Norman Lewis

Current

• Director and Founding-Partner at Open-Knowledge UK
• Associate at STL Partners
• Chief Strategy Officer at Wireless Grids Corporation

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Past

• Chairman and Board member at ITU TELECOM Forum Programme Committee
• Director of Technology Research at Orange UK
• Director of Technology Research at Home Division, Wanadoo/France Telecom

• Director of Technology Research, Home Division at France Telecom Group
• Director of Technology Research at WANADOO
• Founding Director at GAP21

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Education

• University of Sussex

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Company
• Web2.0 meets Enterprise2.0
• My Blog

Norman Lewis’s Experience

• Director and Founding-Partner

  Open-Knowledge UK

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

• Associate

  STL Partners

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

  2008 — Present (1 year )

  STL Partners are a consulting, research and events company behind the Telco2.0 initiative (www.stlpartners.com www.telco2.net)

• Chief Strategy Officer

  Wireless Grids Corporation

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

  Develop the vision and strategy that can take this disruptive and revolutionary technology to market

• Chairman and Board member

  ITU TELECOM Forum Programme Committee

  (Telecommunications industry)

  April 2007 — 2009 (2 years )

  This position is as Chairman of the International Telecommunication's Union TELECOM Forum Programme Committee - the committee that organises and oversees the Forum at ITU TELECOM Regional and Global events. This includes joining the TELECOM Board of Directors.

• Director of Technology Research

  Orange UK

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

  March 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 4 months)

  Identify future disruptions from both a technological and customer perspective in order to anticipate new areas for innovation.

• Director of Technology Research

  Home Division, Wanadoo/France Telecom

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

  July 2003 — May 2006 (2 years 11 months)

• Director of Technology Research, Home Division

  France Telecom Group

  (Internet industry)

  2003 — 2005 (2 years )

• Director of Technology Research

  WANADOO

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  2002 — 2004 (2 years )

• Founding Director

  GAP21

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Think Tanks industry)

  February 1998 — August 2001 (3 years 7 months)

  Globalisation and Power in the 21st Century (GAP21) was a not-for-profit organisation set up in 1999 which aimed to bring Industry, Government, Academia, Policy makers and civil society together to debate the social impact of Information and Communications Technologies on 21st Century society. Our launch event took place at Oxford University and consisted of a global debate on the Digital Divide. This included live links to Yale University, the ITU in Geneva and the World Intellectual Property Organisation.

Norman Lewis’s Education

• University of Sussex

  DPhil , International Relations , 1994 — 1998

Additional Information

Norman Lewis’s Websites:

• My Company
• Web2.0 meets Enterprise2.0
• My Blog

Norman Lewis’s Interests:

Innovation, Disruptive business models, Big Ideas, digital technologies, China and Asian development, medical science, politics, risk culture, fine art, opera, film, most sports (particularly football and rugby), humour.

Norman Lewis’s Groups:

•    Innovation People Expert Innovators Creative Network
•    Asian Innovator
•    Innovative New Product & Service Innovators & Inventors
•    Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
•    Cloud Computing
•    Innovative Leadership & Change Management Expert Innovators Network
•    Technology & Mobility Innovation Expert Network
•    VirtualWorlds
•    Social Network Analysis in Practice
•    The Research and Development Society
•    The Global Crowdsourcing Network
•    Continuous Innovation
•    The Blog Zone - A community for serious bloggers
•    RSA Glory of Failure
•    Spectrum Executive Breakfast Seminar Group
•    Enterprise 2.0 SUMMIT
•    Telco 2.0 Initiative
•    Elevenfifteen
•    Cloud Communications, CEBP, VoiceAPIs and OTT Applications

Norman Lewis’s Honors:

John Burton Award for Best Dissertation for my Master's Thesis on 'Alfred Cobben and national self-determination' in International Relations at the University of Kent at Canterbury, 1994.

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