Stephen Drewett

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Internet of Things IoT | LoRa / LPWAN Innovation | IoT Strategy Consultant @ Concept13 Ltd
bedford, bedford, united kingdom
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Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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About Stephen Drewett

I am an experienced Internet of Things (IoT) advisor to the industry driving innovation, technical and commercial leadership in this challenging space. Valued by the industry for my technical insight, years of experience and considered approach in overcoming the risks of emerging technology. Specific expertise in Low Power WAN technology, LoRa, LoRaWAN, LoRa GeoLocation, NBIoT, Sigfox, The Things Network and others.Five years technical & commercial expertise in LoRa, LoRaWAN and LoRa GeoLocation across thousands of sensor installations. Involved in numerous LoRa sensor developments, large scale LoRaWAN network projects and industry leading LoRa deployments. One of the first UK advisors to complete the prized LoRaWAN certification and Academy.I like to think of myself as a pioneering Entrepreneur/Innovator in the LoRa and LPWAN space. With deep technical appreciation, commercial vision and broad-based business life-cycle expertise for shaping and differentiating new ventures in emerging technology to maximise all round performance in the IoT space. My value as much attributable to the success stories as it is the inevitable failures and knocks on the way in any new technology.My aim to help grow business success through technical consultancy and driving reputation and market share to deliver success. An unrelenting tenacity to overcome the technical obstacles in complex and competitive IoT markets. I am sought after for my balanced approach to the commercial, operational and financial consideration which go hand in hand with technology innovation. • Technical and commercial consultancy in accelerating adoption of LoRa and Internet of Things• Product design to market pipeline of I.o.T/ LoRa / Sigfox / NBIoT commercial products• Track record of supporting IoT start-ups to achieve successful deployments and market growth

Stephen Drewett's Current Company Details
Concept13 Ltd

Concept13 Ltd

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Internet of Things IoT | LoRa / LPWAN Innovation | IoT Strategy Consultant
bedford, bedford, united kingdom
Website:
concept13.co.uk
Employees:
5
Stephen Drewett Work Experience Details
  • Concept13 Ltd
    Director Of Innovation
    Concept13 Ltd Jul 2014 - Present
    Bedford
    Consultancy | Internet of Things | LoRa LPWAN GeoLocation | Fin-TechConcept13: Source, supply, configure and sell the very best LoRa IoT Devices, Gateways and Networks to meet your needs. Everything from one company, backed by experience and innovation. Bought together by IoT Consultancy to give everything needed to embrace the Internet of Things and the possibilities IoT brings. Help make LoRa IoT simple, understandable & achievable. Developing and supporting strategic business and technical innovation across a range of Commercial interests in the Internet of Things (I.o.T), Emerging Technologies. Helping organisations design, build and deploy IoT solutions that deliver genuine value. Advising IoT start-ups, mentoring IoT businesses and supporting IoT business strategy in Non-Executive and consultancy roles.• Delivering technical and commercial IoT and LoRa consultancy to business and start-ups• Mentoring business on LPWAN product innovation aligned to target market and start-up success
  • Koolzone Ltd
    Product Specialist
    Koolzone Ltd May 2017 - Nov 2017
    Henley-On-Thames
    LoRa | LPWAN | The Things Network | Sensor Design | Business ScaleChange consultancy and strategic innovation of ground breaking LoRa and LPWAN Sensors overcoming hostile refrigeration environments to deliver stable, profitable and highly valued I.o.T solutions. Supporting the business in finding the right path through complex challenges of emerging technology in delivering a solution that was trusted, scalable and out-performed market competitors.Assisted business evaluate and select appropriate technologies, principles, network partners and hardware suppliers. Supported sales in building confidence, over-coming difficult client installations, and providing new market solutions. As part of the Executive team offered strategic direction, growth advice and partnering opportunities to scale.
  • Trak365 Ltd
    Founder
    Trak365 Ltd Sep 2015 - Aug 2017
    Guildford
    Internet of Things | LoRa | LPWAN | The Things NetworkWorking with co-founders, developing UK's first "out-of-the-box" solution to enable business, startup's, and agencies to take advantage of the Internet of Things. Through sophisticated plug and play end-points, private (and public) networks and powerful back-office accelerate time to market in adopting I.o.T. A complete I.o.T solution delivered in hours not months.Custom engineered end-points providing Plug & Play sensoring with GPS, temperature, movement and up to two external sensors with Edge intelligence for instant actuation. Private or Public networks offering 10km range in rural areas with optional GPRS backup coverage. Back office delivering real-time visibility of assets and sensors with two way control of remote devices and actuation with outbound API and notifications .
  • Upg Plc
    Co Founder: Product Director
    Upg Plc Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
    Lichfield
    Development new products and entering new markets.In partnership with the senior management team, developed the commercial, business and technological strategies to create and take to market a next generation, game-changing software solutions product to turn Payment complexity into Payment Simplicity and accelerate the competitive edge of key players in the global card payments industry. The product providing market leading benefits - ultra-high availability networks and class leading security to ensure the operational excellence and cost-efficiency of payment systems processing £Billion and millions of transactions.
  • Smartdebit
    Technical Director
    Smartdebit Nov 2011 - Jun 2014
    Bagshot
    Driving technical and commercial advantage through new systems.During this period in my career, I created the technical strategy and contributed to business development to reposition this market-leading, Bacs and ISO 27001 accredited Direct Debit bureau, and providing payment processing to businesses, not-for-profits and the public sector.Successes include design and development of complete IT and systems refresh alongside winning substantial contracts with banks, utilities and mobile operators. I architected, designed and led the Business IT Strategy of £500k to take the company into new, high capacity services, and architected highly resilient two site Data Centres – consistently delivering 100% availabilityFurther successes grew an IT Team from 2 to 11 reports, while Business expanded from 15 to 32 in same 3 year period, and the creation and launch of new services to open up new markets with additional revenues. I managed systems processing £Billion and millions of transactions per annum, and set new heights on sales capability and selective tendering
  • Net Innovate Ltd
    Co-Founder: Technical Director
    Net Innovate Ltd Oct 2009 - Nov 2011
    Bedford
    In this role, I provided director-level business and technical consultancy to enable SMEs define and procure the best IT strategy and suppliers to ensure optimum business performance.I developed market leading Live Pension Fund Monitoring solution for consumers, proactively marketed and white-labelled pension proposition into Daily Mail and other markets, and launched innovative legal site, voting system and ‘live’ trend monitoring solutions.
  • Secure Hosting Ltd
    Co-Founder: Technical Director
    Secure Hosting Ltd Mar 1999 - Aug 2009
    Bedford
    Here I developed a unique, hi tech user interface - one of the UK’s first online payment gateways to enable banks and 2000 Merchants to capture, process and deliver accurate customer payment data.I led the Merchant services market, including acquisition, store front, stock control and reporting, positioned the company to become a major player, and managed HQ serving 2000 merchants. I also led the sale, business merger and seamless systems and services integration into UPG.
  • Web-Ideas Ltd
    Technical Director & Co Founder
    Web-Ideas Ltd 1995 - 2007
    Bedford
    I built the business to design and deliver ground-breaking website applications and e-commerce services to SMEs requiring web enhancements, clients with new web site ideas through to larger sites. I designed, built and managed the AdTrader website driving £millions of p2p transactions, and built the market leading Political Survey system polling people’s responses to political videos. Further successes in development of the first online ‘live Web Auction’ participation system - the first in online bidding
  • Unidata
    Consultant
    Unidata 1992 - 2000
    Milton Keynes
    During this early part of my career, I contributed to the design, sale and delivery of reliable, scalable and manageable relational data server services in the SMB and large enterprise space ahead of the market - at an affordable cost of ownership and realising greater hardware return. I played a key role in the company’s growth from 4 to 40 people in five years, won major contracts across the UK and Europe, and helped build initial European base during six-month secondment to Sweden
  • Charlton Seal Schaverien Limited
    Systems Manager
    Charlton Seal Schaverien Limited 1988 - 1992
    London
    I co-developed, managed and optimised the stability of this stockbroker’s IT systems.

Stephen Drewett Skills

Payments It Strategy Payment Systems Management Payment Card Processing Security Integration Business Development Leadership New Business Development Payment Gateways Enterprise Software Outsourcing It Management Crm Project Management Strategy Technical Architecture Product Development Risk Management Joint Ventures Value Creation New Product Launch Internet Of Things Iot Lora Lpwan

Stephen Drewett Education Details

  • Aylesbury Grammar School, Uk
    Aylesbury Grammar School, Uk
    Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology

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