Mark's Website

Welcome to my website!

Here you'll find some personal and professional information about me.

Moreover, I use this site to experiment with different kinds of tools to create websites.

Feel free to explore!

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My Personal Information

Name : Mark Götz
Current Role : Vice President of Product
Job Status : Open to new opportunities
Current Employer : Monster Worldwide, Inc.
Industry : Internet Services
Level : Executive (SVP, VP, Department Head, etc)
Experience : 10+ to 15 Years

Wow, that's a boring list...

What it means is that I work for Monster.com HQ in Maynard (near Boston). I'm responsible for Global Core Seeker Product, which is basically all the standard site functionality that you would use if you would be looking for a job (and applying of course!).

Originally I'm from Amsterdam and I still travel back on forth between Amsterdam and Maynard every couple of weeks.

Here's my most recent work experience

VP of Product, Global Core Seeker Experience - Monster Worldwide

Public Company; MWW; Internet industry
March 2008 – Present
Responsible for Monster’s Global Core Seeker Experience, engaging closely with all functional areas (Product, Technology, Product Marketing) to drive success of all core products and adoption of new products.

Product Director Northern Region - Monster Worldwide

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MWW; Internet industry
May 2007 – April 2008 (1 year)
Managing Monster’s European products/sites in Northern Region (Benelux & Scandinavia). Responsible for entire product lifecycle from concept, business analysis, product development as well as ongoing product monitoring, optimizing and product management.

Here's more experience at a Dutch Media Company

Head of Product - TMG (Telegraaf Media Group)

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry
April 2006 – April 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Responsible for development and management of all Telegraaf Classified Media (TCM) websites, including Speurders.nl, Autotelegraaf.nl, Woonkrant.nl, Vacaturekrant.nl and Relatieplanet.nl. These websites have a total reach of more than 6.8 million unique visitors per month. The Head of Product is the main driver of the online strategy and development that helps the business units surpass their short- and long-term targets.

Senior Product Development Manager - TMG (Telegraaf Media Group)

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry
October 2003 – March 2006 (2 years 6 months)
Employed by the Marketing & Media Strategy Department and responsible for product development and management of Speurders.nl, a Dutch top-10 site that was introduced in 2004. Key activities also included Business and Marketing Strategy and brand awareness campaigns (winner of Golden Effie 2006, Best site introduction ever in the Netherlands).

And here's more at a large European dotcom

Billing Manager Europe (interim) - QXL ricardo plc

Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry
October 2001 – November 2002 (1 year 2 months)
Main responsibility was the rollout of a standardized billing and financial system for all main QXL ricardo countries.

Whoooha, look @ these cool pix!

Well, the effects are actually cooler than the pictures. I hardly have time to take a lot of pictures, so I really have to search my archives for any usable material.

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  Under construction

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My own successful dotcom

Founder and Director - ricardo.nl

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry
May 1999 – September 2001 (2 years 5 months)
Shortly after its launch Veiling.com became the leading online auction site in the Netherlands. Veiling.com was acquired by German auction site ricardo.de AG and changed its name to ricardo.nl. In November 2000, ricardo.de merged with QXL.com plc. The new group, QXL ricardo plc, is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ, FTSE and FSE). As a Director I was responsible for Marketing & Communications and ICT.

Director Marketing & Communications - ricardo.nl

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry
May 1999 – September 2001 (2 years 5 months)
Responsible for the planning, development and execution of all online and offline marketing strategies.

Director ICT - ricardo.nl

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry
May 1999 – September 2001 (2 years 5 months)
Responsible for the development and management of the entire Product & IT environment, applications, technologies and back office systems.

Education

Universiteit Leiden

Propaedeuse, Law
1985 – 1989
Activities and Societies: LSV Minerva, Board Member LSBC

Rotterdamsch Lyceum

1980 – 1985

Gymnasium Erasmianum

1977 – 1980

Kralingsche School

1971 – 1977

Recommendations

Head of Product, TMG (Telegraaf Media Group)

“Mark is a very strategic thinker with al lot of internet knowledge. He has a very good sense for product development and knows really well how to translate business KPI's to the usability of internet sites. He has the power to place the end-user in the middle of this proces. Mark can perform best in projects where either new sites need to be built or existing sites need a full make-over.”
Quintin Schevernels, Managing Director, Telegraaf Classified Media, managed Mark at TMG.

“Mark has a clear concept driven approach to business issues based on a thorough understanding of (internet) technology and most important is able to deliver.”
Glenn Godet, Business Unit Manager, Telegraaf Media Groep, worked directly with Mark at TMG.

“Ik heb Mark leren kennen als mijn counterpart bij TMG. Ik aan de IT kant als projectmanager, Mark aan de business kant als productmanager. Mark is een fijne sparringpartner, bezorgd om zijn producten en mensen. Hij heeft snelle en goede ideeen en is sterk op concept en strategie. Sterk aanbevolen in een wereld waar e-business tot daadwerkelijke resultaten moet leiden.”
Hendrik Jan De Boer, Interim Team/Projectmanager, Telegraaf Media ICT - Internet Services, was a consultant or contractor to Mark at TMG.