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Dunedin, Ota, Nz

Developing product roadmap, partnerships, and execution strategy for AI native edge devices for Ola Krutrim. Setting capability roadmap for mobile AI silicon development and AI core service integration.

Taipei City, Taiwan

Led mechanical engineering NPI execution for Commercial notebooks, desktops, AIO, ruggedized RPOS and education products, and the Input Device and GTK part design teams. Adopted Agile development practices during Covid-19 to deliver record notebook shipments 35M/year, grew to $0.9B of direct part design, record number of patent submissions, reduced part level complexity by 20%.

Taipei City, Taiwan

Led camera R&D, ODM, responsible for setting and executing the product roadmap. Scaled up camera production by a factor of 10 while reducing BOM 30%. Established the Taiwan branch office to focus on camera development, including PM, ID, FW/SW, EE, ME, and lens design team in Japan.

London, United Kingdom

Head of Product for venture advisory focused on FinTech, IoT and Digital Media start-up companies. Created the world’s first MasterCard certified contactless-only key fob with DIGISEQ, spun out Donate The Change, global partner with R/GA supplying technology solutions. CEO at business close.

Taipei City, Taiwan

Established Vertu Taiwan R&D office, managed local R&D team and led Vertu’s accessory programs (Extensions). Halved program development costs in two years through program redefinition, ODM management. Introduced several new product categories, redesigned the Android UI for the Asian market. Managed ODM and component suppliers, led innovation development.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Consulting company based in London, Vancouver and Taipei connecting western clients to Asian ODM partners. Projects included a hierarchal temporal memory neuroscience models in NVIDIA CUDA, design of an Android tablet and document solution for the French education system, and Foxconn’s first high-end Android handset.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Founder of the first smartphone OEM, accounting for 70% market share (pre-iPhone). IPO on the London AIM in Sep 2006 IPO (market cap $350M, peak $0.989B). Responsible for handset design and delivery, innovation, software service definition and operator acceptance. Set product strategy and roadmap, ODM manufacturing & IHV partner strategy, technology R&D programs. Numerous firsts including mobile app store, discrete Nvidia mobile GPU, Skype and IM apps, Cryptophone and MIL-STD 810F hardware.

Slough, United Kingdom

Responsible for live network parameters, network trials, terminal-network interaction, technical and program aspects of the world’s first GPRS radio network, and overall GPRS & UMTS radio network service design. Developed the O2 xda in partnership with HTC, and first GSM version of the Blackberry with RIM. 3GPP standards delegate. Designed the worlds d first contiguous microcell network in London.

Stockholm, Sweden

Defined hardware system architecture, customer RFQ, led the on-site installation teams, beta testing Windows 95/NT and HP Beowulf clustering solution. Sendit built the world’s first cellular-Internet email gateway and was the first European company acquired by Microsoft for telecoms scale email platform and SMS-push data-fetch patent.

Reading, United Kingdom

Published first capacity analysis of TDMA v CDMA v GERAN mobile networks. Developed cross technology cellular evolution and planning tools and created an in house fixed network planning and optimisation software package.

Master'S Degree, Electrical And Electronic Engineering

Worked as an assistant technician for the MAGPIE project each summer vacation, maintaining research equipment and constructing electrical.

Lecturer, Gprs For Mms And Mobile Data Applications

Lectured summer courses at the University of Oxford Continuing Professional Development Centre.

Master'S Degree, Independent Non-Executive Director Diploma