Alexander MacGregor
British, 21, majoring in a BA Management degree.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.linkedin.com/in/... |
| Industries: | Computing, Entertainment, Information Technology, Internet, Media, Retail, Sports, Travel |
| Skills: | Business, Design, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Flash, HTML / CSS, Investment, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Management, Negotiation, Norwegian, Perl, PHP, Recruitment, Software Engineering, SQL, Web design, Web Development |
| Next step: | I want to help people save money when buying tickets. |
| Location: | Aberdeen, UK |
| Groups: | BASES |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Career advice, Consulting opportunities, Creating a group, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding hot stories, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Growing my group, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Internships, Investing in projects, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Participating in a competition, Partnering with other groups, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting, Recruiting for my startup, Shadowing, Sharing my projects, Starting a company, Supporting my investments, Trading services |
| Tags: | concert tickets, entrepreneur, sports tickets, startup, theatre tickets, tickets |
| Schools: | The Robert Gordon University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | MacGregor Industrial Supplies |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | June 1996 - Present |
| Description: | - Work to date involves various roles in a long standing family business.
- Worked in a wide variety of departments within the firm including sales, I.T, supply chain and servicing. This also included external contracts with SGL Carbon, LifeScan (Scotland) and Norbord. |
| Employer: | Aker Solutions |
| Position: | Buyer |
| Time period: | August 2007 - August 2008 |
| Description: | Buyer. (Supply Chain)
- Procurement of materials, outside services, and MROs. - Evaluated suppliers to ensure excellent quality, customer service, and cost effectiveness. - Data Entry of purchase orders/reporting. - Maintained approved vendor list and material specs Interfaces with other departments (engineering, manufacturing, or clients) as required. - Gained a broad knowledge of methods and procedures within purchasing / planning. |
| Employer: | SGL Technic - Supply Chain |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | July 2006 - August 2006 |
| Description: | - Worked as part of a small team on a full-time basis.
- Provided technical expertise and man power in the initial development of a more sophisticated ‘automated’ store. - Duties included the cataloguing of existing stock, addition of new products to existing lines, development of I.T equipment to monitor/control stock and liaising with deliveries/suppliers. |
EDUCATION
| University: | The Robert Gordon University |
| Time period: | 2005 - 2009 |
| Degree: | Management, BA |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | I participate in a number of sporting activities such as football, golf and more recently, gym work. I have played football and golf at various levels for school and continue to do so recreationally.
In addition to participating in sport. |
| Hobbies: | In my spare time I enjoy a number of hobbies including travelling at home and abroad. I also enjoy all aspects of computing, from programming to just checking out other people's sites. I also love startups and new ventures. |
Alexander's Startups (1)
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Alexander is Following (6)
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viagogo
viagogo is an online ticket exchange that allows people to buy and sell live event tickets in a safe and guaranteed way. It is the European secondary ticketing market leader. Have already raised well over $30mm in angel and venture funding and...
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Muzicons
Muzicons is a new music sharing site where you can easily create a widget (or Muzicon) to host on your blog, site or profile. The name comes from the ability to use icons to show mood, emotions, and whatever it is you are thinking at the time.
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Kroomsa
A platform that helps promotes independent music artists, while helping society simultaneously.
Alexander's Contacts (4)
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Paras Chopra
Indian, 21, pursuing B.E. at Delhi College of Engineering
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Neil Cauldwell
24 year old business graduate, does XHTML/CSS/Ruby on Rails, founder of http://SoIndustry.com.
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Alex Tew
British, 24, creator of the Million Dollar Homepage and co-founder of PopJam. Based in London.