Nov 2025 – Present · 4 mos · Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area · Hybrid

• Fractal shares my desire to reduce AI energy and compute for the betterment of people and planet
• Perhaps tech's best kept secret Fractal based in Austin was founded in 1985 and has developed a core enterprise application ecosystem that keeps things sovereign and out of the cloud. Fractal is allowing your competitors to build applications quicker, run 1,000X faster, and at 1/10th the cost.
• What you get in the box?
• Assured data sovereignty/privacy
• Predictable and contained costs for regression and machine learning
• Unlimited AI scaling to production
• Immaterial compute resources and electricity
• Easy addition of data resources to Fractal models at low cost
• Would you be open to a call to discuss this further?

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid

• We are bringing Reesource R&D Ltd out of stealth mode to tackle one of the world's most pressing challenges: sustainable resource management. As a Founder and investor, I am proud to co-lead a company that is pioneering the bioleaching of rare earth metals. Our patented technology, fortified by powerful strategic partnerships, is not just an innovation—it's the key to a true circular economy and a new era for responsible recycling.

Aug 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 7 mos · Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid

• ReCognition Circular CIC Circular works to tackle digital exclusion and eWaste by refurbishing donated electronics within a circular economy model. But there is more value to be unlocked from ending take, make, break and waste.
• If we are to level up and have social justice we must end the waste of untapped talent we have in Britain. ReCognition Circular CIC Circular will do this by providing IT training to young people as well as making Birmingham and the wider West Midland's community more digitally inclusive. This will directly contribute to social justice by equipping underprivileged youth with the resources and skills they need to enter the digital world.

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

• #SowStudySustain
• Lincolnshire based Ecolearn is a registered Community Interest Company. We create circular economy based outdoor growing spaces and community areas to facilitate a net zero based appreciation and utilization of our Natural Environment.
• We stand for improving Health, Wellbeing, and Local People’s Engagement, as together we learn to improve our local communities. No one is left behind as all abilities and age groups share varied knowledge to ensure best practice within healthy social enterprises.
• Food is energy, so our circular economy growing hubs and vertical microfarms aim to help local communities to overcome the energy and food food crises in a truly sustainable way, together for the benefit of the wider community.
• We believe in empowering communities in an open and transparent way, based on sharing best practice and knowledge. Together we can contrive to not only survive but thrive.

Jan 1993 – Present · 33 yrs 2 mos

• Headed up Global Partnerships and Business development for @smartR AI with 4 first movers.
• #SCOTi® AI , our generative AI engine, is a type of large language model (LLM) neural network
• #alertR – behavioural intelligence-based alerting system providing support and assistance to vulnerable individuals.
• video https://vimeo.com/779333634
• #smartRwatch - an unrivalled view into the physiological data of a watch user
• #SERLE - intelligence-based automation engine (ROS, BPM, AI)
• A few takes/highlights
• The firestarter behind three Tech IPOs before I was 30.
• Oxfordshire tech start-up 0-18m year one
• Funded, developed and sold the world’s first MP4 player when Apple were at the shuffle stage of the MP3 market.
• IT commodity broker UK US & EMEA ICs, CPUs & GPUs - annual 9 figure sales (US$) per annum for half a decade.
• Achieved consultancy revenue of £400k year one which grew to £12.5M turnover (6 employees) within 9 years.
• Co-founder & pioneer biometric security/access control project with Bergdata AG. The chip was gobbled up by ATMEL costing deals with Visa and Securicor (now G4S) on both access control and a secure payment solution branded ‘Fingermouse’
• Promoted Versaki300 at the Alexander Palace (sold broadcasting rights to Star TV).
• Devised a digital pet that sold 2m units, the Dancing Gorillas & inflatable trophies

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos · Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

• JB UAS was created as a business brand of JBPRM Ltd in mid 2020. The purpose of this new venture was to support SPH Engineering (UgCS) in making commercial drone users aware of their new drone-based sensor technology. This relationship started with coverage just for the UK and Ireland, though we are now able to export globally.

Oct 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 5 mos · Gainsborough, England, United Kingdom

• After a decade of working under the Paragon Certification Group banner, Global Quality Assurance broke away to develop and fund #ISOFlowandGo. This will see a platform created to utilise both an Artificial Intelligence and Emotional intelligence based machine learning system to deliver continual improvement for Quality, Environmental, Health and Data Security standards based on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
• The project team included ISO expertise dating back to BS5750 days and a ‘tech’ resource that has driven 3 IPOs and more than a dozen exits in Tech Product, Service, infrastructure and Tech-enabled solutions. The project saw the formation of GQA Online in 2021.

Feb 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 1 mo · Lincolnshire

• JBPRM Industrial Marketing specialise in a unique value proposition. Only we offer C-level led, hands-on, boots on the ground solutions. This fully integrated (market analysis to business development) approach opens doors in the Process, Power and Energy , Renewables, Water, Tech and circular economics markets.
• JBPRM also operates under the trade name JBUAS. JBUAS is the official reseller agent for SPH Engineering. JBUAS Supplies the UgCS range of Industrial drone-based solutions, Workswell thermal solutions and Sensys magnetometry. For more information please see our website at www.jbprm.co.uk,

Jan 2015 – Present · 11 yrs 2 mos

• Not-for-profit feed not greed Lincolnshire Outdoor Learning is a registered Social Enterprise. We therefore construct circular economy micro farms. Our vertical growing hubs also offer off grid solar, wind and hybrid energy to ensure net zero sustainable open pollination seeding at the heart of communities. In schools our outdoor learning environments have delivered curriculum based activities at a fraction of the cost of other providers who cannot combine these services.
• Together we can repair or create and use Outdoor Learning Spaces in order to facilitate a greater appreciation of the Natural Environment. We have been working with schools and communities throughout Lincolnshire putting partnership at the heart of everything we do. Visit both of our sites here - .
• http://www.lincolnshireoutdoorlearning.co.uk/
• https://www.ecolearn.co.uk/

Nov 1991 – Sep 1993 · 1 yr 10 mos · Oxfordshire

• Built a distribution company from scratch and with just 50k Venture capital became Oxfordshire's most successful start-up. The vision was to create a one-stop shop for PC assemblers. We achieved 25% penetration of PC assemblers year one (conceived and developed the virtual cache 486-motherboard and took the I/O and video market by storm leading to the one-stop-shop distributor that caught the eye of Intel, Digital Research and Microsoft. Personally hired and trained an enviable sales force, built credit lines with Schroders (MMD with Intel & SGS support) Electron House PLC chairman (Bytech with Intel and Microsoft support) and ASK Technology who expanded as a manufacturer tenfold in 18 months. Devised and successfully introduced several new products and solutions (and therefore brands) to the UK IT trade. Turnover of £18 million year one with a staff of 36 (GP of £1.8M) This was despite 1.1m exchange rate losses due to ERM withdrawal (the Forex cover fell fell through and DK'd us) with expansion to two new premises during this time due to phenomenal growth that exceeded expectations. Oxfordshire's biggest start up of the year was recognised by both Oxford Round table and Oxford Brookes University (offered an Hon BSC in Economics for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise)

Jan 1989 – Jan 1991 · 2 yrs · Tolworth Tower

• Given the remit to save the key Seagate franchise. We not only survived then thrived before paving the way to IPO. I would also turn around a company for the late and great Peter Ibbotson (Carlton TV)

Aug 1986 – Jul 1988 · 1 yr 11 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

• Founder Eitan Barzilay called me the best salesman he had ever met and his best gut reaction decision. As a 20-year-old he gave me the chance to implement my 'solutions in volume (collaborative box shifting via multi-channel distribution ) sales approach that took Cal-Abco (Packard Bell) from a 6 seat start up to an unprecedented level of market penetration that funded a move to the vast Racal building in Ruislip – all bought and paid for in cash, through a combination of US start up VC and organic growth (inspiration and perspiration in equal measure). Very much a sales foot soldier becoming top hard drive salesman in UK - Seagate and MiniScribe (Maxtor) hard drives. PC market penetration was enviable in a developing market - enjoyed a 10% market share paving way for UK brand creation and awareness of Packard Bell Computers. Peripheral channel turnover, within a new and emerging IT market, increased from £250k to 1.5 million per month, of which 600k under my personal control (this excludes House Account and PC Sales that were passed to SD /MD post close for on-going processes - I did close and continue to develop Kent County Council, Manchester Poly Conde Nast . Top salesperson on both PCs and Hard drives, ensuring company became the largest hard drive distributor and premier IBM compatible PC brand within the UK marketplace. Key note speeches at CeBit & Comdex (now CES) where Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Andrew Grove all complemented my vision in one to ones.