VIII. Management Team
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Management Team Members
[Company Name]is led by [Founder’s Name] who has been in the e-commerce business for 10 years. While [Founder] has never run an e-commerce portal himself, he was director of strategic development for an e-commerce site devoted to travel equipment previously. As such [Founder] has an in-depth knowledge of the e-commerce business as well as the needs of travelers, including the operations side (e.g., running day-to-day operations) and the business management side (e.g., staffing, marketing, etc).
[Founder] graduated from the University of ABC where he majored in Business.
The technology director, [Tech Director Name], has 15 years of web development management experience. He has experience managing web development projects for e-commerce at for squidoo.com, creating an e-commerce portal much like that of [Company Name]. He received an MBA in Business Information Systems from XYZ College.
Hiring Plan
In order to launch the store, we need to hire the following personnel:
- Sourcing Assistants (2 – responsible for finding content and making deals with content providers)
- Customer Service Representatives (2– responsible for fielding emails and calls from customers about potential, current, and past orders).
- Part-Time Bookkeeper (1 – will manage accounts payable, create statements, and execute other administrative functions)
At a future date, the following staff will be added:
- Programmer (1 – to be hired in the second year of operation, will work under the technology director implementing new developments and bug fixes in the website. Before this time, programming services will be on a contract basis).