Experience

Velox XR

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategic Partnerships

  • Sep 2023 - Present

  Velox patented technology now gives our strategic partners across media, broadcast infrastructure, education and industry training sectors, the option to deliver and monetise real-time, live events in 3D immersive applications, to their entire client base across devices, at scale. "This is simply incredible! "Alan Smithson Co-Founder MetaVRse Tech summary Velox XR allows dynamic 3D mesh integration of individuals into any scene in Unreal Engine, providing a photorealistic and full animation experience exactly as it was filmed in real life, without the background. Physical spaces can also be scanned in real-time, and live volumetric videos can be recorded and integrated into real-time rendering pipelines commonly used in gaming and virtual production workflows. By using real-time scanning and integrating data into 3D and virtual production workflows, Velox XR hugely simplifies the virtual production process. The Velox XR iOS app works seamlessly with Apple LiDAR, allowing for real-time streaming of camera tracking, RGB and depth frames from the iPad or iPhone to Unreal Engine 5 for photorealistic 3D scene reconstruction. If you want to know more and partner with us for a free trial please email me eamonn.watson@v3lox.com or call +447817305580. Show less



Oh Yes We Can Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Development and Strategic Growth Consultant

  • Dec 2008 - Present

  "Eamonn identifies where opportunities lie and delivers the deals to make that vision happen. He played the central role in defining and developing the strategy for the first official apps in football to aggregate fan content with official content and third party media.His innovation drove the creation of a product to maximise commercial opportunities for the EFL, via the deep integration of sports betting with SkyBet, sponsor activation and advertising. He pitched his plan to sponsor brands and football CEO's, and showed how, with an integrated content, gamification and data strategy, fans could be brought closer to the club and the sponsors. This generated the opportunity to reach a seven-year agreement with the EFL to provide this service along with stadium Wi-Fi. John O’Connor - Football League Account Director InTechnology Wi-Fi Sport Specific provide design and digital performance consultancy to clients including Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool F.C., Chelsea, Sport England, “We found Eamonn to be a perfect fit for our company and the ideal consultant to positively guide us. He understood our company, quickly identifying potential for growth and improvement. Eamonn was instrumental in devising an action plan covering business structuring, marketing, sales and future planning. He also went the extra mile by helping us deliver it. We are now in a stronger position financially and in terms and in terms of our market presence because of Eamonn’s involvement.” Aidan Halliwell, Owner Sports Specific.www.sport-specific.co.uk " For me being offered challenging ideas and tasked with following through on agreed strategies, has transformed elements of my business, that didn’t take us down the easiest route, but the most long-term and overall most successful route. I have no hesitation in recommending Eamonn to any prospective organisation looking to use his services and skills.” Jonathan Hughes, Managing Director Mammoth Group www.mammothgroup.com Show less



Medical Realities

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• E.M.E.A. Sales Director

  • Feb 2022 - Sep 2023

  Medical Realities is a global provider of surgical and healthcare extended reality experiences for education and training. Our award winning XR experiences support healthcare training institutions, enabling high fidelity simulation, group-based distance learning, and unprecedented access to high quality, 3D spatial learning resources, on-demand from any location globally. Our healthcare training products enable the best in modern teaching and learning using Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality technologies to solve intractable problems in teaching and learning. Used by tens of thousands of learners and leading healthcare training organisations, Medical Realities makes the impossible real. We have XR subject-specific modules comprising: Full Anatomy M/F General Surgery Obstetrics Primary Care Patient Consultation Anaesthesia Paramedicine Nursing Radiology Stoma Care Medical Realities is already the sole distributor with Health Education England (HEE) for XR connecting to over 217 NHS Trusts. Show less



Towers + Gornall Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategic Growth Consultant

  • Mar 2020 - Jan 2023

  Leading and implementing a commercial growth and efficiency strategy, delivered via software integration within a long-established accountancy and financial services company. Leading and implementing a commercial growth and efficiency strategy, delivered via software integration within a long-established accountancy and financial services company.



EON Reality

• United States
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director Of Business Development

  • Mar 2017 - Jul 2019

  SaaS solutions platform for integrating industry VR/AR solutions, tackling operational and training pain points. SaaS solutions platform for integrating industry VR/AR solutions, tackling operational and training pain points.



inTechnologyWiFi

• United Kingdom
• Wireless Services

• Content Delivery and Partnerships Consultant

  • Feb 2014 - Oct 2016

  Digital Content, Mobile Apps and Wi-Fi Solutions for Sports Stadia, Events and Town Centres. inTechnologyWiFi offered a range of innovative commercial models on WiFi installation and then worked with our customers to deliver a fantastic mobile,content experience which created new partner and commercial opportunities for sponsor and betting partner activation and customer analysis. Provided the content strategy and delivered official mobile apps working with The Football League for each of FLi member clubs enhanced by stadium Wi-Fi installation, for match day connectivity. Enabled Sky Bet deep integration with the app for live in-play betting in stadium Played a key role in pitching and winning the tender for city centre Wi-Fi deployment in Edinburgh, enabling the company, as a start- up, to beat competitors like BT and Virgin. Won contracts to provide Wi-Fi at Live Nation Festivals, including Creamfields, Download, Reading and Latitude Show less



SimpleStream Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Warehousing and Storage

• Business Development Consultant

  • May 2012 - Jan 2014

  SimpleStream provide an end to end solution to "TV Everywhere". SimpleStream has become a leading provider of bespoke over-the-top (OTT) video services to niche broadcast and media companies. . Media Manager is a highly customisable online video platform supporting live and on-demand video, metadata, rights management and analytics. Optional user management and payment processing. SimpleStream's unique CatchupTV offering allows for the automated generation of cross-platform, multi-bitrate video on demand files from a live televison broadcast, with a rapid turnaround of less than 5 minutes. It eliminates the complexity and capital cost of launching a catchup service. CatchupTV is a fully managed cloud-based service that includes powerful features such as frame accurate video editing, comprehensive rights management and dynamic advertising removal. Freeview and Freesat SynapseTV enables content owners to stream single channels and portals on the UK’s FreeView and FreeSat platforms.Viewers access the channel or portal directly via the EPG, by either pressing on the programme guide or by entering the channel number on their remote control. For existing channels, SynapseTV can be used to offer an on-demand service behind the existing linear television or radio broadcast, accessed by pressing the Red Button. Live and Video on Demand content to your own channels on the Freeview and Freesat EPG and at a fraction of the traditional cost. Real-time viewer analytics click to buy functionality and full media metrics Supports pay per view, subscription or ad funded models Show less



Funnel 21 Sport and Media

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co - Founder Sports Data and Mobile

  • Sep 2009 - Jun 2011

  "Funnel 21 Sport and Media have developed a solution and strategy that will generate sports and media rights holders, a data opportunity that's of huge commercial value. " Chris Rawlings, Executive Vice President Marketing, SPORTFIVE International, May 2010 SPORTS COMMERCIAL DATA ANALYSIS TOOL Frustrated commercial and operational teams in sports business can’t maximise commercial and sponsorship revenue because they have no simple way to merge and filter the world-wide customer data from all in house and partner/affiliate systems into one dashboard view, or offer partners and sponsors the opportunity to engage the whole global fanbase. This means massive amounts of lost revenue and wasted time manually putting together reports. Funnel21 Sport and Media will very simply scratch that itch for you. We enable sports businesses to maximise commercial and sponsorship income by instantly aggregating customer data locked in legacy systems that previously didn't talk to each other. Show less



The Best Of Lancashire Ltd

• Owner - Online Marketing Franchise

  • Jan 2006 - Sep 2008

  SEO Marketing •From start up won annual contracts with over 300 SME clients taking turnover from zero to 110k inside two years •In parallel developed a new product. A client strategic alliance and cost cutting facilitation programme. This product allowed a 50% increase in fees charged to clients which was then rolled out by the franchisor to whole franchisee base and 65,000 SME clients. •He was a Finalist Franchisee of The Year 2007 and Finalist Most Innovative Idea 2007 from over 360 franchisees for a strategic alliance and cost cutting facilitation product he developed. This 12 months later helped the franchisor to win the - T- Mobile Fast Growth Business Awards. 2008 Innovative Business of The Year •Networking Events. He organised and presented quarterly networking and business growth events for over 100 hundred paying North West business delegates •Sold the company in Autumn 2008 at a 250% profit on investment Show less



Monstermob Group PLC, Universal McCann

• Multimedia Business Development Consultant

  • Mar 2002 - Dec 2005

  Business Growth Consultant – Multimedia and Digital • Successfully negotiated content deals for OTA full length music tracks to mobile solution with leading music labels EMI, Sony BMG, Universal on behalf of Monstermob Group Plc, UK largest mobile entertainment group. • Developed a virtual MVNO strategy for Monstermob with 3, Nokia and Carphone Warehouse • Generated from start up 250k p.a. handsets sales via affiliate partners like Dial-a-phone utilising outbound and inbound telemarketing • Restructured the Monstermob content, web and wap portal used by 6m customer base. • Defined a strategy for The League Managers Association multimedia content provision dealing with IMG, Vodafone, O2 and Orange. • Market overview for Universal McCann in sports marketing Show less



BSkyB, Sports Internet Group, Planetfootball

• Director of Content - Sports Online Media

  • 1997 - 2001

  Director of Content Business Development Sky Sports.com / SIG/ Planet Sports As one of a three man sports internet start up with the exit strategy of sale to a major media organisation he won and managed 23 accounts with Premiership and First Division football brands. This established Planetfootball as world leader in the provision of football websites. Following a reverse takeover of AIM listed SIG to fund acquisitions with £30m shares and cash of Opta Index and Surrey Sports in July 2000 SIG was sold to BSkyB for £300m in the biggest deal of the dotcom era. Sky Sports.com then launched the world’s first digital TV Betting solution with £25m turnover in 2001. Eamonn had direct responsibility for a staff of 50 within the group with a turnover of £120m Show less



Sports Internet Group plc

• Director of Content Online Media

  • 1997 - 1999

  Taking a sports internet start-up to a £300m sale to BSkyB within three years As one of a three man sports internet start up with the exit strategy of sale to a major media organisation he won and managed 23 accounts with Premiership and First Division football brands. This established Planetfootball as world leader in the provision of football websites. Following a reverse takeover of AIM listed SIG to fund acquisitions with £30m shares and cash of Opta Index and Surrey Sport in July 2000 SIG was sold to BSkyB for £300m in the biggest deal of the dotcom era. Sky Sports.com then launched the world’s first digital TV Betting solution with £25m turnover in 2001. Eamonn had direct responsibility for a staff of 50 within the group with a turnover of £120m Show less



ClubCall

• Brazil
• Civil Engineering

• Managing Editor -Sports Content for Rights Holders

  • Mar 1989 - May 1997

  Managing Editor Club Call Club Call was Europe’s leading telephone premium rate information service, providing daily audio news bulletins, interviews and match commentaries for 72 clubs. Eamonn’s role was to balance client PR sensitivities with the need for exclusive content to maximise revenue and generate wider exposure for the brand. • Rebuilt the media image of the brand, helping to drive overall revenue • Increased turnover by 8% against a falling premium rate Telco market to £4.5M. • Grew the 10th largest Club Call account to No.1 position and kept it there over five years, growing revenue by +200% in the process to over £330k p.a • Managed a team of 30 throughout the U.K • Presented and commentated on every major football tournament from 14 countries. Show less