Keith Simons

Current

• Consultant at Cardiff University
• Course Tutor in Nanotechnology and Online Learning at University of Oxford
• Owner at KS Associates (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• VP Business Development at Micro Reactor Systems Provider
• Business Development Manager at Crystal Faraday Partnership
• Business Development at Avantium Technologies

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Keith Simons’s Summary

A chemist by training I now work as an innovation consultant or interim executive at VP level for small start-up organisations. I increasingly make use of various Web 2.0 applications for virtual collaborative projects, ranging from project management to business development using web conferencing software tools. I am also heavily involved with the TSB's Technology Programme and EU Framework programmes. I also write and perform techno/commercial evaluation for business plans in search of government or venture capital funding.

Clients past and present include:
European Commision
-Evaluation of EU FP7 Grant Evaluations
Cardiff University, Imperial College, Cambridge University, Vertellus Specialties, Sasol, Ciba Specialties, Scionix, Oxford Catalysts, Tessenderlo Fine Chemicals.
-Project co-ordinator for a £2M project aiming to add value to the glycerol derived from biorefinery biodiesel
European Association of Research and Technology Organisations
-An approved supplier as part of their EU FP7 internal review service.
The University of Oxford
-Nanotechnology Course Tutor
-"Online Tutoring" Course Tutor
Micro Reactor Systems Provider – Cambridge, Massachusetts
Reactarray, Luton, UK
Yorkshire Forward, Leeds
Department for Trade and Industry, UK Government
-Monitoring Officer for six collaborative programmes (£10M) involving the Universities of Birmingham, Oxford, Ulster, Newcastle and London, Imperial College, ICI, Unilever, Procter and Gamble, Tioxide, GSK, Rio Tinto, Imerys, Alfa Laval, Bruker Optics, Cadbury, and Scottish and Newcastle
Insight Faraday
EU Framework-6 TOPCOMBI programme
Chemistry Innovation Network Knowledge Transfer Network, UK
Bioscience for Business Knowledge Transfer Network, UK
Glantreo, Cork, Ireland
PERA International, Leicestershire, UK
DSM, Geleen, The Netherlands
International Science and Technology Centre, Brussels

Keith Simons’s Specialties:

Business and Commercial Development, Sales and Marketing for High Technology Companies active in the Physical Sciences.
Public and private fund raising. Remote Project Management. Coaching on web conferencing for business development