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Welcome to my personal Web site. I’m a CEO, Chair, Executive, Advisor and Mentor who loves to influence and connect likeminded people. When bored, I like to host networking events and parties.

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A little more detail

  • Founder and CEO of Segala, industry authority in content classification and Web standards compliance certification.
  • Founder of Wubud, a social network application for mobile people. In September 2008, we raised £160k in Angel funding from Paul Birch, Co-founder, Bebo - sold to AOL for $850M.
  • Former executive at Eqos, a pioneer in the development of Web technologies for the B2B retail industry.
  • One of the first to join AOL as a small startup in the mid-’90s. Key member of the team developing AOL’s UK presence and assisted with the launch of other AOL European territories.
  • 10 years International experience within the telecommunications industry and have consulted companies such as Vodafone, O2, Orange, CMG and ADC Metrica.
  • Chair of the British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) since 2006.
  • Advisor to the British Council, helping to build and improve a digital pioneer program with Hong Kong and a 3 year entrepreneurial related project with India.
  • Non-Executive Director at Newspepper.
  • Mentor to the CEO of 3 Dynamics, a Hong Kong based games company.
  • Partner in Jaipur, a group of award winning, Michelin-rated restaurants in Dublin.

Contribution to Industry standards

  • Instrumental in the formation of the W3C’s first ever incubator activity, to review Content Labels as a formal method of classifying and labelling content
  • Segala’s W3C Advisory Committee Representative
  • Original Founding Sponsor of the W3C Mobile Web Initiative and member of the Steering Council
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