SIB Board Member - Mike Short

Vice President, Telefonica Europe/O2

Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET)

Mike's career spans 32 years in Electronics and Telecommunications, with the last 19 in Mobile communications. He was appointed Contracts Director of Cellnet in 1989 with multi-million dollar infra-structure investments and UK interconnect agreements. In 1993 the focus moved to establishing Cellnet's GSM service and Mike was elected Chairman of the GSM Association for 1995/96, serving on the Executive Board for 5 years.

Mike's focus today is on Third Generation cellular, Mobile TV and steering O2's Group R&D in mobile. He is a member of the UK Home Office Internet Task Force, the Ofcom Spectrum Advisory Board (OSAB) and has been chairman of the UK Mobile Data Association (MDA) since September 1998. He was appointed VP Technology for O2 in 2000, Visiting Professor at Surrey University in 2003 and Board Member University of Coventry in 2006. Mike is the Director of the MDA responsible for Public Policy, and MDA spokesman. He is a Fellow of BCS/ RGS / CIPS and a member of IET and the Royal Television Society.