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  • <b>Colin Calder - CEO</b><br /><br /> Colin has been in the computing industry for 30 years, 20 of which have been spent in the convergence of voice and data. He has participated in many industry forums and during his time as a Director of X/Open he advised the European Commission and UK Parliamentary Affairs Committee on proposed changes to European software legislation. He has provided strategic advice on wireless data to satellite and mobile phone operators and was instrumental in forming an alliance between Microsoft and several of the world’s leading wireless companies. In 1996 he started his own company developing software for the mobile phone industry. After 3 frenetic years in which he grew the company to 63 employees with offices in Europe and USA he sold the company in March 2000 to phone. com (now called Openwave). In September 2008 after 15 months of extensive research (and 8 years of pursuing personal interests which included the designing of his own Passiv home) Colin set up PassivSystems.

    Colin Calder
    CEO

  • <b>Mark Davies - Chief Operating Officer</b><br /><br /> Mark brings to PassivSystems around 25 years management experience in B2B services, including time as MD of Chubb Security & Fire and CEO of Connaught plc. That experience will be invaluable as PassivSystems strives for the very highest quality of services delivery and Mark’s role as Non-Executive Chairman of Climate Energy, one of the UK's leading low carbon and energy efficiency companies, will also allow us to extend our connections even further into the UK energy sector.

    Mark Davies
    Chief Operating Officer

  • <b>Fraser Harding - Development Director</b><br /><br /> Fraser brings over 20 years’ commercial technology consulting and development experience to PassivSystems. Most recently Fraser has held executive positions at a number of young organisations bringing innovative technology solutions to market. Fraser was a founding member of Paragon Software, one of the UK’s most successful technology startups, and was instrumental in building the company to be a world leader in mobile synchronisation.

    Fraser Harding
    Development Director

  • <b>Henry Brown - Chief Financial Officer</b><br /><br /> Henry has 14 years’ experience working in the ‘venture capital’ environment both as an investor and in senior management roles in venture-backed companies including Ikonisys, Inc and Go Commercial Mortgages Ltd. Most recently, Henry was Group CFO of Kelso Partners Limited, a private investment firm and holding company for both established and high-growth financial services and digital media businesses.

    Henry Brown
    Chief Financial Officer

  • <b>Dr Mike Patterson CEnv CEng MEI - R&D Director</b><br /><br /> R&D is at the heart of PassivSystems and as such Mike is the eyes and ears of the company when it comes to taking the learnings from our consultancy projects and the wider industry and applying them to the development of our products. He has a rich history of success in R&D, from his time at British Gas to when he was MD of Digital Living, and Mike’s role at PassivSystems is to provide evidence-based learnings in energy and technology that best harness our business and product IP.

    Dr Mike Patterson
    R&D Director

  • <b>Mike Windsor - Corporate Sales Director</b><br /><br /> Mike has over 30 years’ experience in corporate information, communication and technology sales. In 2004 he established Digital Living with Dr Mike Patterson in order to research and develop home energy technologies. Mike’s experience has proved invaluable in growing relationships with corporate customers – establishing winning business propositions for all parties involved that are built from a clear understanding of what consumers want and need.

    Mike Windsor
    Corporate Sales Director

  • <b>Peter Roberts - Director of Device Engineering </b><br /><br /> Peter is a telecoms industry veteran with 19 years experience working for a variety of sector leading brands including Motorola, Symbian and Nokia. Although an electronic engineer by training, Peter is a system level designer with great team management skills. He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge in designing, building and integrating devices to form complete solutions and is an invaluable part of our team.

    Peter Roberts
    Director of Device Engineering

  • <b>Jeff Ball - Operations Director</b><br /><br /> Jeff has over 20 years of experience working at a senior level in operations and service and joins us from Ventura where he was head of the National Service Centre for Volkswagen. Customer care is at the heart of PassivSystems’ business model, and Jeff’s experience is invaluable in helping us build a company that delivers a service that lives up to our ambition.

    Jeff Ball
    Operations Director

  • <b>Ian Marner - Programme Director</b><br /><br /> As our Programme Director, Ian oversees the successful delivery of all projects within the business (whether an internal release, a consultancy project or customer deployment). An APM (Association of Project Managers) and PRINCE2 qualified consultant with over 12 years project and programme management experience, Ian has worked in the IT industry for over 15 years and has a great deal of experience in programme and project management, software development and customer management. Before joining us, Ian managed projects with companies such as AT&T, Orange, O2 UK, Tibbett and Britten, B&Q and Marks and Spencer, managed major OEM projects with companies such as Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Symbian, IBM, Bloomberg and provided consultancy for companies such as Acision (formally Logica Mobile Networks).

    Ian Marner
    Programme Director

  • <b>Rebekah Brown - Marketing Director</b><br /><br /> Rebekah joins PassivSystems from the creative agency sector, where she was Managing Director of brand and integrated communications business Bite. Brands that champion the individual and champion change are what she likes best, shaped no doubt by her time working on the 1997 Labour Election Campaign, as well as other sector-changing companies such as Volvo, Nokia and Visa. At PassivSystems, we are committed to keeping the consumer at the heart of our product development and our research projects. Rebekah's mandate is to ensure that we know as much as we can about what our customers want and that they, in turn, understand how we can support them.

    Rebekah Brown
    Marketing Director

Colin Calder - CEO

Colin has been in the computing industry for 30 years, 20 of which have been spent in the convergence of voice and data. He has participated in many industry forums and during his time as a Director of X/Open he advised the European Commission and UK Parliamentary Affairs Committee on proposed changes to European software legislation. He has provided strategic advice on wireless data to satellite and mobile phone operators and was instrumental in forming an alliance between Microsoft and several of the world’s leading wireless companies. In 1996 he started his own company developing software for the mobile phone industry. After 3 frenetic years in which he grew the company to 63 employees with offices in Europe and USA he sold the company in March 2000 to phone.com (now called Openwave). In September 2008 after 15 months of extensive research (and 8 years of pursuing personal interests which included the designing of his own Passiv home) Colin set up PassivSystems.
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