Experience

VideoCentric Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Oct 2001 - Present

  Owner & Sales Director

• Owner & Director

  • Oct 2001 - Present

  Business Stategist and Sales & Commercial Director.



VCON VideoConferencing

• UK Reseller Sales Management

  • Apr 1997 - Mar 2001

  UK & Northern Europe Distribution of systems & software designed and developed by VCON (now ClearOne) including associated products from RADVision (now Avaya) and Accord (now Polycom). Early establishment of VCON sales distribution in China and Hong Kong through partnerships with ex-GEC/GPT colleagues. UK & Northern Europe Distribution of systems & software designed and developed by VCON (now ClearOne) including associated products from RADVision (now Avaya) and Accord (now Polycom). Early establishment of VCON sales distribution in China and Hong Kong through partnerships with ex-GEC/GPT colleagues.



GPT Video Systems

• Engineering Director - R&D of Codec/Systems

  • Apr 1993 - Feb 1997

  Management of Research & Design Teams including Development & Testing of innovative new video systems, support for existing customer base and reporting into senior directors at owners GEC/Plessey/Siemens. Responsibility for partnerships with other technology suppliers including VCON, RADVision, Accord; relationships which continued thereafter into VCON and VideoCentric. Management of Research & Design Teams including Development & Testing of innovative new video systems, support for existing customer base and reporting into senior directors at owners GEC/Plessey/Siemens. Responsibility for partnerships with other technology suppliers including VCON, RADVision, Accord; relationships which continued thereafter into VCON and VideoCentric.



GEC Telecommunications (inc GPT, Siemens, Marconi)

• System X Programme Manager

  • Jun 1981 - Apr 1993

  Managing the Engineering Programme for System X Development including co-ordination of workgroups in Coventry, Poole, Liverpool, Beeston & Taplow and engineering activities between GEC, Plessey and BT under the direction of the late and highly respected Technical Director, Martin Ward. In earlier days as an engineer, I formed part of the team responsible for integrating and testing the world's first digital telephone exchanges in Woodbridge, Sussex and Hale in Liverpool in 1982 before going on to head up the Multi-Cluster Processor Development team, resulting in successful upgrade to over 500 live BT telephone exchanges between 1985 and 1992 and being awarded Guinness Book of Records entry for the world's fastest telephone exchange. Extensive use of video conferencing allowed me to co-ordinate my projects nationwide & a passion for this technology and the Thames Valley area prompted me to move myself and family to GPT Video Systems, Maidenhead, in 1993. Show less