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Serial entrepreneur based in Cambridge, UK, with a passion for using emerging tech for consumer entertainment. Currently building tools to change the way we approach animation, looking for opportunities, top talent, and (always!) investment.
Make Moviestorm huge, reap the rewards, take a year or two out to relax and dream, and then do something else that nobody else has thought of yet!
Location:
Orlando, Florida
Interested in:
Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Getting press, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting, Recruiting for my startup
My early career includes stints as a political journalist and healthcare software designer before moving more into emerging technologies. I was a founder member of UK Online, the UK's first consumer-facing ISP, and built up the Web team from scratch. After that was sold to Easynet, I co-founded nGame, which created some of the first multi-player games for interactive TV and mobile phones (SMS, WAP, Java & BREW). We sold nGame to Mforma (now Hands-On Mobile), and then co-founded Short Fuze (now Moviestorm Limited). We became interested in machinima, made a highly successful film (no longer available for copyright reasons), wrote a book, and then decided to turn that interest into a business. We now make animation tools that are easy enough for novices to use, yet powerful enough for professionals, and intend to make Moviestorm as popular as Word or Photoshop.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Employer:
Short Fuze
Position:
Founder, Creative Director
Time period:
March 2003 - Present
Employer:
nGame
Position:
Head of content, founder
Time period:
January 1998 - December 2003
Employer:
UK Online
Position:
Editor, founder member
Time period:
January 1993 - December 1998
Employer:
Perihelion Software
Position:
Designer
Time period:
January 1989 - December 1993
EDUCATION
University:
University of Cambridge
Time period:
1984 - 1988
Degree:
Archaeology & Anthropology, MA
PUBLICATIONS
Articles:
Numerous articles in games press since 1984 (e.g. Edge, Develop, Mobile Entertainment, White Dwarf, Dragon, Miniature Wargames, Wargames Illustrated); wrote most of African Preview 1988-1989.
Books:
"Machinima" Ilex, 2004, "The Machinima Reader" (contributor), forthcoming
INFORMATION
Awards:
BAFTA nomination 2001 (Best Mobile Game, Merchant Princes, nGame), Winner, Running the Gauntlet 2004 (Short Fuze), Winner, Best Structured Deal, East of England 2007 (Short Fuze), Most Improved Company, East of England 2007 (Short Fuze)
Cambridge UK start up with a digital animated movie software tool. called Moviestorm. A Public Beta version of Moviestorm has been available since mid-2007.
I would like to meet entrepreneurs in Cambridge, UK in order to collaborate with them or interview them on their experiences of starting a business, as part of my PhD research project... Are you interested? Send me a message!
