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CV
Summary: co-founder of 4 Internet firms and startup advisor, working in the UK and for 10 years in New York and Silicon Valley. Primary executive roles as Product Manager/Product Designer. Co-inventor of RSS. Expert knowledge of Web 2.0 and social network products and markets, with particular expertise in online publishing and web based Content Management. Trained and qualified as an architect in the UK.
work
2010-present
Chairman Samba, free broadband Mobile Virtual Network Operator
2009-present
Venture Partner, Siderian Ventures
2006-present
Founder Curations, New York. Social Shopping, a social network for design items and smaller retailer shopping .
2004
Co-founder (With Max Levchin, founder Paypal), Entrepreneur in residence, MRL Ventures, San Francisco (Companies spun out include Yelp.com and Slide.com)
1999-2003
Co-founder (With Nick Denton, founder Gawker Media): Moreover.com, San Francisco. News search provider for Yahoo, MSN and corporations. Sold to Verisign.
1997-1998
Co-founder: (with Ian Galbraith) Origins Network. London. Subscription based Genealogy service. Profitable since 2001.
1996-1997
Co-founder: RTA, London (split RTA into two: a design consultancy and web design/development firm). Developed first large scale Intranet in UK, managing staffing for 60 hospitals. Developed Genealogy search engine.
1994-1995
Co-founder: RTA Architects, London. Trade show and event design: Caterpillar, Wolverine, Levis. Winner of design for millennium bridge competition for Oldham, England. Featured in Building Design, Blueprint.
1993-1994
Architect: Fisher Park, London: Stadium concert set design, Pink Floyd, U2, Rolling Stones.
1992
Architect: Valode et Pistre, Paris. Paris Wine Vaults conversion.
1989-90 (1991 part-time)
Architect: Norman Foster and Partners, London: Cranfield Library, Kings Cross Masterplan, Norman Foster Apartment.
teaching:
Visiting Critic: Interactive Telecommunications Program, New York University.
Visiting Critic: University of North London, Undergraduate Architecture Dept.
Visiting Lecturer: University College London, Post Graduate Architecture Dept.
education:
1993
RIBA Chartered Architect.
1990-1992
University College London/Turin Polytechnic, Italy: Architecture Post Graduate Diploma.
1986-1989
University College London: BSc. Architecture.
publications/standards:
Co-author RSS Ping (a method for enabling real-time search accross the web)
Co-author RSS 1.0 (one of the most widely used internet standards)
Co-author Bio, ‘One Line Bio’ (the most widely used standard for simple biographical information, used by Facebook, Twitter, SixApart).
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