Cory York

Cory York, Canadian Entrepreneur trying to make his way in India.

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Cory is the ceo and founder of Socialinked Digital Commerce a new startup incubator which has recently founded 2 new companies. PowerStores a Do-it-yourself e-commerce platform & Giftcardsindia.in India's largest distrubutor and retailers of Gift Vouchers/Cards.  He has spent the last 8 years embedded in the Indian eRetail industry. Born and raised in Toronto and Currently living in Mumbai, he serves on the e-commerce committee for the Internet & Mobile Association of India. 

Country Director - India at novator e-commerce

October 2007 - August 2010

Responsible for overal P&L of the India business unit ( Business development, Operations, eRetail services and Delivery ) Established a fully functional and proficient organization in India to independently implement Novator's Virtual Retailer platform and provide a range of services and support for India based retailers

Director - Business Development at Novator India Pvt. Ltd

September 2006 - October 2008

Initial introductions through to client contracts Managed marketing efforts through various conference sponsorships, exhibitions, article submission, etc Software demo session on the core product Account management of existing partnerships and clients Worked with new clients to form requirements Consulted best practice online retail

Manager - Business Development at Novator

April 2006 - September 2006

Supported VP of business development on all efforts Co-ordinated marketing efforts Pipeline management Sales documentation creation Software demonstration

Corporate Sales Manager at Granton Advertising

September 2005 - April 2006

Managed sales development in new areas. Directed a team of 5 sales executives. Responsible for creating and deploying sales and marketing efforts in corporate and consumer segments. Contributed to the development of the company strategy Created corporate sales model to aid transition away from direct sales model

Promotions Manager at The Kee to Bala

February 2003 - November 2004

Responsible for hiring team of 25 promotion staff. Designed entire 4 month strategy for concert promotions using various methods of advertisement and promotion. Managed entire team including payroll, task delegation and providing direction on day to day operations. Achieved 70 percent of ticket sales through the use of street teams

Co-Founder, ceo at PowerStores

August 2011

A do-it-yourself cloud e-commerce platform that allows anyone to create an online store and start selling in minutes. Its as easy as managing your facebook, maybe easier.

Founder at SociaLinked Digital Commerce

August 2010

Parent Company & Major Investor to Giftcardsindia.in & PowerStores

Founder & Managing Director at GiftCardsIndia.in

June 2010

Giftcardsindia.in will offer an exclusive portfolio of gift cards from a wide variety of retail and service providers across India. We aim to be the leading e-commerce provider of gift products for both the corporate and consumer markets in India.

Business Development, Startups, Ice Hockey,