Richard Proctor

Chief Engineer at Tripleplay Airline Services

Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Current
  • Chief Engineer at Tripleplay Airline Services
Past
  • Senior Consultant at Marconi
  • Vice President at ATM Forum
  • Consultant at GPT
  • Senior Engineer at Plessey
Education
  • University of East Anglia
Connections
81 connections
Industry
Telecommunications
Websites

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:

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


Richard Proctor’s Experience

  • Chief Engineer

    Tripleplay Airline Services

    (Broadcast Media industry)

    February 2009Present (6 months)

    System and software specification, design, implementation, integration and testing.

    Adapting full range of IFE products (VoD, streaming video, AoD, streaming audio, moving maps and a range of seat services) for the aviation market.

  • Consultant

    Waveney Consulting

    (Telecommunications industry)

    February 2003January 2009 (6 years)

    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.

  • Associate

    InterConnect Communications Ltd

    (Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

    May 2008December 2008 (8 months)

    Telecoms consultancy.

    ICC are part of Telcordia

    Numbering, Number Portability, USSD, Broadband Networks

  • Analyst

    Waveney Web Services

    (Internet industry)

    January 2003December 2008 (6 years)

    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 1997October 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 2001June 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 1988June 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 1978June 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 , 19751978


Additional Information

Richard Proctor’s Websites:

Richard Proctor’s Interests:

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

Richard Proctor’s Groups:

Trust group of independent IT consultants,
HTML writers guild,
International webmasters association

  •    Telecom Professionals
  •    Perl Mongers
  •    iptv
  •    ASTRO LINK
  •    GEC Plessey Telecommunications
  •    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

Interested In:

  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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