e-JAZ ~ About e-JAZ

About e-JAZ

e-JAZ is a Brisbane based business specialising in niche internet based services aimed at increasing client's online sales and reducing the barriers to international trade faced by Australian and international businesses.

e-JAZ was founded by Andrew Wild and Sharon Wild (maiden name Sharon Gillett), small business e-commerce web site owners who specialise in developing products designed to increase e-commerce sales. Andrew and Sharon now lead the e-JAZ team.

Their first service was the JAZconvert currency conversion service which was developed when they identified that they and many other e-commerce businesses had placed a significant barrier to their sales by displaying only their local currency prices on their web sites. To problem was solved with JAZconvert currency conversion which then saw theirs and their clients web site sales skyrocket and continue to grow.

e-JAZ continue to identify needs in the e-commerce market and now offer four diversified Internet related services:

You can see further information about e-JAZ services below.

e-JAZ now boast hundreds of clients using the JAZreturns advertising conversion tracker and JAZconvert currency conversion services around the world including in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, India, Scandinavia, Africa and other countries.

e-JAZ also partner with international and Australian companies to provide JAZconvert currency conversion and JAZreturns advertising conversion tracker to even more websites around the world. See how you can become an e-JAZ strategic partner, and our existing strategic partners here.

e-JAZ have been featured in several newspaper and media articles. Visit our media centre for further information about e-JAZ including media releases and press coverage received.

Andrew and Sharon have also provided many keynote speeches about entrepreneurship, e-business and internet marketing at a wide range of business seminars, workshops and conferences.

e-JAZ have been fortunate to win the following awards:

Andrew Wild, B. IT (Dist), CDE
Sharon Wild and Andrew Wild Andrew Wild, Managing Director of e-JAZ, has 9 years of Internet industry experience including building government intranets, university student portals, establishing and owning web site hosting companies and developing and managing Australia's largest meta search engine Search66.com. Andrew used his years of business and technical experience to develop the JAZconvert currency conversion service and the JAZreturns advertising conversion tracker. Andrew can be contacted via e-mail at andrew@e-jaz.com.au.

Sharon Wild (formerly Sharon Gillett), B. Bus (Accy), B LLB (Hons), Solicitor, CDE
Sharon Wild, a finalist in the Telstra Business Women's Awards 2004 Sharon Wild, Strategy & Marketing Director of e-JAZ, has been involved in the e-commerce community for 6 years. She successfully manages Australia's largest online jewellery store, Gillett's Jewellers. Sharon has seen the jewellery store business increase its international Internet sales by over 1000% over the last 3 years, with this increase greatly due to the JAZconvert currency conversion service and JAZreturns.

e-JAZ's management of the Gillett's Jewellers e-commerce business have assisted Gillett's Jewellers to be awarded :

Queensland Business Achievers E-commerce Award 2002
The RAQ Best Technology Initiative Award 2001
Top 10 finalist in the Australian Channel 9 Small Business Show Brother web site awards from 650 entrants.

Sharon is now sharing her e-commerce experience though her monthly e-business column in the Queensland Business Review newspaper. You can see Sharon's articles in our media centre.

Sharon is a previous past President of the Queensland Electronic Business Interest Group (eBIG). eBIG was an independent non-profit organisation which aimed to increase the awareness and use of e-business within the business community. eBIG held a range of seminars and workshops covering a wide range of e-business issues. eBIG focussed on the practical e-business needs of small and medium businesses and had many members including small and medium business, e-business vendors and industry and government organisations. eBIG was supported by the Brisbane City Council, Queensland Department of State Development and Australian Institute of Management.

Sharon Wild winning the QUT Alumni 2003 Young Achiever Award Sharon is also a former director on the board of Civic Solutions (formerly called the Mt Gravatt Training Centre). Sharon was a director for 3 years. Civic Solutions is a non-for-profit organisation that helps to find employment for the unemployed and provides training courses and related services to unemployed and employed persons looking to develop their business skills. Civic Solutions operates from 5 locations between Brisbane and the Gold Coast and employees 50 staff.

Sharon can be contacted via e-mail
at sharon@e-jaz.com.au