Freelance Technology and Innovation Consultant and Entrepreneur
United Kingdom
- Current
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- CTO at Ensembli Limited
- Freelance Technology and Innovation Consultant and Entrepreneur at Inteleme
- VP of Engineering at Wireless Grids Corporation
- Founder and Consultant at Carbon Imagineering
- Past
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- Technology & Innovation Consultant at France Telecom/Orange
- Senior Technical Producer at Freeserve
- New Media Consultant and Producer at Blue Door Media
- Director of New Media at RDP
- Senior Analyst/ Programmer at Point to Point Marketing
- Education
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- MSc (Distinction)
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Ian Pringle’s Summary
Thought leader and idea communicator.
Keen interest in technology, its use and the implications to individuals and society.
Excellent track record of delivering complex projects to tight deadlines.
Proven ability to use initiative and solve unexpected problems quickly.
Good strategic, analytical and disruptive lateral and tangential thinker.
Clear written and verbal communicator of complex concepts.
Excellent proven record of building and leading multidisciplinary teams.
Technical competence in programming, Internet technologies and use of a wide range of media applications software combined with creative flare.
Specialist research areas include: The Connected Home, SOAs, Grid Computing, Context, Communications, Interfacing, Search and Information management
Ian Pringle’s Specialties:
Consultancy, strategy, innovation, end user representation, writing, disruptive thinking
Ian Pringle’s Experience
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CTO
Ensembli Limited
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
August 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)
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Freelance Technology and Innovation Consultant and Entrepreneur
Inteleme
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
January 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Founder and innovation strategist.
Working in the environment of soft convergence between Internet and Telephony technologies Inteleme aims to utilize context processing, advanced logic systems and social networks to deliver intelligent communications systems it calls 'Multi-modal conversation systems'.
Inteleme also undertakes consultancy on emerging and disruptive technologies for the Internet and telecommunications industry. -
VP of Engineering
Wireless Grids Corporation
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)
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Founder and Consultant
Carbon Imagineering
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
February 2006 — Present (2 years 8 months)
Innovation incubator and consultancy specializing in emerging disruptive innovation in the Internet and Telecommunications industries.
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Technology & Innovation Consultant
France Telecom/Orange
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Internet industry)
January 2002 — December 2006 (5 years)
Reporting to the Director of Technology Research, this role is a key position in France Telecom’s Home division technology think tank, influencing strategy and vision at the highest levels of the organisation. Charged with the tracking, discovery and specification of innovative and disruptive new technologies the role calls a second nature understanding of technology trends and innovations including wider social and legislative impacts.
Steering, consultancy or direct management of product development projects demands a high competency in thought leadership and clear verbal and written communication at all levels of the business and across multidisciplinary teams.
The role also demands the development of self directed innovation projects resulting in the construction of proof-of-concept prototype systems utilising nascent technologies or disruptive technical paradigms. -
Senior Technical Producer
Freeserve
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
July 2000 — January 2002 (1 year 7 months)
Head-hunted into Freeserve to take charge of a team of producers with responsibility for the specification and delivery of the more technical or leftfield of the production department’s projects. Managed and mentored a team of direct reports as well as providing conflict resolution, sanity checking and client consultancy. Directly or indirectly oversaw the development of dozens of projects including Broadband provisioning, auction engine swap out, Internet Kiosk system, iTV as well as browser and communications applications software. Gained a reputation for fire-fighting abilities.
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New Media Consultant and Producer
Blue Door Media
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 1999 — July 2000 (11 months)
Appointed to build and run a multimedia division for the Blue Door design agency and explore new markets. The role also involved consultancy, product development, strategy development, new business pitching and client account management.
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Director of New Media
RDP
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 1997 — September 1999 (2 years 8 months)
This role involved the building from the ground up of a multimedia team comprising programmers, animators, designers and engineers in order to develop a ‘New Media’ services wing for this full service marketing and communication agency.
The role consisted hands on management of multimedia development projects crossing mediums including Internet, CD Rom and video production. Also responsible for technology consultancy, new business, account management and outsourcing management.
Managed a team of direct reports and fluctuating number of project specific contractors. -
Senior Analyst/ Programmer
Point to Point Marketing
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 1996 — February 1997 (11 months)
Appointed to develop database centred systems for Point to Point’s client marketing campaigns. Introduced the company to the potential of Web and multimedia communications development as client services and offered technology consultancy and support around the sale of these new services.
Ian Pringle’s Education
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MSc (Distinction)
MSc (Distinction), Internet Application Development
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