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CRFS (www.crfs.com) employs over 85 people and is growing rapidly year on year with sales into a number of world wide markets for spectrum intelligence and geo-location systems.The goal of CRFS is to use cost effective distributed spectrum intelligence systems to change the way we understand how and where the RF spectrum is being used and reused.CRFS multi-user, multi-mission RFeye networks collect and process RF data from class leading RFeye receivers. CRFS software allows users to access real-time (e.g. geo location), quasi real-time (e.g. occupancy) or non real-time (e.g. mobile data base) spectral data using the latest machine learning techniques and data base techniques.Please visit www.crfs.com for more information.My background:I graduated with a degree in engineering followed by a PhD from BT laboratories at Martlesham Heath. After completing my post graduate work I went into the British Antarctic survey to spend three years in Antarctica developing phased array HF radars to study high ionospheric physics (PACE and SHARE).After returning from Antarctica I joined Olivetti research labs in Cambridge headed by Andy Hopper and in 1997 spun out Adaptive Broadband which sold to a US company called California Microwave in 1998. The company was then acquired by Axxcelera Broadband Wireless (www.axxcelera.com). I went onto co-found Cambridge Broadband Ltd with VC funding lead by Amadeus Capital. CBNL (www.cbnl.com) is now generating substantial (c$40M) revenues. CBNL developed 3.5GHz, 10GHz, 26GHz and 28GHz point to multi-point microwave backhaul products.CRFS was then founded in 2007 with David Cleevely using start up funding from the Cambridge Angels. It is successfully growing revenue and profits year on year and won the Queens award for export in 2013 and listed in the TM100 in 2014. The company has continued to internally invest in research and development to create new hardware and software systems for the most advanced spectrum intelligence networks available today.

Listed skills include Wireless, Telecommunications, Rf, Ip, and 37 others.

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  Huddersfield Polytechnic

  Electronic And Communications Engineering Technology