CEO and Non-Exec Board advisory support to companies in the IoT solutions, network operator and semiconductor spaces on growth strategy, product innovation / incubation, channel strategy, ecosystem and alliance creation, and equity/debt financing.▶ Led a Series B funding round for a global provider of network infrastructure.▶ Advised a major European Private Equity fund on the development of a roll-up strategy aimed at creating end to end solutions in the Industrial IoT space.▶ Advised a Series A startup on the creation of a automative / vehicle telematics solution.▶ Advisory support to a global public company on potential carve out acquisition options in the analog RF semiconductor space.▶ M&A and due diligence advisory services to a US based private equity fund on screening and engaging potential acquisitions.

Divisional GM and member of Executive Leadership team with full P&L responsibility for Semtech’s highly strategic IoT division comprising IC, systems, and cloud products for IoT connectivity, proximity sensing, power, and high reliability with locations in the US, Mexico, France, Switzerland, China, Taiwan, and Korea.▶ Quadrupled IoT division revenues to $300M from 2018-2022, simultaneously expanded margins to industry leading levels and grew strategically key LoRa/LoRaWAN revenues at an average of 40% YoY over the same period. Delivered 10 consecutive record revenue and profit quarters through the course of the COVID pandemic.▶ Led LoRa/LoRaWAN technology from market entrant to become the global leader in low power wireless connectivity.▶ Drove tight alignment across geographically and functionally disparate teams, augmented through acquisition to accelerate execution, around a shared mission to expand enterprise and mid-market customer access to IoT technologies. ▶ Pivoted product strategy from pureplay silicon to a combined IC, software and services solution led model targeting high growth IoT use cases, tripling funnel of qualified sales opportunities to >$1.5B. ▶ Re-engineered legacy Sales approach and built new partner driven Go To Market channels through integrators, solution providers, ecosystem partners and IP licensees to grow Sales Addressable Market for LoRa 4x to $3.1B.▶ Embedded LoRa as the foundational technology for Amazon’s Sidewalk network and Helium’s crypto based viral network.▶ Launched world’s first ultra low power Wi-Fi and GPS device to cloud platform for Logistics and Asset Tracking, delivering $7M in annual revenue and a future Opportunity Funnel of ~$100M by Year 2.

Founding team member and global leader of product management, technology & alliances for Hitachi's Lumada Industrial IoT platform - a groundbreaking platform combining best of breed tools with deep domain expertise developed under the direct sponsorship of Hitachi’s now global CEO. ▶ Responsible for customer pre-sales and success, GTM partner enablement, technology alliances, business development and developer ecosystem activities across the core focus areas of Smart Manufacturing, Smart Transportation, Smart Cities and Smart Energy.▶ Built and led the product management, sales, finance, and partner and developer ecosystem teams, growing overall Lumada team from 6 to ~160 within the first 12 months and driving customer and ecosystem adoption. ▶ Drove adoption of Lumada by internal Hitachi operating businesses, positioning Lumada as the core of Hitachi's social innovation strategy.▶ Recognized by Gartner in 2017 & 2018 as the leading Industrial IoT platform, Lumada delivered $14B in reported revenues in FY’22 and $15.1B in reported revenues in FY'23.

Spearheaded Microsoft’s entry into the loT market, promoted through a series of leadership roles. Initially led creation of v1.0 of the Azure IoT platform to address market gap for IoT development platforms from internal startup to successful exit to the Cloud BU; then led M&A to address key gaps in Microsoft’s IoT domain and skills; promoted to lead Microsoft’s IoT development strategy and led global team delivering Microsoft’s first party IoT development toolkit.

▶ Led development of Microsoft's IoT developer tools and services to enable developers to build, deploy and manage end to end applications for the Internet of Things (IoT) across multiple technologies and platforms.

▶ Working with the CVP of Microsoft's Developer Division to evolve Microsoft’s developer tools business and GTM strategies to support modern developers in the emerging mobile first/cloud first world. ▶ Drove strategy to embrace Open Source (OSS) technology stacks through a combination of product innovation, commercial partnership and inorganic investment strategies.

▶ Led the evaluation and execution of complex, large scale strategic acquisitions and equity investments, supporting the Cloud & Enterprise divisional President (now Microsoft CEO) and his leadership team.▶ Led multiple transactions focused on data analytics, IoT, cloud management and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) services.

▶ Spearheaded Microsoft's entry into the IoT market by creating and leading development of Microsoft's v1.0 Azure IoT platform. ▶ Founded IoT incubation program, defining strategy, approach and team and led through incubation process securing EVP, CEO and Chairman level sponsorship, Seed and Series A funding and headcount. ▶ Transitioned project from incubation phase into Windows Embedded division to become Azure Intelligent Systems Service (the foundation of today's Azure IoT platform) and worked with divisional CVP to lead complete re-alignment of Microsoft's $1.5Bn Windows Embedded business to focus on IoT going forward.

▶ Led the strategy & operations team for Microsoft's stealth product incubation unit Alchemie Ventures / Pioneer Studios. ▶ Created and managed a streamlined innovation and rapid prototyping capability for Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices division. ▶ Founded IoT incubation initiative, led product development, program management and internal stakeholder management including securing internal seed funding and graduated initiative into Windows Embedded business as part of driving a refocus of the business on the IoT going forward.

Leader within Deloitte Consulting's Strategy & Operations / Telecommunications Media and Technology practice focused on new product development, innovation and strategic transformation engagements in the wireless & Internet of Things (IoT) sectors.▶ Significant track record of success in ideation, sale and delivery of multiple large scale strategy and operational transformation engagements centered on new product development and launch in the connected devices / IoT space.

▶ Led the largest component of O2's turnaround strategy, an $800m program to transform O2’s customer management, service delivery, retail and billing capabilities to enable market leading customer experiences to underpin O2’s future success. ▶ Reported to UK Board with E2E P&L responsibility for 450FTE to deliver annualized benefits of $500M EBITDA.

▶ CEO direct report leading O2’s turnaround strategy post demerger from British Telecom, resulting in EBITDA growth of 174% and revenue growth of 56% between 2001 and 2005 to make O2 the best performing telecom stock on the LSE & NYSE between and the #1 wireless provider in the UK by market share.▶ Worked across the business in support of the CEO and leadership team developing and implementing strategies to deliver operational and performance improvements across network and business operations, product strategy and Go To Market functions.