Intellect Consumer Electronics Conference 2008: Tomorrow's Technology speakers
Ed Richards
Ed Richards is the Chief Executive of Ofcom, appointed in October 2006. Previously Ed was Chief Operating Officer, responsible for the Strategy and Market Developments Group and the Organisation Planning and Development Group within Ofcom.
Strategy and Market Developments' responsibilities include Ofcom’s strategic thinking on the communications sector and covering market research, economic issues and consumer policy.
The Organisation Planning and Development group includes Finance, Human Resources, Secretariat (including Nations and Regions) and the Office of Planning and Development.
Ed was previously Senior Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister for Media, telecoms, the internet and e-govt. Before that he was Controller of Corporate Strategy at the BBC.
He has also worked in consulting at London Economics Ltd, as an advisor to Gordon Brown MP and began his career as a researcher with Diverse Production Ltd where he worked on programmes for Channel 4.
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Gordon Frazer Gordon Frazer is Managing Director at Microsoft Limited in the UK and was appointed to this role in July 2006. Prior to this appointment he spent four years as Managing Director for Microsoft South Africa. He is a member of the Microsoft International Leadership Team and also sits on the industry board of e-Skills UK. During his long career at Microsoft Gordon has held many key roles. Before becoming Managing Director for South Africa he was responsible for the Enterprise and Partner Group, focusing on Microsoft’s largest customers and partners in the country. Prior to this, he was head of the Business Solutions Group, working with Microsoft partners to develop and deliver line of business applications to organizations. Gordon joined Microsoft in November 1995 in a marketing role, where he concentrated on intellectual property and software licensing issues. Outside Microsoft he has held various positions including Chairman of the Business Software Alliance, President of the Information Technology Association and was also a trustee for the World Wildlife Fund. Before joining Microsoft, Gordon was Technical Director at a software development company and had previously worked in financial services and the mining industry. Gordon holds a Bachelors degree from Rhodes University.
Greg Hodge Greg Hodge is Non-Food Research Manager at retail intelligence company Planet Retail. Planet Retail is the leading provider of global retailing information, from news and analysis to market research and digital media. Greg has worked at Planet Retail for four years where he was originally responsible for the convenience retail sector, before moving on to manage the creation of the company’s non-food research division. Planet Retail’s non-food database provides a broad variety of information on three key sectors; entertainment, electronic and office retailing. Greg has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography from the University of Leeds. He is regular speaker on the conference circuit and has recently spoken at conferences in Berlin, London, Poland, Oman and Switzerland. He is also a regular commentator on retail issues for UK and international print and broadcast media. Regularly travelling in Europe and North America, Greg has a great depth of knowledge in store formats and retailing trends.
Mark Selby Mark Selby has responsibility for Nokia’s relationships with external industry, academic, regulatory and citizen organisations in identifying and realising next generation mobile applications and technologies. A recognized authority on mobility, emerging technologies and convergence, he has worked in the mobile, broadcast and IT industries for over 20 years. Mark was formerly Vice President, Multimedia, with global responsibility for Nokia’s multimedia experience operations, including Mobile TV, Radio, imaging, audio, video, and Social Media and Networks implementations. Prior to joining Nokia in May 2004, he was Senior Vice President at IMG Media/TWI, responsible for the group’s mobile activities in sports, entertainment, TV, radio and online, including production, rights and technology. IMG Media/TWI is the largest independent sports TV producer. Mark was formerly CEO of Mobile Channel Network, which designed, produced and delivered a wide range of mobile services, including Essential Sports, MTV mobile, Big Brother and Mobile Ibiza. He has worked with many rights holders, including Manchester United and Liverpool Football Clubs, the International Rugby Board, the International Olympic Committee, musicians, athletes and models. Mark’s previous roles include President of Solid Information Technology, Executive Director Health On the Net Foundation, President Internet Society, Geneva, radio producer and presenter at WRG-FM, board member of Linux International and senior executive roles at Digital Equipment Corp. and Xerox. He was appointed Expert to the European Commission on EDI in 1987.
Back to top Neil Gaydon Neil is Chief Executive Officer at Pace Micro Technology plc, a world leader in digital TV set top boxes. With over 23 years experience in audiovisual industries, Neil has a thorough knowledge of digital TV, PayTV and home entertainment markets.
Neil has been on the Board of Directors at Pace for six years. Before becoming CEO he was Worldwide Sales and Marketing Director where he led the Company’s global strategy, sales, marketing, technology and product management teams and grew the Company’s customer base to make Pace the global player it is today.
Prior to this, as President of Pace Americas, Neil moved to the USA and lived there for five years establishing Pace’s business in the Americas where he built the business from nothing and succeeded in gaining customer wins with the two biggest cable operators in the world - Comcast and Time Warner.
Prior to working at Pace Neil worked for over 12 years as a senior executive in the hi-fi industry.
Dr Norman Lewis Dr Norman Lewis is the Chief Strategy Officer, Wireless Grids Corporation, USA where he is responsible for business strategy and building key-industry partnerships to bring this revolutionary technology to market. Prior to joining WGC, he was the Director of Technology Research for Orange UK, formerly the Home Division of France Telecom. Until recently he was an Executive Board member of the MIT Communications Futures Programme. He is currently the Chairman of the ITU's TELECOM Forum Programme Committee. One of his areas of speciality is the subject of digital children and their encounter with innovation in a risk-averse culture.
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Rory Sutherland was born in Usk, Monmouthshire, in 1965 and educated at the local Haberdashers’ school and at Christ’s College, Cambridge. At this point, promising early parallels with the life of Sir Martin Sorrell begin to break down. He joined OgilvyOne as a graduate trainee in September of that year. After six months cross training, and thirteen months spent as the world’s worst account man (in a last remedial effort he was booked on a time management course, but got the date wrong) he was moved to the Planning Department. Soon afterwards he confessed an interest in copywriting to his line manager, who was (glad to see the back of him) thought this was a very good idea. At this point things improved. Working for the legendary Steve Harrison, Rory was promoted to Head of Copy in 1995 and Creative Director in 1997. He won some awards. It didn’t hurt that his brother was an academic, which meant Rory had first used the internet in 1986 – and so was an early advocate of new media. Most people would have used this combined knowledge of new media and marketing to make a fortune - instead Rory managed to lose £29.50 by being the first person in the UK to have their credit card details stolen online. All the same, he has been rewarded by watching OgilvyInteractive grow into by far the most formidable digital arm of any traditional agency group – and by OgilvyOne’s capture of Campaign’s Agency of the Year title in 2007. Rory remains an advocate of advertising which does different things, rather than just saying things differently. In 2005 Rory was made vice-Chairman of the Ogilvy Group in the UK in recognition of his improved timekeeping.
David Tansley
David is a telecommunications industry expert with over 20 years experience in the sector. He is a partner within Deloitte’s technology, media and telecommunications practice and specialises in the area of fixed and mobile telecommunications networks and product and service innovation. David also leads Deloitte’s Network team within our technology integration practice.
David is a Chartered Engineer and has extensive experience across the full IS/telecommunications systems lifecycle from strategy through design, implementation and operational management, including procurement and outsourcing.
David currently specialises in helping enterprises exploit telecommunications services to gain competitive advantage, including Next Generation Networks, emerging technologies and through fixed to mobile convergence. David has supported many large organisations across all industry sectors on telecommunications engagements.
David is a respected and frequently quoted commentator on TMT industry issues and plays a key role in developing Deloitte’s industry thought leadership. He edited the ‘Network Value Proposition’ book, has published a number of whitepapers on industry topics, and is frequently called upon to speak at or chair industry conferences. He currently leads Deloitte’s Digital Turn On initiative. David is currently a member of the Broadband Stakeholder Group Executive. As well as local market knowledge, David has extensive international experience including a two year secondment to Deloitte’s New York office.
Paul Hide Paul Hide, Marketing Director, Sharp Electronics UK Ltd. Paul joined Sharp in 2006 with the responsibility of coordinating and consolidating Sharp’s product planning and marketing activities across the Consumer, Business and Solar Divisions. Having spent 16 years ‘cutting his teeth’ in the Electronics Industry in a variety of different roles with Sony UK Ltd Paul shows the battle scars and learning’s of a man that has been part of an industry that has seen constant and cut-throat change, progress and price decline for nearly 2 decades. He remains committed to the ideals that Arsenal are the best team in Europe and Spurs are most definitely not.
