Entrepreneur and Technologist
Oxford, United Kingdom
- Current
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- CTO at We7 Ltd.
- Vice President at Apache
- Board Member at Parthenon Computing Limited
- Board Member at Embrace Mobile Limited
- Past
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- Head of Product Development at DecisionSoft Ltd
- Education
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- Oxford Brookes University
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Gareth Reakes’s Summary
My roots are as a technologist and my passion is for innovative new ventures. I have a proven track record as a team builder and deliverer of complex technical projects. I have built several profitable companies from scratch.
Gareth Reakes’s Specialties:
Early stage technology development, team building
Gareth Reakes’s Experience
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CTO
We7 Ltd.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
May 2005 — Present (3 years 5 months)
We changed the company name from MediaGraft to We7 and have brought on Steve Purham (ex CEO surf control) as CEO. Steve was also an investor in the recent funding round (along with Peter Gabriel, Quester and John Taysom). The company is focused on advertising funding music. The advert is a small piece of audio attached the front of a track. A demo site with a few tracks is at www.we7.com. A major software release will happen in June.
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Vice President
Apache
(Computer Software industry)
March 2005 — Present (3 years 7 months)
I am chair of the Xerces PMC and a member of the XML PMC.
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Board Member
Parthenon Computing Limited
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
December 2003 — Present (4 years 10 months)
Parthenon Computing develop products for investors, entrepeneurs and inventors in the UK and provide pre and post sales consultancy and services to US based companies in the XML and database areas.
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Board Member
Embrace Mobile Limited
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
December 2003 — Present (4 years 10 months)
Embrace mobile has a product in the mobile data collection area which provides a layer of abstraction on top of all mobile devices. The current focus is on Market Reseach where the product provides surveys to mobile devices.
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Head of Product Development
DecisionSoft Ltd
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 1999 — January 2004 (4 years 4 months)
Gareth Reakes’s Education
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Oxford Brookes University
BSc, Computer Science, 1998 — 2000
Additional Information
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Gareth Reakes’s Groups:
Apache XML PMC, Apache Xerces PMC, Apache Xerces
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Music 2.0
Gareth Reakes’s Honors:
Finalist in the Up and Coming Entrepreneur category of the Martin and Audrey Wood Enterprise Awards
Gareth Reakes’s Contact Settings
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