Experience

Pragmatic

• United Kingdom
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Dec 2015 - Present

  Cambridge, United Kingdom

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Dec 2010 - Dec 2015

  Cambridge, England, United Kingdom PragmatIC provides a unique technology platform to create ultra-low cost flexible integrated circuits (FlexICs), that can be easily embedded into everyday items, enabling the potential for trillions of smart objects that can connect with consumers and their environments.



Henry Royce Institute

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Non-exec

  • Sep 2020 - Present



Nano ePrint

• VP Product Management

  • May 2007 - Nov 2010

  Manchester I led the creation and early-stage company development, and secured seed investment funding. My role was as a member of the senior management team, driving external partnerships, leveraging additional grant funding for technology development, implementing commercial strategies, IP management and development to support a licensing strategy.



University of Manchester Innovation Factory

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Venture Manager

  • Nov 2004 - Feb 2009

  UMIP is the technology transfer company of the University of Manchester. During this role I worked on more than 50 projects covering materials, chemistry, electronics, computer science, biotech, engineering and environmental sciences. Key achievements: - raised over £2M early-stage equity investment - leveraged over £2M grant-funding for seed-stage projects



Arvia Technology

• United Kingdom
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Manager

  • Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

  During my secondment (p/t from UMIP) I led the inventor team through the business creation process, establishing the framework to take their technology out of the laboratory and securing over £1M funding to enable product development and field-trials. Key achievements: - identifying and recruiting Executive Chairman - building key business and investor relationships, including the Carbon Trust - facilitating orderly handover to permanent CEO



ELAM-T

• Senior R&D Chemist

  • Sep 2000 - Oct 2004

  OLED materials start-up (later named OLED-T): - invented over 100 new compounds - co-inventor on 8 international patent families



University of Bath

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PostDoctoral Research Associate

  • Sep 1999 - Aug 2000

  Worked on a range of small research projects relating to environmental catalysis and fundamental structure-property relationships, establishing proof-of-principle results which have been further developed by PhD students and PDRAs.