William Webb Email & Phone Number

Melbourn, GB

United Kingdom

Director and Board Member of the prestigeous charity

London, United Kingdom

William has been appointed as a Governor to Motability, the charity that arranges cars and other vehicles for those with disabilities. His role there is to advise on the potential of new technology to improve the lives of those unable to drive normal cars.

London, England, United Kingdom

William was CTO at Access Partnership, a global technology and advocacy consultancy, where he provided client strategy, designed technical solutions and helped transpose them into law and regulation and helped set strategic direction. He ran the Technology Team and the Connectivity Team.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

William was CEO at Webb Search Limited, a company providing independent consultancy support. Support ranges from ad-hoc advice to long-term placement. Webb Search has worked for a wide range of companies and organisations in the regulatory, radio spectrum, wireless and IoT space including major MNOs and regulators around the world. Notable work includes a.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

William was CEO of the Weightless Special Interest Group (SIG) which harmonised the Weightless technology as a global standard. He established the SIG, recruiting its Founder Members including Vodafone, ARM and CSR, managed the formation of its legal framework, oversaw the development of its website and marketing, managed the standards activities.

London, United Kingdom

William was President of the IET for 14/15. William was the youngest President for a Century and focused on a clear strategy for the IET, on new modern ways of engagement and successfully led the IET through an SGM.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

William was Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) and co-founder of Neul, a company pioneering a new technology for long-range M2M or Internet of Things communications. He was responsible for the strategy and direction of Neul, the technical design of the Weightless technology, the generation of IPR (where he has personally contributed some 18 patents) and the.

• William was at Ofcom, the UK regulator, where he ran Research and Development and was one of the senior spectrum strategists since the inception of Ofcom in late 2003. Key tasks have included:
• Inherited a team of 35 people in the R&D group, co-ordinating internal and external research with a budget of around £8m. On moving into position, William initiated a review of the team and its function which resulted.
• William led a number of key policy initiatives including the Spectrum Framework Review. Other key policy roles included taking the lead on ultra-wideband, the licence-exempt framework review and spectrum usage rights.
• He framed and led the overall research agenda including the publication of the highly regarded Ofcom Annual Technology Reports.

• Development of a modelling tool for Motorola that enabled them to understand the impact of different cellular architectures on an operator’s business case.
• Development of the 3G acceptance strategy and documentation for Vodafone so that they were able to formally accept the 3G equipment from their supplier.
• Worked with a number of UK operators to help them streamline and enhance their organisational structure, including assessing organisational and technical issues causing poor quality in their network.
• Assistance to a major supplier in bidding to a 3G operator to supply an end-to-end system including writing the Executive Summary, drafting the prices and developing the key themes for the bid.
• Worked for a manufacturer of advanced filters to help them understand the technical and commercial application of their technology in 3G systems.

Developed strategies across Motorola's entire portfolio. Advised the CEO and his direct reports on strategy. Worked closely with Motorola Labs and Motorola Ventures to link their activities into core Motorola business.

B.Eng, Mba, Phd, Dsc, Electronics, Wireless Communications

In 2015 William was awarded the Honorary Doctor of Science degree by Southampton in recognition of outstanding international contributions.

Doctor Of Technology (Dtech) -Honorary, Engineering, Honorary Degree

Doctor Of Science - Dsc, Wireless Communications

William was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in 2019 for his contributions to wireless communications