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Ward Hills

B Sc in Chemistry from Bradley University, MBA from Nijenrode University, Doctor of Philosophy from Washington State University, CEO at Albion Innovations since 1999, Founder and COO at PneumaCare Ltd since August 2010.

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Employed Full-Time
Website: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/wardhills
Industries: Biotech, Health
Skills: Business, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Languages, Leadership, Management, Negotiation, Public speaking
Location: Cambridge UK
Groups: CfEL at Cambridge
Interested in: Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Investing in projects, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Recruiting for my startup, Supporting my investments
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Schools: Bradley University, Nijenrode University

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: PneumaCare Ltd
Position: Founder and COO (Interim CEO)
Time period: August 2010 - Present
Description: PneumaCare provides clinicians with non–contact, intelligent monitoring of vital signs in clinical,intensive care and home care applications. The PneumaScan product is a disruptive platform that extends a well-established market by allowing a broader portion of the population to be assessed while reducing the potential of cross infection. Clinical acceptance of PneumaCare’s approach has evolved from the ideas of co-founder Richard Iles, a Senior NHS Respiratory Consultant, into numerous published papers and extended demonstrations at leading sites such as Great Ormond Street Hospital London and a major pharmaceutical R&D site.

Employer: PneumaCare Ltd
Position: Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Time period: January 2008 - August 2010
Description: PneumaCare has developed a platform technology for non invasive assessment and monitoring of lung function (using motion capture and image processing). The PneumaScanTM system will enable doctors to monitor vulnerable populations who find standard assessment of lung function difficult or impossible (e.g. children, intensive care patients and the elderly) and therefore readdress the existing limitations of care.

Employer: Proteus Venture Partners
Position: Venture Partner
Time period: December 2006 - February 2009
Description: Proteus is a Silicon Valley based VC firm made up of a talented team of investment and operations veterans with deep domain knowledge, and the unique business, legal, medical and technology skills necessary to successfully invest. We have solid track records of building value in portfolios and biotech companies which will enable entrepreneurs that are working diligently to get their technologies from "the lab bench to the bedside.

Employer: SimuGen
Position: Investor and Board Representative
Time period: June 2006 - December 2010
Description: Offering an alternative approach to toxicogenomics, SimuGen’s objective is to provide novel
analytical and software tools to predict toxicity using in-vitro methods, better, faster and in a more cost-effective way than current approaches. SimuGen’s technology is proven and has been externally validated.

Employer: East of England Stem Cell Network
Position: Founder
Time period: January 2006 - January 2008

Employer: Centre for Integrated Photonics
Position: Consultant
Time period: September 2003 - December 2006

Employer: Andrologica
Position: Founder and Director
Time period: January 2002 - December 2003

Employer: Hymite
Position: Consultant
Time period: January 2000 - December 2001
Description: Hymite A/S designs, develops, and manufactures silicon-based wafer-scale packages for light emitting diodes, micro-electromechanical systems, and RF applications. Its products include HyLED, a silicon packaging designed to optimize HB light emitting diodes applications market; and HyCap that is used for hermetic encapsulation of micro-electromechanical systems components and other devices outside the micro-electromechanical systems area.

Employer: Albion Innovations
Position: Chief Executive Officer and Director
Time period: January 1999 - December 2010
Description: Albion identifies specific market needs then engages with entrepreneurs, emerging companies, and researchers to find and deliver technologies that provide superior capabilities. Often our solutions are created by integrating commercial know-how and research innovations resulting in accelerated product development. Other times we identify mature technologies that can be applied to novel applications thereby lowering research risk and providing cash flow. We seek to create complete business offerings that will attract private investment and be successful in the commercial market.

Employer: Paques Water System B.V
Position: Consultant
Time period: December 1998 - July 1999

Employer: Far East Hydrometerlogical Research Institute
Position: Visiting Scientist
Time period: July 1996 - August 1996

Employer: Washington State University
Position: Associate Professor
Time period: January 1993 - July 1995
Description: Developed novel instrumentation for evaluating high-level radioactive waste Responsible for contracts and funding from commercial sources Received award for dedication to teaching chemistry Contributor to the US Department of Energy compendium of analytical methods.

EDUCATION

University: Bradley University
Degree: Chemistry and History, BSc

University: Nijenrode University
Degree: MBA

Ward's Startups (1)

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  • PneumaCare

    PneumaCare enables doctors to non invasively monitor lung function in babies, children and critically ill. Future products will perform functions of the ‘critical care bundle’ (e.g. temperature, blood oxygen, pulse) both in hospital and at home.

Ward is Following (9)

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  • Antenova

    Antenova is a leading developer and supplier of integrated antennas and RF solutions for wireless communication and consumer electronic devices.

  • C3 Venture Partners

    C3 Venture Partners accelerates the growth of early stage clean technology businesses in the Cambridge Cluster and nationally across the UK. Focus on real world business development, securing customers, partners and key corporate relationships.

  • Emotion AI

    Emotion AI enables products and services with true personalization and emotional communication capabilities

  • Cambridge Temperature Concepts

    (the geeky bit) physiological temperature datalogging and wireless transmission (the application) ovulation detection for identification of the fertile window to assist couples in starting a family (the business bit) with 1 in 7 couples having...

Ward's Contacts (4)

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  • Simon Baker

    B.Sc. and PhD in Chemistry from University of Cardiff, Project Manager at Novathera Ltd. (2006-2008), Programme Director at Pneumacare Ltd. since Oct-2009.

  • Ward Hills

    B Sc in Chemistry from Bradley University, MBA from Nijenrode University, Doctor of Philosophy from Washington State University, CEO at Albion Innovations since 1999, Founder and COO at PneumaCare Ltd since August 2010.

  • Scott Hill

    American scientist, engineer, and researcher, living in Denmark, over 35 yeras experience in hi-tech projects, teaching, writing, consulting

  • Dan Steketee

    Entrepeneur with 13+ years of strategic and tactical consulting experience in the financial services, start-up and technology industries (BPM, Business Intelligence, KPI's,, Vendor Management, etc) .