Dan Jacobs
CTO, advisor & innovator
Experience
Consulting (Dan Jacobs Limited)
Director Oct 2011 - Present
Advising and providing interim technical, product development and commercial support for startups, scale-ups and established businesses.Present: NED @ Farillio, Interim CTO @ The Bio Agency, Advisor @ Claim Technology, Fractional CTO @ The RightsXchange, Advisor @ Rocket Rights2018/19: NED @ Farillio, Advisor @ Global Private Solutions, CTO @ TRX2017: Belron (owner of Autoglass), Cowwow (InsureTech startup), GetMedix (Health Tech), Farillio (Legal Tech), MedicAnimal (Pet ecommerce)
2016: evvnt - (event distribution platform), RMI (Retail Marketing), Savvee (now WeGift), HelloHR (HRTech), The Game Corporation (EdTech), Rooster (FinTech)
2015: 61000.co.uk, Yndica (product marketing), Practicus (consultancy), The Game Corporation (EdTech), WeSwap (FinTech)
2014: BloomVC (Crowdfunding platform), ReadingWise (EdTech), Lingos.co (EdTech), 61000.co.uk (telco)
2011: FIS (formerly Metavante/Nomad), IDT Global (Financial)
NoMoreFiling LimitedFounder / CEO Jan 2014 - PresentView and manage all of your home services, contracts, insurance, utilities etc through a great looking mobile app - www.nomorefiling.co.uk
enthuse.me
Founder & CEO Nov 2011 - Jan 2014
Founding CEO for enthuse.me - a site for marketing your personal brand. Acquired 16,000 customers in 9 months, nominated for and winner of several awards and received excellent reviews on over 100 tech blogs and news sites
IDT Global Ltd
Director of Payment Products Mar 2010 - Sep 2011As Director of Payment Products for IDT Europe, I was responsible for running the Prime Card business including; Sales, Marketing, Product Development, Finance (P&L), Technology and Operations
The two flagship products that I launched and managed were the Prime MasterCard card and the Gift2Go Gift Card which are still widely available in stores around the UK
IDT Global LtdCo-founder / Head of Operations (European Payments) Jul 2005 - March 2010Co-founder of IDTFS, a licensed bank in Gibraltar and member of MasterCard (and later Visa). I was instrumental in all areas of the business with responsibility for setting and managing the logistics, operations and technology to support the bank and its flagship product in the UK, the Prime Card. The Prime Card was Europe's first instant issue pre-paid credit card
Previous experience1995 – 2005I have held many senior technology roles including CTO at Virgin.com, interim CTO at Confetti.co.uk and more.
- Businesses I have created and founded
Some companies I've founded, developed and launched
Prime Cardin 2006, I co-founded a bank and launched a consumer pre-paid debit card - Prime Card which was very succesfulI founded in 2014, NMF is the main project I am focussing on. I launched the mobile app in Sept 2015Hello HR was an HR and benefits service which runs via slack. It has now pivoted to HelloBenefits and I am no longer involved - Look me up on social media...LinkedInFacebookTwitter
