Glen Mehn    
     
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My smile's too wide. My shoes won't stay tied. I can't get a decent haircut to save my life.

 

  


About me

Fail early, fail often, and learn from your mistakes.

I'm your average everyday I am an analytical problem-solver. I specialise in managing teams in entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial environments, planning for and managing change despite shifting requirements.

In English, I'm an Ops guy who can talk to marketing, sales, leadership, and investors.

I can wire a socket, diagram operational processes, maintain too many flavours of UNIX, plan cashflows, build things (from scartch or IKEA), know how to use power tools, create operational metrics, tie my own bow tie, pack a truck like it's a game of tetris (that I did rather well at), fix your computer, mix drinks, tie five of the 85 knots in a necktie, cook like a fiend, eat more, clean a rifle, recover from jet-lag in less than a day, teach children, write business plans, and leap onto my bed in a single bound.

I consult with entrepreneurs and established businesses doing a wide range of cross-functional roles at the intersection of the hard and soft sides of business, including:

IT Infrastructure | Organisational Design | Product Management | Consumer Insights | Ideas to Market | Project Managemnet | Financial Modelling | Business plan writing | Agile software development frameworks | Open Source Consultancy | Change Management

My industry experience includes:

7 years in design and production of performing arts with a social bent.

10 years of IT consulting in the following industries:

Genomics
Business Intelligence
Spam filtering
Biotech
Financial services
Alternative Investments
Information security 
Online services & warranties


International development
Small-business consultancy

A year working in International Development in Uganda and Zambia for MBAs Without Borders on:
Carbon Finance
Mobile Banking
Agriculture

and 2 years working with small businesses and social entrepreneurs in London on local and international projects including:

  • Appfrica Labs in Kampala, Uganda (innovation, funding, business plan)
  • Space Doctors - operational and international expansion strategy
  • Boot Partners - my own company which does social enterprise & IT consulting


I spend a lot of time thinking about (and, hopefully, being moved by) beauty and elegance in the world, and how things can get better. I write about entrepreneurship in my (limited) spare time.

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