APAC Account Director at Streamezzo
Melbourne Area, Australia
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- APAC Account Director at Streamezzo
- Past
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- Australia and New Zealand Account Director and South Asia Channel Director at Streamezzo
- Area Support Manager - ANZ at Openwave Systems
- Senior Systems Engineer at Openwave Systems
- Systems Engineer at Openwave Systems
- Engineer at Telstra
- Education
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- RMIT University
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Manny Christophidis’s Summary
Manny Christophidis’s Specialties:
Have worked in the Mobile Data communications industry since 1998
Manny Christophidis’s Experience
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APAC Account Director
Streamezzo
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Responsible for all the APAC region excluding China.
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Australia and New Zealand Account Director and South Asia Channel Director
Streamezzo
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
May 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 4 months)
Country Manager responsibility for a rich media software developer. The aim is to establish and grow the business in Australia and New Zealand through both direct channels or via established SI partners. Role includes;
1) Establishing brand awareness in the the ANZ market
2) Business development and partnership strategic alighance
3) ANZ P&L responsibility
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Area Support Manager - ANZ
Openwave Systems
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; OPWV; Telecommunications industry)
March 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 3 months)
Area manager for Openwave Global support, for Australia and New Zealand. The role comprised of the following tasks:
• Direct leadership of a team of 5 support engineers based in Sydney Australia
• Working with Account teams in the ANZ region on all M&S deals
• Escalation Manager for APAC & Japan Region
• Ownership of all support contracts for accounts in the ANZ region -
Senior Systems Engineer
Openwave Systems
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; OPWV; Telecommunications industry)
February 2005 — March 2006 (1 year 2 months)
Supported key accounts in Australia and New Zealand.
Assisted sales team in Singapore, Viet Nam and Hong Kong -
Systems Engineer
Openwave Systems
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; OPWV; Telecommunications industry)
August 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 5 months)
Supported the Telecom New Zealand Account
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Engineer
Telstra
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TLS; Telecommunications industry)
1998 — August 2004 (6 years )
Worked in the following sections:
1) Telstra Pay-Tv Group
-sourced the interactive TV software
- Commenced Interactive TV trial
2) Telstra Interconnect
- Assisted in interconnect projects into other telecommunications companies and testing
3) Telstra Mobile Data
- Assisted in the very first WAP launch at Telstra
- Engineered and built Telstra's first location based application
- Engineered and bult Telstra's First over the air mobile phone configuration tool
- Engineered and owed Telstra's first MMS application
Manny Christophidis’s Education
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RMIT University
BA Engineering , Communications , 1994 — 1997
Additional Information
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Manny Christophidis’s Interests:
Scuba Diving, Skiing, Sailing
Manny Christophidis’s Groups:
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Digital Media + Creative Recruitment Asia Pacific -
MOO - Members of Offer Australia
Manny Christophidis’s Honors:
Telstra Mobile General Manager excellence Award (Telstra's first location based product and Over the Air Configuration project) 2002
Sales Engineer of the year APAC 2004
Sales Engineer for the first half of the year, APAC - 2005
Account team of the year award 2005
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