![]() ![]() He is a very keen sportsman, having played rugby for 20 years, represented Leinster at under 16 and under 20 levels, and league squash with Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club for 10 years. Marc continues to run both Big Red Book and Big Red Cloud which now support 75,000 businesses. He launched Big red cloud in June 2012, the online version of big red book, to date the company successfully converts 59% of trials into sales and the number of customers is growing rapidly. In 2008, the IIS Sales Manager bought the Company from Marc in an MBO. Marc sold his Take 5 business and concentrated on developing this new market for SAP As a result, by 2007, IIS was recognised as the largest Channel Partner for SAP in EMEA (Europe Middle East and Africa). In 2003, IIS were appointed as Channel Partners with SAP for their new SME product, SAP Business One. The company became profitable within two months, and Marc then acquired a payroll company to compliment Big Red Books Accounting products. At that time, the company was losing money. In 2001, he bought the majority share in a small Irish software business, Big Red Book. He also found time to set up two mobile phone shops under the Cellular World brand and a web design company offering website design services for small businesses. Within four years, IIS became the largest reseller of Take 5 in Ireland, acquiring four other Take 5 resellers. Initially, this company was a reseller for Take 5 Accounts and Payroll software. In 1992, Marc’s entrepreneurial spirit led him to set up his own business, Irish International Sales (IIS).
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