Simon Dorsen
Simon Dorsen is Chief Commercial Officer with 16 years of business turnaround, growth and project management experience, and he is holding an MBA from Cranfield University. Simon is consistently delivers targets through in-depth financial analysis and executive-level strategy development.
Simon Dorsen has controlled $100M global sales for a NYSE-listed company and has been responsible for multiple product line portfolios and remote teams with up to 13 Sales Managers across Europe, Asia and Latin America.
Simon Dorsen implemented transformational change to the UK Gaming business by establishing the first omni-channel Sales team at IGT; securing long-term contract renewals and increasing product performance (+30%) and content revenue (+40%).
Simon is a specialist in B2B growth strategy (+5% sales in a flat market, Division turnaround from €16.5M to €19M), market penetration (+188% in key territories Romania and Bulgaria, 7 new contracts in Asia worth $3M) and cross-departmental divisional leadership (20% order processing issues eliminated).
He handpicked by IGT International CEO to scope and control strategic projects; owned Division’s monthly reporting cycle, led assessment of IGT’s market position in the online sector and designed and led in-depth study of lottery pre-sales to bid stages.
Simon Dorsen delivered solutions across on premise, SaaS and cloud platforms up to enterprise scale with product sales and recurring revenue models.
SiGMA World celebrated the iGaming industry’s resilience even in the most troubling of times. With this we also congratulate the efforts made to make the iGaming world ethical, fraud-free and lawful.
Affiliate Grand Slam congratulated the brilliant marketers and influencers bringing much needed attention to a massive portfolio of industries and rejuvenating the economy one click at a time.
AIBC brought together the pioneers of a bright new age of emerging technology ready, able and willing to be the vanguard of Tomorrow. Other than just the established names, we also hosted many an entrepreneur seeking to expand the frontiers of AI and the Blockchain ever forward.
Finally, Med-Tech World united the medical professionals of many disciplines to combine their keen minds and inexhaustible passion for a better tomorrow with the entrepreneurial spirit of investors who also dream of a world free from disease and cancer.
The Week also saw many a networking dinner, speaking panel, drink gatherings and other opportunities for our hard-working delegates to unwind. A few highlights include the awards that congratulated those whose dedication, skill and acumen made them a leading figure in their industry as well as the fact that the conferences where graced by titans such as John Karony, Nolan Bushnell, Djibril Cissé, Akon and Mark Blandford who was awarded an Outstanding Contribution of the Year award for his pioneering work in the iGaming industry.