Julian Bourne

Current

• CEO & Founder at Proxpro Inc.

Past

• Global President at Morgan Crucible Co. plc

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Industry

Wireless

Julian Bourne’s Summary

Julian Bourne is CEO and Founder of Proxpro Inc., a company that provides advanced software solutions for the mobile workforce management and location-based services industries. He is the inventor of several award winning mobile solutions including a product called “Prompt” a “push” technology that optimizes navigation and traffic information based on a personal calendar and makes sure people are on time every time (patent pending). Prompt won best mobile app at Andrew Seybold's Innovation Rally (March 2009) and the People's Choice Award, Enterprise Category, at SiRF’s Location 2.0 Summit (September, 2008), and was chosen by top LBS Industry Leaders, for its level of innovation and mass appeal. He is also an inventor of mobile social networking and won the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge (April 2006), best social networking application. He launched the world's first location-based (AGPS) mobile social networking application in the UK provisioned at events attended by 500,000 people (Oct 2004). He has been granted several mobile social networking patents including US #7,310,676, US #7,424,541 and patent pending 12/205,990. Prior to Proxpro, Julian was Global President of the Specialty Division of Morgan Crucible Company plc, manufacturing carbon, graphite and ceramic materials for high tech markets including semiconductor, solar, aero-space, industrial diamond, clean energy and lithium ion battery. He was accountable for plants in USA, Canada, S. Korea, Turkey, South Africa, Australia, India, Hungary, UK and Luxembourg. While traveling frequently for business, he recognized the need for mobile location-based technologies that help executives "connect-the-dots" in their busy lives. In August 2006, Julian received the 40-under-40 “Rising Stars” award in Boston Business Journal’s list honoring 40 Boston professionals under the age of forty.

Julian Bourne’s Specialties:

Mobile Social Networking; GPS; Location based servcies (LBS); Wireless value chain; GPS navigation, traffic; BlackBerry OS; Privacy; J2ME; people search; premium SMS; user interface design; mobile direct marketing; social media; union negotiations; Global P/L experience; Requisite organizations; Management control systems; 6 sigma; Lean manufacturing; Union contract negotiation; R&D management; Acquisition integration; Raising funding; Site closures and building new facilities

Julian Bourne’s Experience

• CEO & Founder

  Proxpro Inc.

  (Wireless industry)

  December 2003 — Present (5 years 8 months)

  Proxpro provides advanced software solutions for the mobile workforce management and location-based services industries. The company’s situation aware products present just-in-time information to empower professionals and mobile teams to make better decisions, reduce costs and improve customer service. The company is headquartered in Weston, Mass.
  
  NEVER BE LATE. Proxpro's award-winning new product Prompt fuses GPS to the BlackBerry® calendar (patent pending). Described as "a service more intelligent and resourceful than anything we've seen before." (Mobile Messaging 2.0 July 2008)
  
  - get “when to leave alerts” aware of real-time traffic
  - see the optimum (fastest) route avoiding congestion
  - confirm on-route you will arrive on-schedule
  - store customized locations
  - check daily commute for accidents and construction

• Global President

  Morgan Crucible Co. plc

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

  October 1998 — November 2003 (5 years 2 months)

  Aggressively turned around and rapidly grew the Specialty Graphite division. Manufacturing locations including USA, Canada, S. Korea, Turkey, South Africa, Australia, India, Hungary, UK and Luxembourg. High tech markets served include: semiconductor, aero-propulsion, super-abrasive, non-ferrous, vacuum furnace, fuel cell, and lithium ion battery

Additional Information

Julian Bourne’s Honors:

1) Winner of Andrew Seybold's Innovation Rally, Best App (March 2009)
2) Winner of Sirf's Location 2.0 award, September 2008 for the most cutting-edge location technologies and novel LBS products that positively enhance the consumers’ daily lives.
3) Winner of NAVTEQ Global Location based Services Challenge, April 2006, (4 winners / 140 entrants)
4) Included in Boston Business Journal's "40-under-40" rising stars honored for their contribution to business and the community, August 2006
5) Mobile social networking patents US #7,310,676, US #7,424,541