CTO @ Rozmic
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Advisory Board Member at Codeworks Connect
- Technology Director at Rozmic Wireless Ltd
- Past
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- Owner at Cyber Sentry Ltd
- Developer at Netcleanse
- Lead Developer -- Net2580 at Cyber Sentry Ltd
- Managing Director at Professional Web Limited
- Technical Director at Georges Street Technology Ltd
- Education
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- Dublin City University
- St Michaels College
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Ross Cooney’s Summary
Ross Cooney is the Managing Director and was one of the founding members of Rozmic Wireless, the developers of the emailcloud email spam protection service.
Ross has been at the forefront of spam and virus research for more than a decade. Working in partnership with some of the industry greats such as Trend Micro, Command Antivirus, Sophos and Beginfinite.
Ross has particular expertise in Linux software development and Cloud Computing. He runs the Gateshead & Newcastle-upon-Tyne Amazon Web Service user group and helps to manage the SuperMondays events every month in Newcastle University.
Ross is also a member of the Advisory Board of Codeworks Connect, the trade association for digital businesses in the North East of England. Codeworks Connect has around 300 trade members in the IT secotr: http://www.josephswan.org.uk
Ross also acts as a Community Governor of Joseph Swan School in Low Fell, Gateshead. The school has around 1300 students aged 11-18. http://www.josephswan.org.uk
Ross writes a blog on the IT, Cloud Computing and email market called Spouting Shite: http://www.spoutingshite.com
In the past he has been nominated by the Irish Internet Association for a Net Visionary Award in the Internet Entrepreneur category and listed as a business “role model” by the Discover Your Potential campaign in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and an entrepreneur in the IfWeCanYouCan.co.uk campaign. More recently emailcloud has been nominated for an award in the North East Business Awards.
Ross Cooney’s Specialties:
Ross builds technical solutions using the best open source and commercial Internet infrastructure products available.
Ross Cooney’s Experience
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Advisory Board Member
Codeworks Connect
(Computer Software industry)
October 2008 — Present (10 months)
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Technology Director
Rozmic Wireless Ltd
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)
April 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)
Rozmic develops hardware and software appliances for the spam, virus and instant messaging sectors.
The Rozmic products are:
* Rozmic Messenger: our entry level service for small businesses. Rozmic Messenger is an easy-to-use IM application for PC's and Windows Mobile phones that allows effective intra-office communication.
* Rozmic IM Firewall : an integrated hardware and software solution which provides everything needed to control and manage IM traffic for businesses of all sizes.
* Rozmic Spam and Virus Firewall : a fully managed email service to protect your network from spam and virus threats.
The Rozmic appliances are installed at the gateway level on your network to provide secure, dedicated and fully managed services. -
Owner
Cyber Sentry Ltd
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1999 — January 2006 (7 years 1 month)
Cyber Sentry Ltd is a holding company that is used to invest in other technology companies. Current investments include an online backup company and ISP located in Ireland and a VoIP technology firm in Newcastle (UK). The company is also exploring the possability of further investments.
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Developer
Netcleanse
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2003 — January 2005 (2 years 1 month)
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Lead Developer -- Net2580
Cyber Sentry Ltd
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 8 months)
Lead developer of the Net2580 and Cleanstream products. This product was used by about 35 companies with over 150,000 users.
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Managing Director
Professional Web Limited
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
January 1998 — February 2000 (2 years 2 months)
Pro-Web was one of Irelands first "Virtual Internet Service Providers". In 1999 the company employed three staff and had hundreds of Irish companies signed up. In 2000 the company was sold to a trade partner.
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Technical Director
Georges Street Technology Ltd
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1999 — December 1999 (1 year)
Lead developer of the companies stock market analysis, trading and banking software.
Ross Cooney’s Education
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Dublin City University
Applied Physics , 1995 — 1998
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St Michaels College
1982 — 1995
Additional Information
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Ross Cooney’s Interests:
Cloud Computing, Snow boarding and Rugby.
Ross Cooney’s Honors:
Rozmic were listed in the 2009 “RED HERRING EUROPE 100″ list and emailcloud was the winner of the ‘Best Online Security Solution’ at the NE Digital Awards 2009.
Ross Cooney’s Contact Settings
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