Patrick Andrews

Current

• Business Development at University of Strathclyde
• Owner at break-step productions ltd

Education

• Cambridge

Recommended

1 person has recommended Patrick

Connections

47 connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Website

Patrick Andrews’s Summary

I've worked in management consultancies and high-tech startups as well as Academe. I'm currently working on Business Development at the University of Strathclyde as well as being interested in contract/consulting opportunities in Scotland.

I tend to be asked to undertake commercial brainstorming work, in support of Clients with a pressing need to innovate http://iotd.patrickandrews.com .

break-step productions ltd, Stirling and Cambridge (www.break-step.com)
As Director of this technology commercialisation company, I'm currently working on the development of a software tool which enables machines to locate and identify words within real visual scenes (see www.scenereader.com)

Patrick Andrews’s Specialties:

My current roles involve applying my knowledge of research commercialisation, grant funding applications, licensing, patenting, technology marketing, machine vision and project management. I have also recently been appointed Business Strategist to Icodeon Software and a member of the Institute of Directors.

Patrick Andrews’s Experience

• Business Development

  University of Strathclyde

  (Education Management industry)

  June 2007 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  I'm responsible for Research Business Development across all nine Departments of the Engineering Faculty. I've recently been directly involved in writing grant applications valued at >£18M.

• Owner

  break-step productions ltd

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  August 2001 — Present (7 years 1 month)

Patrick Andrews’s Education

• Cambridge

  1997- 99 St John's College, Cambridge University (M.Sc. in Machine Vision) I won a Kenneth Craik Research Award from St John's to help fund this work
  
  1982-85 Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh (Ph.D. in Engineering)
  
  1979-82 Imperial College, London (B.Sc. (Eng.) Engineering, 2nd Class Honours, A.C.G.I.) I was offered a place at The Royal College of Art to study for the newly-created Master of Industrial Design degree -and failed to take this opportunity
  
  1972-79 Regent House School, Newtownards, Co.Down (Head Boy, 4 A-Levels, 9 O-Levels)

Additional Information

Patrick Andrews’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Website

Patrick Andrews’s Interests:

I'm particularly interested in : finding customers for our shape recognition software -see www.scenereader.com, helping lone inventors and academics make money -see http://bootstrap.break-step.com, undertaking professional brainstorms for companies that are running out of ideas.

Patrick Andrews’s Groups:

IET

•    London Watt Club
•    University of Cambridge

Patrick Andrews’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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