C.E.O at Jagex Ltd
London, United Kingdom
C.E.O at Jagex Ltd
London, United Kingdom
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Games industry)
August 2007 — Present (1 year)
Jagex is a privately owned business located in Cambridge, England. It specialises in browser-based games. The flagship game is Runescape, which is one of the most successful massive multiplayer online games (MMOG’s) , with over 9m active players worldwide. Jagex’s mantra is to provide compelling multi-player games cheaply.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)
May 2000 — July 2007 (7 years 3 months)
Executive management
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Retail industry)
December 1995 — May 1999 (3 years 6 months)
Responsible for all aspects of business and operational management. Focused on sales, costs and profitablity together with the improvement of business infra-structure.
Approximately 1,100 staff in 35 offices throughout the US and Canada.
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1991 — December 1995 (5 years)
Founding partner of systems integration business. Specialising in the printing, publishing and graphic arts industry. Supplying bespoke systems to publishers and printers. Developing software to interface and integrate systems. Customers included Christie's, Tesco's, News International, BPCC.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 1984 — January 1991 (6 years 7 months)
Developed complex bespoke and off the shelf systems for the graphic arts and publishing industry. Responsible for the design and delivery of these systems to international publishers, printers and pre-press businesses.
Managed a 60+ team of R&D software and hardware engineers developing the mainstream product portfolio of the company.
Bsc, Physics & Electronics, 1981 — 1984