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Itamar Lesuisse
Founder of Argent
London Area, United Kingdom
Overview
Itamar Lesuisse is the Co-founder at Argent, a London-based company, where he has successfully led the business as CEO. His notable career highlights include founding Peak Labs and Scoville, as well as holding senior roles at Visa and Amazon, showcasing his expertise in product management, entrepreneurship, and digital strategy. He invests in various sectors and stages, including Messaging, Web3/Crypto, and FinTech, and has a strong academic background with master's degrees from the University of Ottawa and Université libre de Bruxelles.
Work Experience
Co-founder and CEO
2018 - Current
Building the gateway to the decentralized web.
Guest lecturer
2015
Co-founder and board member
2018 - 2019
Co-founder and CEO
2012 - 2017
Founded Peak in 2012 and raised more than $10m in VC funding to augment games with sciences and we became the number #1 mobile brain training platform in less than 2 years. Led the company from a bootstrapped company to a profitable 8 digits/year business with more than 40 millions users worldwide. As CEO I directed the company’s strategy, with a specific focus on product, marketing and data / business intelligence. I initiated a successful competitive sale process, leading to the company’s successful sale to a strategic buyer (Lagardere SCA EPA:MMB) at the end of 2016.
Co-founder and CEO
2010 - 2012
I founded the company, build a web and iOS development team, raised funding and opened our London office where I ran our product development and marketing and acquired 100,000 users in less than 3 months, leveraging social media to generate viral customer acquisition We developed a social travel planning platform (Kukunu) that enables travellers to collaboratively plan complex travel itineraries and a social location-based service (Scoville) that empowered our community to share and discover the best places in their city. We successfully sold the business in 2012 to a US-based travel company.
Senior Manager - eCommerce products (V.me)
2008 - 2009
Responsible for developing VISA eCommerce strategy and implementing new eCommerce platforms: - Developed the product strategy, business case, and operating model of V.me, Visa Europe top 1 priority project - Lead a cross-functional team of 20+ to deliver the user interface, technical back-end, commercial framework, and fraud risk scoring engine - Developed a thorough analysis and understanding of the current and future ePayments market with a focus on PayPal, Google Checkout, Amazon Payments, Orbiscom, SEPA, and PSD solutions - Built an innovative business and technical model that resulted in 2 patents pending in the EU, UK and US
Visa Research conducts applied research on the most challenging problems in the payment industry.
Product Manager - Softlines UK
2007 - 2008
In charge of Amazon.co.uk Softlines product management: - In charge of pricing strategy and project implementation - Drive key traffic initiatives around SEO, sponsor links and associates - Optimize business processes by designing Excell, Access and SQL tools - Build KPI metrics to drive bottom line - Business owner for global projects impacting UK Softlines stores Development of new product lines from initial business requirements to detailed specs and product launch: - Sport - Jewellery & Watches - Shoes & Apparel
Product Manager - Pricing Media FR
2006 - 2007
Worked across Product lines to develop pricing strategy and improve pricing operations: - Managed global Amazon projects to improve pricing operations - Coordinated large scale merchandising campaigns and promotions - Built new reporting, KPIs and pricing processes to switch business from a top line to a bottom line focus
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
Raised $8,108,000,000.00 from DBS Bank and Mizuho Bank.
Senior Consultant
2003 - 2006
Worked on a broad range of topics and industries, in Paris, Lyon, Munich and Brussels
BCG Securities focuses on wealth management with high net worth individuals.