when I joined Telstra users.bigpond.com/A_Grill/
1999 Version 4 - I moved the pages to Telstra's WebAction server, and registered the domain name http://www.andrewgrill.com/ at the same time.
2000 Version 5 - A major makeover with custom menu graphics and improved navigation. I have also purchased a "Real Names" Internet Keyword (Andrew Grill) which made finding the site easier.
2000 Version 6 - Another major makeover converting the site to active server pages (ASP) and changing the background to white and removing the 'menu' frame which did not display correctly on smaller monitors.
In September 2000, Olympic Games pictures captured at various Olympic events in Sydney were hosted at http://www.andrewgrill.com/olympics and these pages continue to be the most popular part of the site.
In 2003 the site was moved from Telstra to Webcentral (www.webcentral.com.au)
2004 Version 7 - The site had a major graphic overhaul (using the graphic template as it appears today) and new content was created.
In mid 2005, the site was moved from webcentral (AU web host) to Fasthosts.co.uk With the move to Fasthosts, multiple subdomains were created and appear below in the related links section.
About Andrew Grill
Based in London, Andrew is an experienced Senior Telecoms Executive, Business Developer and Marketer with particular expertise in sourcing and winning significant business across Europe in the mobile operator space. He has a specific focus on mobile advertising, location and mobile social networking.
He has a unique skills mix of sales director, entrepreneur, marketer, rainmaker, mobile evangelist and company spokesperson.
Andrew is experienced and successful in launching disruptive technologies and business models into existing markets as well as creating new opportunities around mobile advertising and location in the Telco space.
His career spans over 20 years working in senior positions across the entire value chain and as such has a deep understanding of the Telco market from vendor, operator, analyst, consultant and media viewpoints. From November 2004 to July 2008, he was General Manager, Sales and Marketing of leading location provider, Seeker Wireless.
Andrew was quickly able to launch Seeker onto the world stage, attracting the attention of the world’s largest mobile operators in the UK, Europe and Asia-Pacific which led to the signing of a number of contracts with mobile operators including Vodafone.
Based in London, Andrew is also a regular conference presenter on topics related to location and mobile advertising, and while at Seeker was the company spokesperson.
Andrew is currently consulting in the mobile advertising space, connecting companies with smart mobile advertising solutions with brands, agencies, operators and end users to derive the best mobile advertising experience.
From 1995, Andrew held a number of technical roles with Australian number 2 operator Optus before moving into a Marketing role as Product Development Manager for high speed data products. Andrew held the position of Business Development Manager for Infrastructure Investment and Development with Optus before leaving to join Telstra Corporation.
In 1998, Andrew was appointed National Manager for Business Development in the Marketing area of Telstra’s Business Solutions group, and in 2000, Andrew was responsible for the development of vertical market opportunities across Telstra’s Retail Services group.
In 2001, Andrew was appointed CEO and General Manager of PropertyLook and took the company from a standing start to become the leading commercial property website in Australia.
In 2003, Andrew joined Legion Interactive as General Manager of their business messaging group and was responsible for developing a new business unit focused on the corporate messaging market.
Andrew holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Technology, Sydney with sub-majors in eBusiness and Marketing, and Master’s Degree in Information Technology & Telecommunications from the University of South Australia. Andrew also developed a new eBusiness course for the Master of Business and Technology (MBT) course presented by the University of New South Wales.
Additional Information
Andrew Grill is heavily involved in a variety of activities outside his day job. Andrew is an accomplished public speaker and also gives of his time to support numerous charities.
Andrew was recently Technology Director of the Rotary Club of Sydney, Australia’s largest and most prestigious Rotary club. Andrew has been a member of Rotary since 1998, and a Board member since2001. In September 2003, Andrew was invited to join the board of the peak volunteer body, Volunteering NSW, and has also been invited to join the board of the Friends of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award in Australia.
Andrew holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Technology, Sydney with sub-majors in eBusiness and Marketing, and Master’s Degree in Information Technology & Telecommunications from the University of South Australia. Andrew also developed a new eBusiness course for the Master of Business and Technology (MBT) course presented by the University of NSW. More on Andrew's educational background is available in the education section.
Andrew has a wide range of hands-on management experience, developed through positions with Motorola Communications, the University of South Australia, British Aerospace Australia, Optus Communications and Telstra. Andrew has also been involved in a number of innovative engineering projects such as a satellite terminal unit for the Australian Army while at British Aerospace Australia and emergency communications for the Grand Prix in Adelaide from 1989 – 1992.
Andrew held a number of technical roles with Optus before moving into a Marketing role as Product Development Manager for high speed data products in 1996. Andrew held the position of Business Development Manager for Infrastructure Investment and Development with Optus before leaving to join Telstra Corporation in September 1998. Prior to December 1999, Andrew was National Manager for Business Development in the Marketing area of Telstra’s Business Solutions group. Prior to joining Property Look, Andrew was responsible for the development of vertical market opportunities (portals) across Telstra’s Retail Services group.
Andrew is a member of a number of industry and community associations including the Business Ambassador’s Network for the South Australian Government, St Thomas' Anglican Church, Royal Automobile Club, and is a Foundation Member of the University of South Australia Alumni. Andrew is also involved in a number of community organisations such as the Friends of the Duke of Edinburgh Award where he sits on the Board, as well as Volunteering NSW.
Andrew has made significant contributions to the charities he is involved with, and developed a promotional video to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh’s award in Australia, which was shown during a Gala Dinner in November 2002, attended by HRH The Earl of Wessex.
Andrew is a keen debater, an accomplished Master of Ceremonies and public speaker, and regularly speaks to school and university students about careers and the IT&T industry in general, and has a keen interest in corporate governance, and the management of not-for profit organisations.
Andrew has also developed a number of corporate videos and documentaries through his production company, HotGrill Productions. Visit www.hotgrill.com.au to view Andrew's showreel online.
Andrew is Married, and lives with his Wife, Samantha in London, having recently relocated to establish the Seeker Wireless European operations - fulfilling a commitment to provide local sales and marketing support for Seeker Wireless in the EU.
Languages
English
Address
- London, United Kingdom
Contact
- Andrew Grill
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Discussion
The third level domains in the related domains area may be overkill? Especially since the system doesn't yet support automatically generated pages for third level urls. --User:Ray King | talk 21:51, 6 September 2006 (PDT)
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External Links
- Alexa: AndrewGrill.com
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