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Hitting the magic point on the ‘hockey-stick’ curve is the dream of every hi-tech entrepreneur. But how does this happen, and what are the factors that result in explosive success? Invariably a number of things have to come together at the right time. Simon looks at some of these factors, including Gordon Moore’s famous ‘law’, as well as the lesser known one from Metcalfe. He extracts some specific insights, and analyses what their impact has been on now pervasive high technology products and services, such as Facsimile, the Mobile Phone, the Internet and e-Bay. And of course, thanks to the engineer’s fundamental law of Murphy, history is littered with failures.
In this lecture Simon Maddison draws on 40 years of experience at the bleeding edge of the telecommunications industry, managing the development and deployment of highly innovative communications products, systems and networks, as well as building several new companies from scratch. It was following an initial period on telephone switching systems with large organisations including BT, GEC, Siemens and Mitel that he co-founded the first of a series of technology start-ups. In particular he is known for having pioneered computer-based facsimile in Europe. More recently he has been developing Internet and wireless data companies.
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About the speaker
Simon Maddison graduated with a first class BSc in Electrical Engineering, and a MSc in Computing from Imperial College, London. He is a Fellow both of the IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) and the BCS (British Computer Society). He has travelled widely in his professional career, and was previously Chairman of the IEE in Germany. He is past chairman of the IET London Region, and is currently working with a wireless mesh spinout from University College London.