Ivan Croxford is the General Manager of BT Tradespace, a place for small businesses to promote themselves using social media and business networking tools. Ivan took Tradespace from the spark of an idea to a fast growing site with over 160,000 members and rising. Prior to joining BT Ivan was an independent consultant specialising in the wireless and mobile industry and founded a start up venture in broadband content services. He also held senior management roles at Eutelsat, the global satellite operator. Ivan has an MBA from HEC School of Management in Paris, and a BA Hons. in Political Studies from Leeds University. He is a member of the Marketing Society.