Experience

Valour Consultancy

• United Kingdom
• Market Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Analyst & Director

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  P.A.ID Strategies has a new home @Valour Consultancy. We will continue to provide leading coverage of trusted, secure solutions, vendors and services related to payments, authentication and identity, security and connectivity. This includes market intelligence, reports and assessments along with consultancy and advisory services. These are designed to assist companies with their strategy, intelligence and planning and enable their efforts to identify, understand and develop to address current and future market opportunities. Now bigger and better with Valour's expertise in surveys, consultancy and project implementation helping our expanding client-base make better business decisions.



PAID Strategies

• Advertising Services

• Principal Analyst & Founder

  • May 2015 - Present

  Providing and developing market intelligence and custom research to companies and organisations looking to better understand their environments and find a way to move forward in the face of disruptive technologies and competition.A primary focus on Payments, Authentication, Identity (P.A.ID) and Security of people, devices, objects and transactions in an increasingly digitised and connected world. P.A.ID Strategies builds upon more than 15 years experience assessing companies, their products and strategies across commercial, retail, industrial, government, enterprise and financial sectors.Heavily involved with mobile, smart cards, NFC, mobile payments, ID cards, transportation and ticketing, connectivity, IoT, digital credentials and embedded security.



Futuresource Consulting

• United Kingdom
• Market Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Senior Analyst

  • Jun 2015 - Jan 2020

  An Associate Senior Analyst within Futuresource Consulting’s Consumer and Personal Electronics team with a focus on mobile devices: how they are used, what they can enable, what do they connect with and the services and content that they deliver. Charged with leveraging Futuresource’s electronics and retail expertise to understand and assess companies’ strategies, building upon relationships with key stakeholders and utilising the detailed Living With Digital consumer surveys to give advance notification of user driven market shifts and preferences.Working closely with OEMs, MNOs, component manufacturers and partners in the retail channels for hardware and service platforms. I am particularly interested in how smartphones fit with and will evolve alongside tablets and wearables in terms of how we as consumers interact with them for different tasks and applications. Taking this to the next level: what role will the smartphone play in how we access shared information, and how we manage and distribute content in our homes, offices and cars? Plus: what comes next after the smartphone? Please feel free to contact me to discuss the key trends and factors that will determine how and when this will happen.



Harrison's Fund

• United Kingdom
• Fundraising

• Family Ambassador

  • May 2016 - Apr 2018

  As a family ambassador I work to raise awareness and fundraising for Harrison's Fund, supporting their efforts to find a cure or effective treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. This is a rare genetic condition resulting in progressive muscle wasting in boys and young adults. Currently there is no cure and but there are potential treatments under development for this severe, life-limiting condition, although these will take years to come to market. More information on Harrison's Fund and Duchenne can be found here: https://harrisonsfund.com/As well as undertaking various sponsored challenges and events I am keen to build a network of professional that can help apply technology to medical research and trials. One of the big challenges with rare conditions and developing orphan drugs is that the potential population for trials is very small and for Duchenne typically conducted with children 7 - 10 years of age as this is when they are at their strongest and still walking. Often efforts have to be undertaken and coordinated internationally to generate, gather and analyse effective data which can be presented to medical authorities for approval. Currently this take a lot of time and man-hours and applying cloud, mobile and advances in sensor technology effectively could improve this situation and time to market.Please contact me if you are interested in finding out more or looking for an introduction to potential users of your technology, or if you wish to contribute in another way.



The Human Chain

• Telecommunications

• Senior Consultant

  • Sep 2014 - Jun 2015

  Working with partners that are implementing mobile services. Helping them understand, design and implement business strategies for NFC, HCE and BLE from both internal and external perspectives.Strong understanding of mobile ID, user authentication and security solutions combined with experience and history of assisting clients active in mobile, payments, smart cards, identity. transportation, access control and supply chain based upon over thirteen years industry experience.Focus includes market understanding, competitive positioning, analysis and intelligence, ecosystem, technology and commercial partnerships, business models, market entry and realisation of new revenue opportunities.Previously authored many reports, white papers and published documents that provide clarity and understanding of complex technological mobile solutions covering a variety of subjects. Also led international teams of analysts focused on smart cards, payment technologies, ID, contactless applications, NFC, SIM, RFID, transportation and ticketing, embedded security and authentication technologies.



ABI Research

• United States
• Market Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Practice / Group Director - AutoID and Smart Cards

  • Feb 2011 - Sep 2014

  Co-ordination, scoping and management of market intelligence services. Working with clients to deliver tailored services to aid strategy development and execution. - Develop, scope and implement new market intelligence practices and services - Personal focus on NFC, ID, Smart Cards, Digital Authentication and Embedded Security - Product specific, competitive analysis and market sizing and forecasting - Opinion-based, reactive and informative analysis of new products, services, applications and market conditions - Co-ordination of multiple connected services and teams of analystsSpecialties: - Smart cards - NFC - Contactless technologies - Mobile payments - SIM cards and eUICC / embedded SIM - Payment cards and ecosystem - EFT-POS terminals - Ticketing / mass transit - Government ID and e-Government - Anti-counterfeiting, authentication and brand protection

• Practice Director

  • Nov 2010 - Sep 2014

  Conducting market research and providing intelligence services on Smart Cards & Embedded Security, RFID and Barcodes. Managed additional services and analysts covering mobile money, connectivity, sensors and semiconductors.- Bespoke analysis, custom and syndicated research - Analyst development and management - Client-facing, relationship building - GSMA Awards judge for best Mobile Money Service - Panel member for SIMalliance's SIMagine competition - Regular chairman, moderator and speaker at industry events, including Cartes, NFC Payments Europe, SIMposium and The Smart EventTopics include: Smart Cards, Conditional Access, Contactless Cards, EFT-POS Terminals, e-ID and Government , Mass Transit, Mobile Banking, Payments, Ticketing and NFC, Payment Cards, Physical Access, RFID applications, SIM Cards, and Card Readers and USB Tokens.

• Principal Analyst

  • May 2010 - Nov 2010

  Joined ABI Research to develop and implement a new market intelligence practice focused on Smart Cards & Embedded Security. This built and extended on the previous business and relationships developed. Provided for top-level, product specific and broad product/market data combined with opinion-based, reactive and informative analysis of new products, services, applications and market conditions. If you have interests in Authentication, Identification, Payments, Smart Cards, and Data Protection applications then feel free to get in touch and tell me what you'd like to see presented.



IMS Research

• United Kingdom
• Market Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Director

  • Apr 2001 - May 2010

  Built and led teams focused on Financial and ID Technologies, and Mobile Technologies evaluating hardware, software and services across the cellular, GPS and mobile radio sectors. Coverage included mobile data services, handset technology and feature sets, OS, interfaces, mobile TV, network and air interface technologies. Built and led teams focused on Financial and ID Technologies, and Mobile Technologies evaluating hardware, software and services across the cellular, GPS and mobile radio sectors. Coverage included mobile data services, handset technology and feature sets, OS, interfaces, mobile TV, network and air interface technologies.



PPC Cranfield

• Technical Sales Northern Europe

  • 1999 - 2001