Stephen McCluskey

Director, CEO

Stephen leads vzaar’s strategy, marketing and product focus. He has over 20 years experience in developing business strategy, delivering revenue growth, maximizing online marketing and rolling out great customer support. He is particularly adept at growing technology businesses. “I love operating in that zone between marketing and development. Get this right and you’re going places.“

Prior to joining vzaar in March 2010, Stephen was Managing Director of Vebra Solutions, the market leading software provider to the real estate market. He was also MD and co-founder of thinkproperty.com. He recently sold both companies to the Guardian Media Group, owners of autotrader.com.

Stephen’s career as a business technology expert stretches back to the late 1980s. As Managing Consultant in PA Consulting Group’s Technology Consulting Practice he delivered numerous strategic and technology management assignments for clients such as Philips, Sonera, MAN Financial, Orange, Tellabs and many other blue chip consumer electronics and comms companies worldwide.

In addition to his business interests, Stephen is a fluent French and Italian speaker and is learning to fly a Piper PA28 in his free time.

1. If you were cast for Apple’s ’Hi, I’m a Mac’ commercials, which role would you suit best? Mac or PC?

Mac, it’s about products that work with great design...there’s a bit of indefinable humanity in their UI.

2. It’s sports day at school, what event have you been entered for?

It’s about time they introduced aerobatics for school children.

3. In your opinion, what’s the best feature vzaar has to offer?

I like the new vzaar video uploader which handles multiple videos and is just the thing for our business customers with high volumes of videos to upload quickly and effectively.

4. What was the first record you ever bought?

Er...I like to say Verdi’s La Traviata but I think it was Highway to Hell by AC/DC!

5. Spread some gossip from the vzaar office...

Someone killed my plant and I’m out to get them.

6. I’m going on holiday, what’s your top travel tip?

Make sure you come back before a volcano goes off or you'll get stuck for a week like I did.