HEAR THEIR SUCCESS STORIES
Over the past year I asked some guests a few questions regarding their journey to success, whether it was building their own business, a lifetime goal achievement, or the hardship they experience to reach present day, I was fascinated by some aspect of each person.
I didn’t limit myself by saying “each one had to be an entrepreneur” or “had to be a success." I just wanted to talk to anyone who made me curious about their lives. I spoke to entrepreneurs, CEO's, Directors, Musicians etc and here's what they have to say..
I didn’t limit myself by saying “each one had to be an entrepreneur” or “had to be a success." I just wanted to talk to anyone who made me curious about their lives. I spoke to entrepreneurs, CEO's, Directors, Musicians etc and here's what they have to say..
Nixon Dhushantha (Marketing Operations Manager at Monitise)
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Nixon Dhushantha
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Having achieved a 3rd from University of Warwick, it dawned upon me that searching for a corporate job was next to impossible, especially during the financial crisis. I decided to take the patient route and was fortunate enough to get an unpaid internship in the London Stock Exchange. Knowing that this was a golden opportunity, I took every single opportunity I could, to make the most of this. This meant working 12-15 hours a day, using all the internal videos to teach me new skills and meeting as many people within the business as possible.
The two month internship got extended to four and soon after I received my first contract job offer as a Marketing Assistant in a Law Firm. After 6 months, I managed to secure a role as a Marketing Coordinator in IT2 Treasury Solutions, which is where I was first introduced to the system Salesforce, which I loved with a passion. 9 months into the role at IT2, they were bought out by ION Trading, who asked me if I wanted to run a 1 year project on Salesforce migrating 7 instances of Salesforce into 1 instance as a Salesforce consultant. During the year, I worked day and night, to get this project completed and 9 months later we finished the project impressing even Salesforce engineers. Shortly after the project, I moved onto Misys as a business analyst, to assist them with sales and marketing operations and recently moved to Monitise as a Marketing Operations Manager.
The benefits of having worked in 7 companies in 4 years is that you receive a wealth of diverse experience, being able to carry over what you’ve seen in previous companies into new ones. Also through working with so many different roles, which all are interconnected through the base layer (Salesforce), you also start to become a jack of all trades and understand what it is of all the skills that you would love to master. Having worked in Monitise for only 11 weeks, I was already able to save the company £millions as well as completely re-engineer their Salesforce system to increase adoption and engagement for the whole company. In my appraisal, my manager gave a 5 out of 5 rating for the first time in the 7 years he has worked at Monitise. This took absolute dedication and perseverance. This meant on average working 15 hours daily of high quality, goal orientated deliverables, as well as making time to see friends once a week and maintain a good physique through disciplined diet. Life is all about balance after all!
