Ren Reynolds

Current

• Founder at Virtual Policy Network: www.virtualpolicy.net
• Product Strategy Consultant at EU Virtual World Start-up
• Advisor at MediaBox

• Event co-founder at Digital Interactive Symposium: Edinburgh
• Service Development Consultant at The Cabinet Office / The Club (UK Gov)
• Writer at TerraNova (terranova.blogs.com)
• Consultant: Virtual Product portfolio at Rivers Run Red

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Past

• Consultant: Web Infrastructure at DfES
• Consultant: Virtual World / iDTV / Mobile game propositions at Vulcan Foundry
• Consultant: Managed Broadband products at XChangePoint

• Service Manager at DCSF
• Service Development Manager: IT & Hosting Outsourcing at COI (UK Government)
• Global Head of Strategy: Digital Media, Applications & Mobile, Internet at Cable & Wireless
• Head of Product Development: Internet at Cable & Wireless Europe
• Editor / Writer at Globyte (client: IBM)
• Interactive Services Programme Manager at BSkyB (BIB)
• Consultant: 121 / Relationship Marketing Solutions at Globebyte
• Product Developer / Manager: ASP Services at BT
• Groupware Implementation Consultant at Alderman Ltd
• Founder & eMarketing Consultant at Spider
• Notes Consultant at NFU Mutual
• IT Manager at Welcome Foundation

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Education

• Liverpool Hope University
• Birkbeck, U. of London

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Industry

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Websites

• My Website
• My Blog

Ren Reynolds’s Summary

My professional experience spans: marketing strategies & product road maps, product development (internet, hosting and hosted solutions), writing, product management and hard-core IT.

My particular expertise is in developing products and services around emerging technologies, I do all aspects of development from Imagineering the service, creating the business case, developing specifications, negotiating partnerships, creating processes, launching and on-going management; though I favour the initial stages. I have worked on very high budget global telco projects and with smaller companies.

Increasingly I am working with people in order to make the most out of emerging virtual spaces such as Second Life, There, Habbo etc.

I also write academically about the ethics of technology and commercially about the application of emerging technologies.

Ren Reynolds’s Specialties:

Internet, Product Development, Application Services, Digitial Media, Virtual Worlds, Strategy Development, Service Management, Business Case Development

Ren Reynolds’s Experience

• Founder

  Virtual Policy Network: www.virtualpolicy.net

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Think Tanks industry)

  July 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)

• Product Strategy Consultant

  EU Virtual World Start-up

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)

  June 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)

• Advisor

  MediaBox

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Philanthropy industry)

  February 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  Providing advise on the use of new-media and creative spaces by 13-19yo's

• Event co-founder

  Digital Interactive Symposium: Edinburgh

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)

  January 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)

  I am co-founder of the Digital Interactive Symposium: Edinburgh to be held on Aug 15th 2007 and possibly annually thereafter.

• Service Development Consultant

  The Cabinet Office / The Club (UK Gov)

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)

  January 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)

• Writer

  TerraNova (terranova.blogs.com)

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)

  November 2004 — Present (4 years)

• Consultant: Virtual Product portfolio

  Rivers Run Red

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  June 2004 — Present (4 years 5 months)

• Consultant: Web Infrastructure

  DfES

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)

  October 2002 — January 2005 (2 years 4 months)

• Consultant: Virtual World / iDTV / Mobile game propositions

  Vulcan Foundry

  (Public Company; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)

  August 2004 — September 2004 (2 months)

• Consultant: Managed Broadband products

  XChangePoint

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  June 2004 — July 2004 (2 months)

• Service Manager

  DCSF

  (Internet industry)

  2001 — 2004 (3 years)

• Service Development Manager: IT & Hosting Outsourcing

  COI (UK Government)

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)

  August 2001 — October 2002 (1 year 3 months)

• Global Head of Strategy: Digital Media, Applications & Mobile, Internet

  Cable & Wireless

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

  October 2000 — July 2001 (10 months)

• Head of Product Development: Internet

  Cable & Wireless Europe

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

  April 1999 — November 2000 (1 year 8 months)

• Editor / Writer

  Globyte (client: IBM)

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  January 1998 — August 1999 (1 year 8 months)

• Interactive Services Programme Manager

  BSkyB (BIB)

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

  March 1999 — April 1999 (2 months)

• Consultant: 121 / Relationship Marketing Solutions

  Globebyte

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  January 1999 — March 1999 (3 months)

• Product Developer / Manager: ASP Services

  BT

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

  May 1995 — June 1997 (2 years 2 months)

• Groupware Implementation Consultant

  Alderman Ltd

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  December 1993 — June 1995 (1 year 7 months)

• Founder & eMarketing Consultant

  Spider

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 1994 — May 1995 (1 year 5 months)

• Notes Consultant

  NFU Mutual

  (Internet industry)

  1993 — 1994 (1 year)

• IT Manager

  Welcome Foundation

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

  September 1989 — December 1993 (4 years 4 months)

Ren Reynolds’s Education

• Liverpool Hope University

  Physics, 1986 — 1989

• Birkbeck, U. of London

  Philosophy

  Activities and Societies:

  President of Philosophy Society

Additional Information

Ren Reynolds’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog

Ren Reynolds’s Groups:

•    Women in Games International

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