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Tyson McKeown

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Chief Executive Officer at Traction (formerly Proquo AI)
📍 United Kingdom

Tyson McKeown is the Co-owner and CEO of Traction, a company focused on translating brand sentiment into sales by understanding the emotional drivers of customers. His career includes managing large-scale global IT integration for WPP and directing regional projects for Kantar. He holds a BA Hons CIS from the University of Brighton.

He champions the idea that research should fuel momentum, not just rationalize past decisions. Tyson believes brand tracking should function as a real-time "operating system for decisions, " cutting through data noise to provide emotional clarity that leads to stronger campaigns and smarter commercial outcomes.

He once managed the interface for what was the largest IT outsourcing deal in history, liaising with C-level executives across Africa, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Chief Executive Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United Kingdom
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Emotional Branding
Focuses on uncovering the emotional, rather than logical, reasons why people connect with brands, using examples like Guinness and Heinz in his analyses.
Real-time Insights
Advocates for brand tracking that moves at the speed of business, providing immediate data to fuel momentum and inform decisions as they happen.
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Career

Work history

12-2024
Chief Executive Officer
Traction (formerly Proquo AI)
9-2023 - 12-2024
Chief Operating Officer
Traction (formerly Proquo AI)
10-2022 - 9-2023
Head of Operations & Talent
Traction (formerly Proquo AI)
1-2016 - 12-2018
Global IT integration - Customer Service lead for Sub-Saharan Africa, Greece, Turkey and Israel
Coretech, a WPP Company
7-2014 - 12-2015
Regional Projects Director and Head of ICT
Kantar
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Education
1994 - 1997
BA Hons CIS
University of Brighton
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