Managing Director  Nick has influenced the mobile industry as the CTO of OMTP (Open Mobile Terminal Platform Ltd) and Interim CTO for WAC (Wholesale Application Community Ltd), where he helped shape and deliver over 40+ collaborative technology projects including the Universal Charging Solution. Nick has been at the forefront of the new wave of Web based applications, he created the BONDI initiative, managed the initial WAC Waikiki releases and was integral to the creation of the W3C Device APIs and Policy Working Group. In partnership with Deutsche Telekom, Fraunhofer Insitute and Oxford Universtiy Nick created the webinos project, which brings web application to PC, Mobile, TV and Automotive devices. This project is a collaboration of 22 organisations (including the likes BMW, Sony Ericsson Samsung, Telefonica adn Telecom Italia), has attracted 14 million euros of funding and is likely to change the way we look at the web forever. Nicks primary expertise is the definition and delivery of high technology, disruptive products. He was Strategy Director and CTO for the VC invested fastmobile, later acquired by RIM. Before that Nick was Technical Director for Motorola's European Internet division. Nick has had a number of other executive and consultancy positions with companies as diverse as Shell, Pearson Group, Dorling Kindersley and consequently has a breadth of industry experience encompassing, Mobile and Web, Security, Multimedia and Gaming, Data Warehousing and Data Mining, Manufacturing and Engineering. Nick has a Joint Honours Degree in Computer and Cognitive Science from Nottingham University, and PhD in Artificial Intelligence. Nick is a Fellow of the Institute of Analysts and Programmers, a Member of the British Computer Society, has been published in scientific and mainstream media and is a regular speaker at international conferences on mobile and high technology issues. Marketing Director  Anita Allott is the co-founder of NquriringMinds and
Marketing Director. Anita's specialises in the Marketing of advanced technologies, previously she was Corporate Marketing Manager for Roke Manor Research (Siemens) where she implemented the marketing and communications strategy and Corporate Social Responsibility programme. Before Roke Anita was a Director at Corporata Communications where she ran Marketing projects for a number of high profile clients, including the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Anita
has long standing experience of the financial services sector through her work
with PWC (Price Waterhouse Coopers) and CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants). Anita has a large body of published work including business plan, speeches, government consultation responses, executive reports, magazine and newspaper articles, academic papers. Anita was the winner of a national competition on management writing Anita which granted a full scholarship to attain her Executive MBA from Henley Management College (2005-2008), awarded by the Financial Mail on Sunday . Anita has a BA in economics from Nottingham University. |
The Team |