Robert’s work
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2012 ~ now |
Mobile Internet systems engineering and design
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Job Title: Mobile Systems Engineering Consultant
Always welcome to discuss new ideas, especially about mobile data or satellite communications...
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2009 ~ 2012 |
Mobile web optimisation equipment supplier
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Job Title: Director, Value-Added Services Product Management
I was responsible for developing solutions to mobile network operators' unique needs
where Bytemobile products could be customised to add even more value for the mobile network operator:
- 2011
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Integrated some of our custom analytics and content-insertion value-added features into the
Bytemobile product portfolio for marketing to all our customers.
- 2010
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Worked with a 3rd-party analytics specialist to find out what effects the explosion
of smartphone use was having on operators' packet radio networks and to mitigate the threats that were found.
- 2009 ~ 2011
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Designed & prototyped various solutions for web content-insertion and
established appropriate partnerships for commercial operations.
Applications included operator notifications for billing and promotions,
mobile navigation toolbars and
adapting Adobe Flash movies to work on iPhones and iPads.
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2007 ~ 2009 |
Wireless Application Protocol technology supplier
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Job Title: Open Internet Products Manager
- 2008
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Deepening our Open Internet solution to include audio/video adaptation and streaming,
data warehousing and analytics and advertising products.
- 2007
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Openwave Systems Inc acquired WiderWeb Ltd and I continued to manage Content Adaptation development,
integration with Integra and deployment in Vodafone EMEA countries and in the US at Sprint.
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2006 ~ 2007 |
Startup mobile network technology supplier
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Job Title: Product Marketing Director
I was responsible for developing an accessibility tool for blind web users into
a carrier-grade gateway for on-the-fly transcoding of long-tail PC websites,
making them fully functional on mobile phones:
- 2006
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Enabled
Hutchison 3
UK and Ireland to compete with web'n'walk on all its existing handsets.
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2003 ~ 2005 |
Multinational mobile phone operator holding company
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Job Title: Senior Internet Services Projects Manager
I was responsible for developing the enabling technologies that deliver
Internet services from T-Mobile's international content providers:
- 2005
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Integration of technologies enabling unrestricted
world-wide web browsing on smartphones for the
web'n'walk product.
- 2004
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Developed the platform to deliver MMS picture and video
goal alerts for the
UEFA Euro 2004 football tournament.
- 2003 ~ 2005
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Upgrades to all the t-zones portals.
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2001 ~ 2003 |
Startup smartphone technology developer
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Job Title: Head of Mobile Web Technology
I was responsible for developing Pogo's revolutionary
mobile phone and web proxy compression technology, which delivered
the full web-browsing Internet experience to the
PDA-style Pogo mobile phone using
2G GSM networks.
- 2003
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Further developing the
Pogo nVoy
reference design for the executive business market.
- 2002
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Doubling the already world-beating speed of the Pogo
web browser using
GPRS.
- 2001
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Production of Pogo for
consumer launch in the UK,
from proof-of-concept
prototype into the shops in just 9 months.
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1996 ~ 2001 |
Startup global mobile satellite network operator
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Job Title: Senior System Integration Engineer
I was the technical project manager responsible for worldwide integration of
radio and
GSM
equipment in the original US$5bn
ICO satellite system for phone services:
- 1999 ~ 2000
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Test-bed and on-site integration and acceptance testing
of the first delivery of ground facilities, managing the
technical recovery of
NEC's
US$1bn Earth station contract following ICO's rescue
from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by
Craig McCaw.
- 1998 ~ 1999
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Delivered the integration plan for US$40M of
end-to-end system integration for service launch
(managing the RFP, proposal evaluation and contract negotiation).
- 1997 ~ 1998
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In-factory and on-site commissioning of
radio equipment at sites worldwide.
- 1996 ~ 1999
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Planned the integration of radio equipment
from three independent supply contracts:
(i) ground facilities,
(ii) satellites and
(iii) phones.
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1990 ~ 1996 |
Satellite Systems Laboratory
Satellite communications systems consultants
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Job Title: Senior Satellite Systems Engineer
I was the
mobile satellite systems specialist in
a small central team that handled new satellite communication services
developments and procurement for the whole of BT.
I managed development of most of the BT Aeronautical and Maritime
and GSM Cellular product portfolio and the data communication
expertise developed in my team also had applications on VSAT
and trunk Intelsat links.
Major projects included:
- 1995
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Initiating the EU
trial
of ATM in VSAT multiple access.
- 1995
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Developing the
satellite part of the
UMTS network architecture in ETSI and the
EU Mobile Network project.
- 1994
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Planning SDH carriage over
Intelsat.
- 1993
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Planning
ISDN extension to BT
Inmarsat and
VSAT services.
- 1993
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Secondment to
KDD
R&D Laboratories'
Mobile Communications Systems Group in Japan
for a joint 6-month BT/KDD study of
satellite networking options for
3G networks.
- 1992
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Visiting some of BT's major transport sector clients'
operations managers to discuss their pressing communication needs
in a technical, rather than marketing, forum.
- 1991 ~ 1996
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Managing a US$2M 5-year project investigating
hand-held satellite communications and its
integration with terrestrial networks.
This was BT's primary means of
assessing and creating awareness
of the opportunities created by developments such as
Iridium,
Globalstar,
ICO and
Teledesic.
I provided BT's satellite contributions
to 3G mobile systems standards development
(IMT-2000 and
UMTS) and to
Inmarsat's Project 21.
- 1990
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Finding ways to expand thin route capacity to and from small
Intelsat signatories.
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1985 ~ 1990 |
Manufacturer of aircraft
control
systems
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Job Title: Student Apprentice
A 21-month
IET-accredited "thick sandwich" programme
working in a
wide range of disciplines covering the whole product life-cycle:
- 1989
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Manufacturing Technology Task Force -
a multi-disciplinary Board-level team created to
build a highly automated just-in-time manufacturing plant.
- 1988
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Systems Group, software side -
supporting the
Rolls Royce
RB211-524 engine's
fly-by-wire control unit software during the
Boeing
747-400's
flight trials.
- 1987
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Systems Group, electronics side -
developed the RB211-524 engine control unit's
fault detection hardware.
- 1986
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Work Study, Quality Engineering and Production Control -
various aspects of managing manufacture.
- 1985
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Contracts Engineering and Product Support -
the major points of contact with customers.
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