Promoted to CEO at Hygiene IQ (rebranded name, originally Hand IQ)

Slight change of company as we continue to build the worlds first smart hand hygiene system for hospitality, retail, workplace, healthcare and the home.

We have a wealth of experience in consumer electronics product development. With a focus on execution and flexibility our style is geared for start-ups and small-medium sized companies. We know how to work with sensors, wireless technologies, audio architectures, video systems, many operating systems and more. We will apply our experience of the whole product life-cycle from concept through to product launch and help our customers succeed. Your success is our success

A consumer electronics start-up developing innovative connected experiences incorporating consumer electronics hardware and mobile apps for a seamless user experience. Responsible for all engineering disciplines including Electrical, Firmware, App Development, Mechanical Engineering and product manufacturing and Program Management. Frequent meetings with highly influential celebrities and personalities to understand requirements and communicate development.• Took the product vision of the founder, designed the complete system architecture, built the teams locally and remotely and executed the development• Delivered a full product development from cradle to grave for two advanced headphones and supporting applications in 6 months • Owned the product technical roadmap across all technologies : App Development, Hardware Development• Management of FW, ME, SW, EE, PM and SQA teams• Influential in all decisions being made across company strategy, development path, mechanical engineering, ID, architecture• Presentations to founders, investors and influencers• Management of design and development houses in Oregan, New York, North Carolina, Sweden and China• Management of contract manufacturing in China• Recruitment of staff across FW, EE, QA, ME and PM disciplines

SonicSensory is a stealth start-up developing an innovative wireless audio wearable solution. Initially responsible for Wireless Audio, FW, SQA and electrical engineering departments and then the key leadership position for all engineering disciplines (including FW, EE, Architecture, Mechanical, product design and manufacture) and project management.• Took the product vision of the founder, designed the product architecture, built the teams and executed the development to make it a reality• Owned the product technical roadmap across all business sectors (music, VR/gaming and health and wellness)• Management of FW, EE, PM and SQA teams• Influential in all decisions being made across company strategy, development path, mechanical engineering, ID, architecture• Presentations to founders and investors• Design and development of complete platform and architecture across all disciplines• Designed innovative Bluetooth solution for an extremely complex wearable• Development of very low latency Bluetooth audio solution (sub 20ms audio)• Management of contract manufacturer through the development process• Recruitment of staff across FW, EE, QA, ME and PM disciplines• Product definition, specification and delivery

Designing and building the next generation of audio devices for Apple and Beats Electronics.

Building and leading the team responsible for embedded software development whilst utilizing experience in software development, wireless technology, audio products and man management to help Beats deliver their latest range of quality and market leading audio products. • Lead rapid growth of audio embedded software team• Applied goal setting and improved team discipline and processes• Successfully transitioning the software development in-house• Technical Authority for Bluetooth and Bluetooth Smart• Technical Authority for Audio streaming using CSR chipsets• Successfully delivered leading edge wireless earphones and headphones to the market• Lead supplier relationship with silicon vendor

Leading the software development team responsible for development and delivery of CSRs range of Audio products. Using my knowledge of Bluetooth, Wifi and product development, I am leading a team of 15 engineers and influencing many other development teams within the organisation to design new wireless Audio products and chipsets. I was brought in to manage a team of embedded software engineers and managed the rapid growth of 50% in the first year. The team had been established and leaderless for over 3 years and in only a few months I have introduced more formal project management and man management to drive quality and faster delivery of products whilst motivating the engineers, setting goals and objectives and improving training. In addition, I am working closely with the marketing teams and senior management to help shape the future audio roadmap for CSR. I have also been responsible for the project management of a number of simultaneous projects across multi-disciplinary teams within CSR.Within this role I am managing the transition from a “front heavy” waterfall style of project management to more agile processes whilst still ensuring that controls are in place and we meet our commitments to our customers.• Agile and waterfall style project management.• Line management and recruitment• Software and system test quality improvements• Product roadmap strategy and technical input• Product design and specificationTechnical lead on the design of the DSP framework and deliverables for a new automotive Bluetooth chipset. Responsible for delivery and project management for this 1 year project, which was delivered on time and to budget. All software was developed on the CSR Kalimba DSP and provided a new architecture and integration of audio codecs including SBC, aptX, MP3 and cVc algorithms.

Founded and built a wireless telecomms consultancy supplying software and product development to a number of customers including Cambridge Silicon Radio, Adaptive Modules and an Internet Security company developing leading-edge products. Working within an Agile framework and using lean philosphies this includes the following:• Architecture of a new anti-virus engine• Development of a number of GPRS and Bluetooth products including a first to market Bluetooth Low Energy product design• Integration of audio codecs using CSR’s Kalimba DSP architecture• CSR Bluecore development• Technical sales, marketing, supply chain management and product design• Technical lead on a new CSR automotive product

In 2004 I identified a market need for a wireless telemetry product within the gaming/vending sector in the UK and Europe. Using my experience of software, firmware and hardware design I designed and developed the Site Guardian product and within 6 months was in a position to sell the system to the market. Combining Bluetooth, GPRS, database and Windows application development with a compact and cost effective design I produced a ground-breaking telemetry system perfect for the market.After developing a sales and marketing strategy and business model to produce maximum return and benefit for a start-up organisation, the product was introduced to the market and it sold extremely well. By managing costs, supply and demand, I was able to grow and develop a successful start up business selling '000s of units into the market.Because demand grew and the business had plans to move into other sectors, such as vending, investment was needed and so the company was positioned for a trade-sale. After a successful pitch on the BBC show "Dragons Den" in 2006 to generate £200k of investment (the largest company valuation ever on the show at that time) the company was successsfully approached by two major players in the industry. Coin Metrics was acquired by Brulines Plc in 2007 and was successfully integrated into the core business where I was the board level director responsible for product design and business development. The business model successfully transitioned from a typical capital purchase model to a recurring revenue model.Within Brulines I played a significant role for three years on the board of Directors responsible for the development and delivery of machine monitoring products to gaming markets.

Richard conceived and established Wireless Futures as a vehicle to provide high quality development and test services to the Bluetooth and Mobile Communications market. Working with many mobile handset manufacturers (Nokia, Sony, Alcatel, Symbian) and technology innovation companies in the mobile arena, Wireless Futures gained an excellent reputation for quality services and project management.Richard developed a range of customer products including Bluetooth devices for consumer and industrial markets, an EMS/MMS client, security devices, GSM protocol stacks and a mobile handset WAP browser.In 2002 Richard saw the need for a generic Bluetooth product to act as an intelligent cable replacement in the industrial and healthcare markets. To this end, the BlueWAVE product was designed, developed and launched and sold well largely through direct internet marketing and through distribution channels.The product sold well for over 2 years and only when low cost South East Asian products hit the market did the sales diminish. At this time Richard saw the potential for a product derivative in the UK gaming sector to monitor and control slot machines and vending machines. Coin Metrics Ltd was established to trade in this niche market as sales in BlueWAVE continued for a few years.

Richard was headhunted from Psion Plc to start-up a new software development and mobile testcompany. He developed the business from early planning stages to a development team of over 30development engineers working throughout Europe.Responsible for the company staffing requirements and recruitment, business structure, project andprogramme management and internal development and test processes, Richard lead hismanagement team to produce a highly effective workforce generating a turnover of over £1m withinthe first year.With customers inclusing Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Symbian and more the company became arespected leader in GSM handset software development and product testing.

At Psion, Richard was responsible for all aspects of software development from design through tomanufacture with over 80,000 GSM modem products being manufactured per month. The productrange included GSM modems, network interface cards, and ISDN products. Additionally the positionwas responsible for all aspects of product QA including a strict testing regime with a team of 8testers and ensuring that manufacturing QA met the required levels.Richard recruited and managed a team of over 12 software development engineers based acrosstwo teams in the UK and Canada. He was responsible for all aspects of the teams development andmanagement. Working closely with the project management team he managed the resourceallocation for over 20 projects running within the business.Richard had direct contact with major customers such as Dell, to ensure that the product design mettheir current and future requirments, such as high quality and Microsoft certification.Richard succesfully led and motivated the team members through rapid growth as well asdownsizing during his employment at Psion and as a result has had numerous employees fromPsion follow him onto other businesses.Comms : Bluetooth, all GSM/GPRS protocols, MPEG-2,Modem protocols, TCP/IP

Richard worked as a consultant for numerous companies developing products ranging from GSMhandset design, High Definition broadcasting systems to cashless payment systems. ThroughoutRichard placed an emphasis on providing a high level of service and a very high quality of productdesign and development. All customers for whom he has worked have praised Richard's worthethic, communication skills and design/development ability. A summary of products are below.* High Definition MPEG-2 Encoder for the BBC - Digital Vision Ltd.* MPEG-2 core software and chipset - NEC Electronics/Pace Microelectronics Ltd* MPEG-2 video encoders - Vistek Electronics Ltd* Trafficmate traffic monitoring system - Trafficmaster Plc* Modex Cashless payment system - National Westminster Bank* GSM protocol stack (layer2, layer 3 and SIM) - The Technology Partnership* TCP/IP and OSI networking products - Integrated Business Networks

Managed the team developing software for analog and digital video monitors and encoders

Development of embedded software for High Definition digital video encoder systems