- Successfully acquired a new MNO licence and spectrum for US and local investors in Guyana, South America; inc.Business case preparation, financial modelling inputs; co-ordinating equipment vendors and radio planners; and in-country work (including Government lobbing).- Led various MVNO feasibility Assessments/Business Plans for clients in the US / East Africa (inc. wholesalepartner selection and agreements)- Worked on a MVNO licence bid in West Africa using the new regulator framework and co-ordinated the technical worksteam.- Working with a global FMCG brand to identify new markets for their telco products. (inc. wholesale partner discussions)- Led and delivered an assessment for a large search engine to explore the feasibility of launching several telco products (US) (complete assessment of legal/regulatory and technical feasibility)- Worked on a device leasing start-up to the point of PoC (UK)(defining the specifications and workflows for the online consumer offering, external partner selection and integration, etc..)

Working across the Telco ecosystem managing and delivering a broad range of projects.

I took a window of opportunity to travel extensively with my young family throughout Europe before they enter the school cycle in the coming year.

The People's Operator plc was a stock market listed (AIM) Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO)based operating with the US and UK directing 10% of members monthly spend to a chosencharity or organisation at no extra cost to the consumer.- Promoted to the role of Acting CEO following exit of founders- Launched new marketing strategy with support of digital agency- Found a buyer and negotiated terms for the sale of the US business, supporting the technical handover for several months.- Renegotiated financing arrangements with major bank. - Worked with a committed buyer for the remaining group who agreed to fund the company during a 6-month period of due diligence - the transaction wasn't completed due to external factors beyond the control of the company.

TPO expanded to the US - launched MVNO on Sprint and T-Mobile- Located and set-up New York office- Recruited key staff- Sourced all vendors and negotiated contracts (wholesale, technical, billing, tax, regulatory, payment, logistics and care) - Worked closely with Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia) to design and integrate digital journeys for launch. Additional Group Roles:- Led all main ongoing supplier relationships, commercial and operational reviews.- Key Stakeholder for the product development roadmap, managing the product and development teams directly in the latter stages of the role. - Key Stakeholder in the decision and subsequent transfer of UK customers from our launch MNO to new MNO partner.- Developed and led an innovative program to match wholesale plans with actual customerusage on a rolling monthly program to maximise the profitability of each customer.- Participated in the preparation of TPO's IPO- Participated in multiple equity funding rounds- Regular board meeting participant

Responsibilities:- Sourcing the technical, logistics and payment partners- Managing the implementation of both our PAYG and PAYM business- Ongoing operations across the two platforms- Vendor management- Customer care processes and delegations- Billing- Payment collection- Analytics- Management KPI reporting- Ongoing product/development roadmap.

I joined a new solutions team within Alcatel-Lucent charged with developing a mobile advertising proposition to enable advertisers to connect with Mobile Network Operators’ subscribers across the globe.Responsibilities:- Developing the key requirements and specifications for our advertising platform- Working with advertisers, agencies and partners globally to build effective mobile campaigns- Growing & training the campaign management team at central and regional levels. - Supporting the commercial team though engagement with customers (MNOs) and partners at all seniority levels with pre-sales expertise - Ongoing operational support with deployments.Territories worked within include; Brazil, South Africa, Ghana, Germany, Egypt, UAE and India

Blyk was a "free" ad-supported mobile phone network (MVNO) that offers text messages and customer-to-customer calls. Blyk was first launched in the UK. It was the first mobile network funded by advertising, and was targeted at 16 to 24-year-olds. Users signing up to the network received advertising messages on their mobiles, and in return were given a monthly allowance of free top-up. I joined Blyk prior to commercial launch, helping to develop operations processes required by the ad ops team and managed all the campaigns that were placed by the sale team for the first 4-5 months.- Working on special projects as the business required, advising department heads and the sales team in developing interactive, dialogue based, communications strategies based on knowledge of the platform’s capabilities.- Recruiting & managing the ad operations team to ensure that the daily scheduling of Blyk communications is delivered on time and to high quality.- Monitoring the delivery of ad campaigns, troubleshooting incidents and prioritising fixes required by the development team in Helsinki. - Managing end-to-end ad testing process (both internal creative and third-party aggregator solutions; short codes, WAP sites; voucher redemption).- Working with the creative department to test, categorise and implement a system to allow pixel perfect MMS and Video on the top 100 handsets in the UK.I also co-ordinated the following; SIM Dispatch Logistics; Member Authentication; Member Profiling; First-line Ad Platform Troubleshooting and Resolution.

Web Marketplace Solutions provided ecommerce and marketing solutions to catalogueretailers.– New clients were typically ‘owned’ by the marketing department until relationships had been built, projects specified and any problems ironed out. I typically held 2 to 3 clients at any one time.- Managed all email campaigns we ran for clients including; reviewing email structure; end-to-end testing; transmission; reporting; and liaising with our technical partner- Responsible for our clients search engine optimisation, specifying development and design requirements for the creative and development teams. – Evaluating a potential clients online proposition to determine where, if at all, we could add value to their current offering. - Research, specified, quoted, and communicated new projects both internally and to the client.