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Hello

Welcome to my website.  

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I'm an innovator who loves to turn ideas into exciting products and successful businesses.  I've worked in a variety of settings from corporates to startups.  I love to think laterally, to connect dots, to tease out competitive advantage.

I've led teams, large and small, to devise and deliver products that solve real problems for customers in ways that are both innovative and commercially sustaining.

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Find out more about me here.

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A printable version of my CV is available here. 

Experience

25+ Years Experience in a variety of settings:

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  • Corporate

  • SME

  • Startup

  • Not-for-Profit

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Roles

A variety of senior management,  expert and creative roles

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  • Founder

  • Managing Director

  • Innovation Director

  • CTO

  • Digital Director

  • Editor

  • Designer (UX & LX)

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Expertise

Wide-ranging skills and passions around the following areas:

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  • Innovation Management

  • Product Management

  • Business Leadership

  • Digital Transformation

  • Learning Tech

  • Wellness Tech

  • Behavioural Design

  • Design Thinking

Achievements

Noteworthy commercial and creative successes

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  • Successful startup founder

  • Bafta award-winning product designer

  • 12 years in senior management roles at a FTSE 100 company (Pearson)

  • Mentor to multiple successful startups

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My Skills & Passions

BUSINESS LEADERSHIP

INNOVATION

MANAGEMENT

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PRODUCT

MANAGEMENT

DIGITAL 

LEARNING

RESEARCH &

DEVELOPMENT

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Notable Achievements

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Bafta

Award Winner

I love digital product design and I've designed hundreds of digital products.  I was rewarded in 2005 with a Bafta award for an interactive learning service called KnowledgeBox  I have also won  two BETT awards

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Successful

Startup Founder

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I've always had an entrepreneurial mindset and this is most evident in the founding of  re-Animate in 1998.   re-Animate was innovative in its product offering and business model with the result we had a number of offers to purchase the company.  I sold the company in 2001.

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Mentor

& Investor

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After many years in the corporate world at Pearson in London, I returned to the startup world in 2014 as a mentor and investor.  I"m proud to say 3 of the companies I worked with are now well on their way to sustainability and profitability.

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My Education

BA

PHILOSOPHY

& ENGLISH

MA

PHILOSOPHY

MSc

MULTIMEDIA

SYSTEMS

DPhil

Phd

PHILOSOPHY
 

My Career Overview

in phases

PHASE I 

1995-c2002

Entrepreneurial & Startup

Focus

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  • New Media Ltd (Director)

  • re-Animate (Founder & MD)

PHASE II 

c2002-2014

Corporate & Management

Focus

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  • Pearson Knowledge Box (MD)

  • Pearson Longman (Digital Director)

  • Pearson Schools (CTO)

  • Pearson UK (Strategy & Innovation Director)

PHASE III

c2010-2019

Innovation & Consulting

Focus

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  • Pearson UK (Strategy & Innovation Director)

  • EdTech Futures (Founder & Investor)

  • Trinity College Dublin/Learnovate (Centre Director)

  • Wayfinder Innovations  (Director)

Areas I May be Able to Help You

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