Richard Proctor

Current

• Associate at InterConnect Communications Ltd
• Consultant at Waveney Consulting (Self-employed)
• Analyst at Waveney Web Services (Self-employed)

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Past

• Senior Consultant at Marconi
• Vice President at ATM Forum
• Consultant at GPT

• Senior Engineer at Plessey

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Education

• University of East Anglia

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Connections

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Industry

Telecommunications

Websites

• Waveney Consulting
• Waveney Web Services

Richard Proctor’s Summary

I am an Independent Specialist with interests in Telecoms, Video Systems and the Internet.

My key telecoms skills apply to Voice and Data Networks, Broadband, ATM, Switching and Access, where I can use my extensive experience in, software, mathematical modeling, research, system design, problem solving, and strategic thinking.

My internet skill sets cover advice, analysis, development, hosting and management of websites and internet based services.

I enjoy applying my skills and knowledge to anything demanding, complex and challenging.

Richard Proctor’s Specialties:

ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode), Switching, IPTV, Telecoms Networks, Network Resilience

Richard Proctor’s Experience

• Associate

  InterConnect Communications Ltd

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  June 2008 — Present (4 months)

  Telecoms consultancy.
  
  ICC are part of Telcordia

• Consultant

  Waveney Consulting (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Telecommunications industry)

  February 2003 — Present (5 years 8 months)

  Telecoms, Video and internet consultant. Network and system design.
  
  Developed a Network Resilience Audit service.
  
  Specified and commissioned an IPTV based system to provide long term hospital patients with an interesting view, with a large virtual window.
  
  Provided expert knowledge to a patent dispute.

• Analyst

  Waveney Web Services (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  January 2003 — Present (5 years 9 months)

  Provide a range of bespoke web services for small businesses, charities, organisations and individuals. Web sites, Ecommerce and other services provided as required. I will do as much or as little as you want.

• Senior Consultant

  Marconi

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

  June 1997 — October 2002 (5 years 5 months)

  Broadband standards, ATM forum Vice President, System and Network design, many "special projects", local access research, telephony network analysis, home networks.

• Vice President

  ATM Forum

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  July 2001 — June 2002 (1 year)

  Tried to refocus forum from developing further standards to industry wide promotion of the technology. Also was Web Czar getting the web site into a tool that helped the industry and the forum.

• Consultant

  GPT

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

  June 1988 — June 1997 (9 years 1 month)

  Co-ordinated Broadband research, organized standards representation, ATM switch design, switch and network simulation.

• Senior Engineer

  Plessey

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

  September 1978 — June 1988 (9 years 10 months)

  System X engineer, Fault finding Guru, Subsystem design, system design, developer of test programs, reliability studies, research, local networks, switching

Richard Proctor’s Education

• University of East Anglia

  BSc, Computer Science, 1975 — 1978

Additional Information

Richard Proctor’s Websites:

• Waveney Consulting
• Waveney Web Services

Richard Proctor’s Interests:

Leader of the Sunday conservation work parties on Brownsea Island. Board Games, Wildlife, Bird Watching, Recreational Maths, Walking, Role playing Games, Gardening, DIY, Science, Nature, History, Maths, Travel, Puzzles, Technology

Richard Proctor’s Groups:

Discovery Consultancy Association of independent Telecoms consultants,
Trust group of independent IT consultants,
HTML writers guild,
International webmasters association

•    iptv
•    Telecom Solution Architects
•    University of East Anglia (UEA) Alumni

Richard Proctor’s Honors:

35+ Patents - Switch Design, Optics, Fault Detection, Network Design, Protocols, ATM, ADSL

Richard Proctor’s Contact Settings

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