Simon Goddard is Chairman of ProjectExplorer’s Board of Directors.

An 18 year Media Sales & Marketing professional with experience in developing and running large sales organizations in both traditional and new media, Simon graduated from University College London with a Bachelors degree in Geography & Economics, and earned a commission with the Royal Marines.

After leaving the Marines he spent 10 years with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation. He began at The Times in London, ultimately running sales in the Classified Advertising department. Relocated to New York where he joined the consumer and promotion marketing division of News America Publishing as Group Sales Manager. Thereafter as Sales Director at Catalina Marketing - a database marketing company - he was introduced to a variety of new media channels that prepared him well for his next role as Senior Vice President Sales at HotJobs.com, then an internet start-up that was subsequently sold to Yahoo.

Having had a go at with an online start-up venture of his own, Simon is now based in London working as European Managing Director for MIVA Inc. (NASA-Q) a Pay Per Click ad network provider with operations across Europe.

Photo: Simon in San Francisco