Jay Bregman
Founder & CTO, eCourier.co.uk
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Website: | http://www.ecourier.co.uk |
| Industries: | Computing, Financial, Information Technology, Internet, Media, Mobile, Retail |
| Skills: | Business, Computer Engineering, Copy Writing, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Guerrilla marketing, Investment, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Public speaking, Sales, Writing |
| Location: | London |
| Visas: | US, UK |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Getting press, Joining a startup, Mentoring, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups |
| Tags: | branding, gps, Internet, location based services, logistics, mobile, optimization, Poker, product development., technology-enabled services |
| Schools: | Dartmouth College, London School of Economics and Political Science |
FULL BIO
I am passionate about using technology to shake up established industries.
With eCourier.co.uk I turned a personal frustration with same day courier services into one of the fastest-growing technology-enabled services companies in Europe (53 on the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100; 6 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50).
We are powered by a technology platform which brings together mobile computing, Location Based Services, a Web 2.0 application, and a real-time optimisation algorithm we call 'Larry' which sits at the heart of the business, assigning orders to eCouriers and building routes in real time balancing client happiness, courier happiness, and fleet efficiency. This solves a fundamental problem in an industry which hasn't changed much since the 1970s--human dispatchers issuing work to couriers via radio causing low efficiency, high overheads, and diseconomies of scale.
Use my promotional code TRYME20 to try us out for 20% off your first week (http://www.ecourier.co.uk/go).
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | eCourier.co.uk |
| Position: | Founder & CTO |
| Time period: | January 2004 - December 2009 |
| Description: | Turned a personal frustration with courier services into one of the fastest-growing technology-enabled services companies in Europe. Built a technology platform bringing together mobile computing, Location Based Services, Web 2.0 and real-time optimisation to drive efficiency in a sleepy industry and shake it to its core. |
| Employer: | Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School |
| Position: | Research Associate |
| Time period: | January 2000 - September 2000 |
| Description: | Produced "Online Deliberative Discourse" report for ICANN; helped arrange 'Signal or Noise' one of the first e-music conferences. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Dartmouth College |
| Time period: | 1997 - 2007 |
| Degree: | Philosophy, BA |
| University: | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| Time period: | 2003 - 2004 |
| Degree: | Media and Communications Regulation & Policy, MSc |
| University: | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| Time period: | 2003 - 2003 |
| Degree: | Management & Entrepreneurship Certificate, None |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | • "Cutting-edge IT Delivers the Goods", Computing, 20 November 2008
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| Papers: | • "Heuristic algorithms for large scale real-time fleet management problems", forthcoming in: "Dynamic Fleet Management: Concepts, Systems, Algorithms & Case Studies”, (Ed. V. S. Zeimpekis, G. M. Giaglis, C. D. Tarantillis, I. E. Minis), Springer-Verlag Berlin, German
• “Does Sociobiology Entail Moral Skepticism?” Aporia, Journal of Philosophy of Dartmouth College, (Vol. 19, Number 1), Spring 2001 • “Is Paley's Argument from Design, ‘Scientific’?” Aporia, Journal of Philosophy of Dartmouth College, (Vol. 17, Number 1), Spring 1999 |
| Patents: | US11/065,474 US "System and Method for Controlling the Transport of Articles" |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Skiing, frustrated squash player |
| Hobbies: | Mentoring young entrepreneurs and advising high-growth startups |
| Clubs: | Courvoisier Future 500 |
| Memberships: | British Computing Society |
| Awards: | • O2 / Evening Standard Most Inspirational Business (2007)
• ‘Enterprising Young Brit’ Make Your Mark, (2009) • IT Director of the Year (2005), British Computer Society o CNET Networks Mobile Product or Initiative of the Year, 2006 o Most Innovative Use of IT, Most Effective Use of Communications Technologies, Most Effective Use of IT in Manufacturing & Logistics, Information Age Effective IT Awards, 2006 o British Computer Society Business Achievement Flagship Award, 2006 o DTI Innovator’s Award for Transport o President’s Award in Mobile Computing, British Computer Society, 2005 o National Customer Service Award (eCommerce Category), 2005 o Information Management Award, Annual Awards for Excellence, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK), 2005 o Best use of Technology, NatWest Startups Awards, 2005 |
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Tom Allason
London based serial entrepreneur: Founder & CEO Shutl + eCourier.co.uk. Passionate about using technology to disrupt markets.
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Sam Barnett
Founder at Struq, British, 25, Law Degree, LPC
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Simon Campbell
International Business Management graduate from University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Currently working as CEO/Managing Director at ViaPost Ltd.