Entrepreneur. Mentor. Scientist & engineer. Linguist. Executive Director

Telecoms Entrepreneur

Ionica Conceiver, Founder & Chief Executive. 1991-1998.
Ionica (1,200 employees) was licensed by the UK Government as a national telephone network to compete with BT in the economically strategic “last mile” of the residential & small business market using entirely new microwave technology conceived and designed by Ionica & subcontracted to Nortel for detailed implementation, manufacture and supply to Ionica, and licensing and distribution elsewhere. The technology is currently used in several countries in South America.
The network also used entirely original in-house designed customer billing and management software, which was subcontracted to Steve Edwards CEO of Geneva for development, and then distributed worldwide, where it became established as the world's most advanced telephone billing system. The customer software technology is currently in use throughout the world in competitive telecoms markets, Geneva having been sold by SE for £700 million to Convergys.

Cognito Founder and Chief Executive, supported by Dowty plc and Generics. Cognito developed and constructed Europe’s first mobile packet data network in 1989, before GSM arrived, used mainly in service & distribution sectors. The company developed several of the key technology ideas now in common use in mobile data; the national network operated live for 15 years, and then the service was switched over to the GSM platform in 2003.

Judge Institute (Cambridge University Business School). Advisory Board 1996-2000.

Advertising & Media

AGB (Taylor Nelson) 1987. TV audience measurement development.
babelbox.tv (2006-2007)
Established and built with business partner. iptv and thin client services.
visit4info.com (2001-2005)
Established and built with business partner. UK’s most used advertising reference site, aimed at the advertising industry and the consumer (1m visitors/month).

Technology

PA Technology 1979 - 1986. Various Project & Client managements roles in Cambridge UK, culminating in being asked to take over, age 29, as Director of Electronics, Princeton, USA. Numerous design, project and team management assignments covering a variety of complex technology developments for major firms in Europe and USA. Very exciting and interesting work.
Albera Networks 1998-2000. Founding director during this initial period of very profitable broadband wireless technology design and business development consulting firm. My personal work included winning government run National licence contests, for clients in several European countries, notably France and Spain.

Leisure

Established and built sail-italy.com with business partner. A recognised entry point for the English speaking world wishing to charter sailing yachts in Italy.
Established and built granadavilla.com, partly funded by Banesto (2001). Provides remarkable accommodation in historic central Granada (Andalucia, Spain), aimed at wealthier extended family groups of the cognoscenti, drawing on the attractions of the next-door-neighbours, The Alhambra. Employs local manger and part-time staff.

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