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Leadership Team.

  • <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>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 - Business Development Director</b><br /><br /> Mike is an energy technologist at heart and his time in academia and commerce reflects this. Mike was the Managing Director of Digital Living, which was acquired by Passiv in July 2009. Digital Living had visions of how to achieve carbon savings in homes through innovation downstream of a UK smart grid and had dreams of how to achieve this. Through Passiv, those dreams are becoming a reality.

    Dr Mike Patterson
    CEnv CEng MEI
    Business Development 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>Tim Day - Channel Sales Direct or</b><br /><br /> Tim joins us from the highly-regarded security systems business Visonic UK Ltd. During his time at Visonic, Tim delivered 3 years of record-breaking results for both the business and the partners that he brought on board. Tim's focus at PassivSystems is on developing strong supportive partnerships rather than simple sales channels; his understanding of the installer and developer market has helped us to tailor our products and services to create new revenue streams and customer relationship opportunities for the businesses we work with.

    Tim Day
    Channel Sales Director

  • <b>Simon Lewis - Director, Product Strategy</b><br /><br /> An electronic engineer by training, and a software engineer by background, Simon spent formative years in the corporate research labs of BT and HP. More recently, he’s been a founder of several technology start-ups in Bristol and Cambridge. Frustrated and embarrassed by the technology industry’s inability to create products designed for ordinary humans, Simon has tried to atone for those sins by understanding human behaviours and motivations, and delivering products built around them. In his spare time he provides telephone support to family members who bought products from companies that didn’t share that ambition.

    Simon Lewis
    Director, Product Strategy

  • <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, SonyEricsson, 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

Our Story.

PassivSystems was established in 2008 to develop leading-edge smart-home technology for the mass market. With a team of successful entrepreneurs, technologists, designers, marketing experts and others from the communications and energy industries, we aim to establish a profitable enterprise delivering effective solutions to some of today's most pressing global problems.

Starting with energy, and continuing with security, assisted-living and other lifestyle services, we're creating simple, human-centred products that help people live better, save money, and look after each other.

We’ve also been building rich partnerships with others. We're working with world-class manufacturers to integrate our offerings. We’re working with energy companies to meet their legal and strategic goals today and exploring new futures and business models for tomorrow. And for distributors and installers of domestic systems, we offer a new and attractive line of business.

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.

Shaping tomorrow.

PassivSystems has a reputation in the industry for leading-edge robust research projects around the possibilities for smart homes in real environments. This work is important because it makes sure we keep learning and that the products and solutions we then develop reflect the best thinking.

Our clients include leading utility companies, research organisations, manufacturers and universities. Our research joins the dots between what is technically possible in homes and how human behaviour affects solutions. From the definition of smart grid elements and scenario creation to consumer research, data analysis and impact assessment around energy consumption and assisted living, we’ve got it covered.

Latest news

29.04.2010 - PassivSystems wins SEHTA grant to develop groundbreaking remote healthcare technology New sensors’ ability to detect a heartbeat will revolutionise telecare.

Consultancy enquiries

Dr Mike Patterson CEnv CEng MEI
Business Development Director
E: Mike.patterson@passivsystems.com
M: +44 (0)7831 849892

Shaping tomorrow.

PassivSystems has a reputation in the industry for leading-edge robust research projects around the possibilities for smart homes in real environments. This work is important because it makes sure we keep learning and that the products and solutions we then develop reflect the best thinking.

Our clients include leading utility companies, research organisations, manufacturers and universities. Our research joins the dots between what is technically possible in homes and how human behaviour affects solutions. From the definition of smart grid elements and scenario creation to consumer research, data analysis and impact assessment around energy consumption and assisted living, we’ve got it covered.

Latest news

29.04.2010 - PassivSystems wins SEHTA grant to develop groundbreaking remote healthcare technology New sensors’ ability to detect a heartbeat will revolutionise telecare.

Consultancy enquiries

Dr Mike Patterson CEnv CEng MEI
Business Development Director
E: Mike.patterson@passivsystems.com
M: +44 (0)7831 849892

Shaping tomorrow.

PassivSystems has a reputation in the industry for leading-edge robust research projects around the possibilities for smart homes in real environments. This work is important because it makes sure we keep learning and that the products and solutions we then develop reflect the best thinking.

Our clients include leading utility companies, research organisations, manufacturers and universities. Our research joins the dots between what is technically possible in homes and how human behaviour affects solutions. From the definition of smart grid elements and scenario creation to consumer research, data analysis and impact assessment around energy consumption and assisted living, we’ve got it covered.

Latest news

29.04.2010 - PassivSystems wins SEHTA grant to develop groundbreaking remote healthcare technology New sensors’ ability to detect a heartbeat will revolutionise telecare.

Consultancy enquiries

Dr Mike Patterson CEnv CEng MEI
Business Development Director
E: Mike.patterson@passivsystems.com
M: +44 (0)7831 849892

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Newbury Business Park
Berkshire RG14 2PZ
United Kingdom

Call us on: +44 (0) 845 271 3535
Fax us on: +44 0 8082 800 490
or email us on: info@passivsystems.com
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