Mike's career spans 39 years in Electronics and Telecommunications, covering Technology, Innovation and Public policy, particularly in mobile communications. After running design and manufacturing for subsidiaries of Philips Industries, and Toshiba (then called Landis and Gyr) , he joined BT in 1983 and was appointed in 1989 as a Director of O2 UK (now part of Telefónica but originally called Cellnet) to launch Digital 2G (or GSM) mobile networks. He later went on to run the 3G business case and launch 3G in the UK. He has served as a member of the UK Govenrment committees on Internet and Broadband access, ICT Sector Trade advice and an advisory committees on London 2012. He was elected Chairman – global GSM Association in 1995 and then a Board member until 2002 ; and chaired the UK Mobile Data Association 1998 – 2008. From 2007/13 he was a Board member of UK Council for Child Internet Safety and an IET Trustee (elected IET President 2011/2012). He was also elected to the Board of ETSI for 3 years 2011/14 and Chaired the TSB backed ICT KTN 2007/14. Mike's Telefónica focus today is on European public policy that relates to innovation, whether research or new business development. This includes a focus on advanced mobile services and data applications including Mobile TV , Mobile learning, Smart Metering, Transport Telematics and Connected Healthcare, Emergency services and “5G” Research . He is a Visiting Professor at Surrey, Leeds, and Lancaster Universities ; a Board Governor of Coventry University and Ravensbourne , Greenwich ; a Fellow of IET/BCS/RGS/ Royal Academy, and recently appointed as a REF 2014 University Research “Impact” assessor. Mike was honoured with a CBE by the Her Majesty the Queen in June 2012 for services to the Mobile industry after 25 years industrial experience.
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