David Young

When did you join Matrix?
June 2009

Job title:
Head of Marketing

What does it involve?
I look after the Matrix Solutions Brand in all of its forms. This includes managing the way in which we promote our products and services to our clients and prospects. In March 2010 we began rebranding the company and developing new product literature as well as building this new website.

What do you most enjoy about your job?
The freedom to choose how and where our Marketing budget can be used to improve the Matrix brand. Each project comes with its own unique and unexpected challenges and I find it stimulating to work out how to resolve them.

And least enjoy?
My commute - I come in from Oxfordshire by bus and it can take a while sometimes!

Describe yourself in 3 words:
Tall, Handsome, Liar

What's the best journey you've taken?
Aged 19, sitting in an old Peugeot taxi with 4 other travellers driving out to the Erg Chebbi Dunes in Southern Morocco at dusk. Haunting music was playing on the taxi driver's old radio cassette and the dunes just loomed in the half-light - it was an incredible experience.

What gadget does the world need?
"The tax credit training shoe". A Nike trainer which is GPS enabled so that it can detect the distance covered and speed attained by its teenage wearer. In exchange for certain distances covered - e.g. 10 miles per week, tax credits are given to the parents against their income tax. This will encourage healthy exercise amongst youngsters and reduce the burden on the NHS!

Favourite Quotation:
"88.6% of statistics are made up on the spot" (Guinness Advert)