Richard Davidson-Houston

Current

• Head of Online Products at Channel 4
• Founder / Non-Exec at Amberlight Partners Ltd

Past

• Business Manager at Microsoft
• Product Manager (MSN) at Microsoft
• Consultant at EURO RSCG Circle.com

• Account Manager at Webmedia
• Interaction Designer at Ioko

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Education

• University of York

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Connections

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Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Blog

Richard Davidson-Houston’s Summary

In New Media since 1995.

Richard Davidson-Houston’s Specialties:

General Management, Product Management, Online Strategy

Richard Davidson-Houston’s Experience

• Head of Online Products

  Channel 4

  (Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)

  February 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)

  I run the department responsible for the 4-branded web sites and services: Channel4.com, 4oD catch-up, E4.com, /Film4, /Food, /4Homes and 4Car.

• Founder / Non-Exec

  Amberlight Partners Ltd

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry)

  May 2001 — Present (8 years 7 months)

  Amberlight consultants work in Usability testing, Information Architecture, User Centred Design, Ethnography, that sort of thing.

• Business Manager

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Online Media industry)

  September 2004 — February 2007 (2 years 6 months)

  Working alongside the MD to run Microsoft's Online Services (Windows Live and MSN) in the UK.

• Product Manager (MSN)

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Online Media industry)

  August 2001 — August 2004 (3 years 1 month)

• Consultant

  EURO RSCG Circle.com

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  August 1998 — August 2001 (3 years 1 month)

  Consulting on e-business and e-marketing specifically.

• Account Manager

  Webmedia

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  July 1996 — July 1998 (2 years 1 month)

  Formative experiences at one of London's original web design companies.

• Interaction Designer

  Ioko

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  July 1995 — July 1996 (1 year 1 month)

Richard Davidson-Houston’s Education

• University of York

  BA (Hons) 2:1 , English Literature , 1992 — 1995

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• My Blog

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