London, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Chair of the global Board at Mobile Entertainment Forum
- Executive Chairman at mBlox Inc.
- Past
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- Board Member at PhonepayPlus (formerly ICSTIS)
- Board Member at Mobile Entertainment Forum
- CEO at mBlox Limited
- Sales & Marketing Director at Connect Communications Group
- Group Marketing Director at Azlan Group Plc
- Head of Mobile at Olivetti SpA
- Project Leader at PA Technology
- Richard Casement Intern at The Economist
- Student Engineer at UK Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Laboratory
- Education
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- University of Cambridge
- University College School
- Connections
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Andrew Bud’s Experience
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Chair of the global Board
Mobile Entertainment Forum
(Non-Profit; Wireless industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
The MEF is the global trade association of the mobile media industry, focusing on providing insight, industry-changing projects and regulatory representation. Regional chairs are in Los Angeles, London and Mumbai, with Executive staff based in London.
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Executive Chairman
mBlox Inc.
(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)
June 2003 — Present (6 years 2 months)
mBlox is the largest provider of mobile content transmission and billing services in the world. It serves the mobile entertainment, marketing, CRM and enterprise industries, providing an ultra-reliable infrastructure for application-to-person communications throughout Europe and the United States. Now based in Sunnyvale, California, it is funded by several of the best-know Silicon Valley VCs. In 2008 it processed 2.5 billion transactions, worth $500m.
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Board Member
PhonepayPlus (formerly ICSTIS)
(Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
June 2005 — September 2008 (3 years 4 months)
Phonepay Plus (formerly known as ICSTIS) is the OFCOM-delegated independent regulator for the UK premium-billed telecomms content industry. It has the power to set rules and to enforce them by means of sanctions.
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Board Member
Mobile Entertainment Forum
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Wireless industry)
January 2001 — June 2008 (7 years 6 months)
The global trade association of the mobile content and applications industry, with offices in London, Los Angeles and Hong Kong.
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CEO
mBlox Limited
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
December 1999 — June 2003 (3 years 7 months)
Founder and CEO from start-up, raising VC funding of £1.1m and organic growth to a profitable, £5m/year European company employing 35 people. Merged with a US company to create mBlox Inc.
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Sales & Marketing Director
Connect Communications Group
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
June 1998 — December 1999 (1 year 7 months)
Europe's leading provider of managed network services for overlay networks of voice messaging systems in the large enterprises.
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Group Marketing Director
Azlan Group Plc
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Networking industry)
September 1996 — December 1997 (1 year 4 months)
Europe's largest value-added distributor of internet hardware from the manufacturers to the system integrator industry. Underwent major downsizing in 1997.
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Head of Mobile
Olivetti SpA
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 1988 — August 1996 (8 years 6 months)
Based in Ivrea, Italy
Technical Head, Omnitel Pronto-Italia founding team (1994) - now Vodafone Italia
Founder, Wireless LAN business Unit - launched world's first DECT products, including Net3 marketed from 1993
Chair of European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) RES-3N and D committees 1988-96 -
Project Leader
PA Technology
(Partnership; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 1982 — March 1988 (5 years 6 months)
Consultancy and management of projects up to £2m in the areas of wireless telecommunications, industrial automation and semiconductor design.
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Richard Casement Intern
The Economist
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
June 1982 — September 1982 (4 months)
Mentored by the late Richard Casement, founder of the science and technology section of the magazine, to make the topics accessible to the busy businessman. Sadly Richard died that same summer.
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Student Engineer
UK Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Laboratory
(Oil & Energy industry)
January 1979 — June 1982 (3 years 6 months)
Culham Laboratory, the UK's nuclear fusion research lab, and the UKAEA's thorough training programme on nuclear power technology, together with sponsorship through Cambridge. Project work for Culham and for a sister laboratory at MIT.
Andrew Bud’s Education
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University of Cambridge
MA , Engineering , 1979 — 1982
Open Scholarship to Christ's College.
Double First in Part 1 and Part 2 Tripos- Activities and Societies:
- Co-founded and edited Energy Matters magazine, an industry-funded publication focusing on policy and technology issues arising from the energy crises of that period.
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University College School
1968 — 1978
Additional Information
Andrew Bud’s Websites:
Andrew Bud’s Groups:
FIET (Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology)
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Olivetti Alumni -
MEF - Mobile Entertainment Forum -
PA Consulting Group Alumni -
mBlox
