Sharp Ahead
John Woods is an experienced director and technology expert with a diverse background in digital marketing, consultancy, and technology management. Currently serving as a Director at Sharp Ahead Ltd since June 2014, Woods focuses on B2B marketing strategies. In addition, as a Director at Actual Magic Ltd, Woods provides outsourced data science and digital analytics expertise to technology businesses. Past roles include founding and leading iJento as Chief Data Scientist and Chief Technology Officer, and serving as CEO of CRESS, a technology spin-out. Woods has also contributed to the Astia European Advisory Board, advocating for gender diversity in leadership. Academic credentials include a DPhil in Astrophysics and an MBA, both from prestigious institutions.
Sharp Ahead
Sharp Ahead is a full service B2B digital marketing agency with offices in Manchester, Oxford and Reading. We are focussed on helping organisations with specialist B2B products and services, and our team includes experts in lead generation, complex propositions and extended consideration cycles. Even for the most complex products and services, the B2B buying journey increasingly starts online. We make sure that B2B prospects find your online presence ahead of your competitors’. We then turn them into qualified sales leads through smart online marketing you can measure. Sharp Ahead is led by John Woods and Jennifer Esty, both of whom are 20+ year internet industry veterans with experience spanning marketing, customer service and data science; for brands including Atos, Argos, Genpact, Lloyds, Microsoft and YPO. Our services include PPC, paid social, SEM, SEO, web development, marketing automation, design, CRO, content marketing and analytics.