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I have been a consultant within Marconi for over ten years. Now after the closure of Marconi at Poole, I am operating as an independant consultant.

I have worked as a consultant on Networks, ATM, Switching, Access and Systems, using software, mathematical modelling, research and thinking. I am very experienced in system design, problem solving, strategic thinking, software and getting difficult and complex things working. Interested in anything demanding, complex and challenging.

Experience

2002 - 2003Waveney Consulting General and specialised telecoms advice, particularly on network resilience and ATM. Also problem solving courses.

1978 - 2001Plessey which became GPT which became Marconi
2000 - 2001The ATM Forum's Vice President and web czar. I drove the re-focusing of the forum from work on new specifications to product neutral promotion of the technology. I also drove through the redesign of the forum's web presence; this involved co-ordination of web design, hosting and graphics companies and two different offices of the forum (in the US and Brussels).
1996 - 2001Broadband strategic technical network design, standards co-ordination, Switch design consultant, ATM consultant, Network design and modelling. Standards have included ATM Forum, The MSF, IETF, DSL forum, MPLS Forum, ITU-T and ETSI. I successfully got features Marconi wanted into standards at the ATM Forum, ITU-T, IETF and MSF. I also investigated Home Networking technologies and home automation.
1995 - 1997System design and concepts behind a novel passive optic network system (prototyped but never deployed). As well as my normal system design, research and modelling; this also included leading social studies and customer profiling.
1993 - 1994Led a company-wide strategic look at Video on Demand, working with many set-top-box suppliers, broadcasters (BBC, Granada, Sky), computer companies (Sun, DEC, IBM) and network operators. Detailed understanding of the technology and market. Conclusion - it would work, be attractive, but the technology was too expensive to become a viable service for ~10 years.
1988 - 1996Developed, modeled, simulated and proposed a series of very high performance ATM and general purpose switch designs. This activity resumed in 2001, looking at optic switching.
1986 - 1991Led, controlled and took part in research, standards and company policy into ATM switching, ATM use and ATM opportunities.
1982 - 2001Invited into lots of strategic technical brain storming sessions on a wide variety of topics, many of which are outside my main specialist area, but involved because of my wide knowledge and ability to dig into new subjects.
1978 - 1986System X - real time software design and testing, system design, fault finding "Guru", system integration. Called into many projects to "get it working".

Companies I have worked with

While working for GPT/Marconi I have worked with many companies and organisations around the world, this is a partial list to indicate the breadth of my involvement.

OperatorsBT, Cable and Wireless, Telstra, AT&T, KPN and Deutsche Telecom.

Standards bodies The ATM Forum, The MSF, The DSL forum, IETF, ITU and T1S1.

SuppliersIntel, Cisco, Lucent, Virata, Nokia, Fujitsu, Microsoft, Nortel, Pace and the BBC.

UniversitiesI have helped adjudicate several PhD and research projects at the Universities of Cambridge and Lancaster.

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Updated 02nd of April 2003