
Principal at KnowWhere Consulting Ltd
London, United Kingdom

Principal at KnowWhere Consulting Ltd
London, United Kingdom
A business builder with a wide range of management experience in the Geographic Information and Location Intelligence sectors.
Joined GDC in 1998 as General Manager and steered the company through a period of ownership by whereonearth.com during which time I also ran the Professional Services team. In 2002 I led an MBO of the GDC business from whereonearth just prior to that company being acquired by Yahoo.
GDC grew by over 20% p.a for the next 4 years and was recognised as a market leader in the provision of web based GIS to Local Government. The company was acquired by MapInfo in 2007.
I am now looking for an opportunity to use my IT business building skills and experience of grooming a company for sale to help a creative company grow and achieve it's exit aspirations.
e-government
Public sector
Proposition development
Marketing and positioning
Mergers and acquisition
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
I am currently consulting for Exor Corporation on Product Strategy and Marketing and for Ordnance Survey as their GeoVation Champion.
I am always looking for interesting opportunities in the technology world either as a strategic player, a mentor or an investor
(Public Company; PBI; Computer Software industry)
November 2007 — July 2008 (9 months)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2007 — November 2007 (10 months)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2002 — 2007 (5 years )
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2002 — 2007 (5 years )
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1999 — August 2002 (3 years 8 months)
Ran the GDC GI software and services division and the Professional Services team at WOE.
Clients included:
Hutchison
Yahoo
Royal & Sun Alliance
General Reinsurance
Lastminute.com
British Tourist Authority
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1978 — 1984 (6 years )
1969 — 1972
Association for Geographic Information
AGI Directors Award 2007