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Internship @ IBM United Kingdom Ltd From July 1990 to September 1993 (3 years 3 months) Havant, UKSoftware Engineer @ Wayfarer Transit Systems From September 1993 to January 1994 (5 months) Poole, UKBusiness Manager @ UbiNetics Created VPT business by winning and delivering to lead customer (Samsung), acquiring requisite legacy 2G IP, funded through equity placement of $4.5m, from Parthus; developed scalable business platform through partnership with National Semiconductor From April 2001 to March 2003 (2 years) Cambridge, United KingdomSection Manager @ UbiNetics Grew DSP/software team from three to 50 engineers; directed development pioneering 3G test mobile and managed engagements with inter alia Ericsson, Siemens, Lucent, Nortel, LG. From January 1999 to March 2001 (2 years 3 months) Cambridge, United KingdomConsultant @ PA Consulting Analyzed, developed and co-authored strategic recommendation that profoundly changed the UMTS specification; consulted for blue chip-clients and led several highly technical DSP assignments From March 1997 to December 1999 (2 years 10 months) Cambridge, United KingdomVice President Investor Relations (& Corporate Development) @ CSR In 2011 the CEO asked me to create strategic options for CSR and manage Investor Relations, from the Silicon Valley office; I defined strategic transformation to grow outside mobile handset; fostered & led mobile handset operations sale to Samsung for $310m; later fostered & led sale of CSR to Qualcomm for $2.5B; CSR share price went from 160p to 900p.Strategic Transformation: Engaging with shareholders, pre-empting market trends and understanding CSR core capabilities affected strategic transformation to divest CSR’s handset operations and focus capital on areas of favorable growth/competitive dynamics; drove core revenue/EPS; positioned CSR well to explore mergers and ultimately a sale. Handset Divestiture: Developed, drove and successfully closed handset sale to Samsung; transaction delivered $310m cash and increased market cap 30% upon announcement; the complex and novel terms provided CSR with forward capture of key technology developed by Samsung and favorably foresaw eventual CSR change of control. Sale of CSR to Qualcomm for $2.5B: Built trusted relationships with multiple potential buyers, typically at C-level; led a highly parallel process culminating in announced deal at 57% premium to undisturbed price.Investor Relations: Working with CEO, CFO and board, successfully messaged the corporate transformation. Technology Leadership: Working with VP Technology, prioritized leakage vs gate density creating leadership in 40nm RF Ultra Low Power process which became foundation of CSR’s products and value driver during company sale. From October 2011 to August 2015 (3 years 11 months) San Francisco Bay AreaVice President Partnerships and Corporate Development @ CSR Built the team and M&A processes that vetted many companies, leading to select public and private acquisitions:SiRF Acquisition: Led from inception to successful closing the complex acquisition of SiRF, a Nasdaq company with global operations; advised and made recommendations to BoD, resulting in a combined and strengthened UK listed and US registered public company; the acquisition of SiRF increased enterprise value by c. $0.5 Billion.Zoran Acquisition: Led Zoran acquisition, a Nasdaq company with challenging corporate governance issues including activist shareholder that took control of the board during our negotiations; successful closing of transaction with public trading of ADRs on NASDAQ, completing full transition to transatlantic dual-listed public company.Strategic Leadership: Working CEO/CFO, designed company annual and first five-year strategic plans, harmonized complex roadmap across BUs and optimized for engineering perspective; strategic plans adopted by BOD. From May 2008 to October 2011 (3 years 6 months) Cambridge, United KingdomVP Fixed Mobile Convergence (through acquisition of UbiNetics) @ CSR Leadership: Directed 200+ staff globally; successfully delivered silicon design from market requirements to tape-out, FPGA prototype and a parallel path software development on handsets in partnership with a tier-one OEM.New business: Developed channel to market and partnerships with blue-chip companies prior to having silicon samples for a new highly differentiated and ambitious cellular modem chip in cooperation with CSR Co-founder/CTO.Strategic M&A: Redefined the company’s market entry through identifying a $300m revenue wireless acquisition target; led acquisition negotiations and successfully delivered the transaction to the CEO and company Co-founder. From August 2005 to May 2008 (2 years 10 months) Cambridge, United KingdomSenior Vice President & Business Unit Manager Volume Product Technology @ UbiNetics GM mobile handset IP BU with $26m budget; led sales & marketing, marcoms; directed international team of 200+; opened offices in India/China, two redundancy rounds, litigation, divestiture & partnerships. From March 2003 to August 2005 (2 years 6 months) Cambridge, United KingdomVP Business Development @ Qualcomm Lead all product management and business development for IoT businessResponsible for overall target setting and deliverySegments include Buildings, Consumer, Energy, Enterprise, Retail, Robotics and Transportation San Francisco Bay Area