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In addition to his membership on the Yoummday Supervisory Board, Freeman has been a member of the Board of Directors and the Innovation and Audit Committee of Softwareone Holding since 2022, and a Senior Advisor to the private equity firm Permira.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He himself says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&quot;Yoummday immediately convinced me. Both the product and the team have enormous potential to completely transform the business process outsourcing industry with its technology and talent platform.&quot;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cJim Freeman is a key figure for Yoummday\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Yoummday boss <strong>Klaus Harisch<\/strong> explained:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&quot;Jim Freeman is a key addition to Yoummday. With his expertise in scaling development and product organizations combined with the Amazon gene of extreme customer focus, he is a tremendous asset to us. Thanks to his international experience, he is considered a bridge builder between the European and US markets. I am confident that with Jim&#039;s support, we will significantly accelerate our company&#039;s international growth.&quot;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Yoummday Advisory Board also includes Carola Wahl, Germany head of the European paytech Nexi Group, Florian Heinemann, General Partner of the venture capital investor Project A, and Florian Tappeiner, Managing Director and Partner at Armira Growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With its Work@home operating system, Yoummday offers solo freelancers the opportunity to work in customer service from anywhere in the world. 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