John Maguire

Current

Director of Products at Silicon & Software Systems
General Manager, Consumer Mobile at Silicon & Software Systems

Past

Technology Officer at Silicon & Software Systems
Projects Manager at Silicon & Software Systems
Senior Software Engineer at Silicon & Software Systems

Software Engineer at Cornel Electronics

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Education

University College Dublin (UCD)
University College Dublin

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Industry

Consumer Electronics

Websites

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John Maguire’s Summary

In my current role I am Director of Products for the TV Technology group which provides consultancy, system integration services, upgrade services and software IP to the digital TV industry for devices targetting broadcast, cable, cellular and telco networks.

Previously, I was the founder and General Manager of our Consumer Mobile business line which provides software IP and professional services to the mobile phone and other portable device markets particularly relating to mobile digital TV.

Prior to this as Technology Officer, I was responsible for management of our technology leadership program which ensures that we have the necessary skills, relationships and IP in place to drive our business forward.

Previously, I held roles as an embedded software engineer, project leader and multi-project manager primarily in the area of digital consumer systems and particularly digital TV.

John Maguire’s Specialties:

• Professionally qualified senior manager with experience of both product development and professional service delivery
• Proven capability in business line General Management, Corporate Venturing, Product Marketing and global Sales and Business development
• Experience to date primarily in Digital TV and Telecommunications markets
• Technical knowledge covering DVB, 3GPP, OMA-BCAST, MBMS, MHP, OCAP, IPTV, PVR, CAS/DRM and DLNA.

John Maguire’s Experience

Director of Products

Silicon & Software Systems

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Semiconductors industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year)

I have responsibility for all aspects of expanding and accelerating the product development activities in our TV Technologies group. This group has been created through the combination of our Consumer Home and Consumer Mobile business lines and targets the delivery of products and services to the Digital TV industry across cable, satellite, terrestrial, mobile and IPTV networks.

Responsibilities
• Product strategy
• Concept/Product specification development
• Patent identification
• Market validation/Business development
• Product marketing
General Manager, Consumer Mobile

Silicon & Software Systems

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

July 2004 — Present (5 years 1 month)

I am responsible for the establishment and running of a new Business Line within the Consumer Systems Business Unit of S3 set-up specifically to target the development of software products as opposed to our traditional professional services business. Our market entry product - onHandTV™ - is a software stack for mobile broadcast digital TV based on the DVB-H standard.

Responsibilities
• Target market and technology selection
• Segmentation, targeting and positioning for the business
• New business plan creation and execution
• P&L general management for the business line
• Development of contractual negotiation positioning
• Sales and business development management
Technology Officer

Silicon & Software Systems

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Semiconductors industry)

January 2000 — June 2004 (4 years 6 months)

My role was to present a comprehensive overview of the technical capabilities of the business unit to prospective customers in the early stages of new project and customer acquisition. I had primary responsibility for developing the technical capability and intellectual property portfolio of the business unit.

Responsibilities
• Management of internal investment project portfolio
• Development of long-term BU strategy
• Business development (particularly strategic new customer relationships)
• Champion for internal design competence development activities
• Management of Technology Leaders in their technology development activities
• Technology co-ordination with other business units
• Representation of S3 at regular DVB standards body meetings
• Development of S3 Product Creation Process
• Development of S3 Technology Management Process
Projects Manager

Silicon & Software Systems

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Semiconductors industry)

1997 — 2000 (3 years)

Multinational project management, line management of software engineering group, sales support, project proposal development
Senior Software Engineer

Silicon & Software Systems

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Semiconductors industry)

1995 — 1997 (2 years)

Consumer electronics software system architecture, embedded software development and test, team leadership
Software Engineer

Cornel Electronics

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

1994 — 1995 (1 year)

Embedded software development for analog phone network modems

John Maguire’s Education

University College Dublin (UCD)

M.Sc.TM , Technology (Innovation) Management , January 1998 — February 2000

Graduated with 1st class honours degree
Theseis title: "Implementation of a Balanced Measurement System (Balanced Scorecard) in a Design Services Company"
University College Dublin

B.Eng , Engineering , 1988 — 1992

Graduated with 1st Class Honours degree.