Background
Management Team Experience

ANGUS FOX founded Multizone in 1998 following a career in consulting, technical sales, product management and product marketing in major software companies.

His subject matter expertise includes: -

  • Enterprise collaboration technologies including Lotus Notes, Microsoft SharePoint and Exchange.
  • Internet Standards based collaboration and messaging systems.
  • Managed Hosting Services.
  • Mobile phone applications software and middleware.
  • Cloud computing technology strategies being employed by major software vendors.

His experience has included:

  • Substantial product direction experience gained in Fortune 100 software companies including senior roles in Sun Microsystems, IBM/Lotus, Microsoft Limited, Oracle Corporation.
  • Experience gained by leading product creation in the demanding regulated environment at British Telecommunications plc and subsequently at multiple software technology startups backed by venture capital firms such as 3i and Nokia Ventures
    • eCal Corporation, technology acquired by Sendmail Inc (the inventors of Internet email)
    • Intuwave, acquired by Mercury Corporation, then Hewlett Packard
    • Interim management engagement with Pinpoint Global contributed to acquisition by NASDAQ quoted company Epiq Systems
    • Due diligence consultancy and interim management engagement which resulted in acquisition of a US based social network for the patent community, by Cambridge IP Limited, a retained client
    • Strategic marketing interim management engagement resulting in a turnaround strategy for Applicable Limited, a retained client who are a specialist in enterprise collaboration.
  • Since early 2009 the leader of the ‘devnest’ community of interest, a south east of england based technology community for developers of social networking technology. Devnest is a monthly event and annual conference held at the offices of The Guardian in London attracting around 100 people, sponsored by The Guardian Open Platform, and Paypal Developer network. Each month attracting specialist presenters from the likes of Yahoo, Google, and Twitter.
  • Deep experience with public service provision at senior management levels including chairing the management committee for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in the London Borough or Merton for almost ten years after initially working there as a qualified part time youth worker, and chairing the BBC London advisory council, an appointment which was extended twice during the transition of accountability at the BBC to the BBC Trust.

Multizone have provided product management and product marketing services for software companies, typically technology startups for many years. The diversification of Multizone into the public safety area is a deliberate strategy to begin the transformation of Multizone into a UK technology software company.

For the past 18 months Multizone has been developing skill and comprehension of Social Media and Social Network technology. We helped our client, Cambridge IP, to acquire a specialist social network, of massive scale. We run social media focused developer community events in London and the South East and have visited Twitter in San Francisco, as well as immersing ourselves in the technology and its competition to understand what it means for enterprise collaboration - our original specialist subject area which we keep current with frequent visits to the United States to Microsoft and IBM events and meetings.

Our diversification is being led by JAMES E. SMITH OBE who brings to bear a great deal of experience in the public sector in general, and in community safety in particular.

His experience has included:

  • Several technical management positions, at BOC (Manager, New Ventures), John Brown Engineering and Fraser Nash (Group Technical Director), after several years in the aerospace industry in the USA.
  • Over a quarter of a century as an elected councillor in the London Borough of Merton and for the last decade as a Surrey County Councillor.
  • Cabinet Member at Surrey County Council in transport and community safety (For eight years during the last decade)
  • Advisor to SEEDA on establishment of the south east of England Fire board; and its inaugural chairman
  • Member of Surrey Police Authority and elected as its chairman 2006-2008
  • Member of the Council of the Association of Police Authorities
  • Member of the Police National Pay Board
  • Elected a fellow of the Institute of Directors
  • Appointed as an officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1989

We work with a network of close and trusted associates in our daily activity, in order to keep Multizone lean and flexible and to achieve tangible benefits for our clients. Their expertise is in Sales, High performance team building, Analyst and public relations and software development.
 
How we work

Multizone work closely with clients to establish detailed terms of reference for any project.

We like to have specific timetabled deliverables or immovable deadlines like trade shows or other events.

We like to be retained by clients or to have an agreed call-off budget set in advance. We also work on a project-by-project basis at a higher rate.

We can invisibly become part of our client’s team, using client email, attend client meetings, and working with client employees.

This is especially important for analyst and press relations and for speaking engagements and article placement where we act as the voice of the client.

We work at client premises and our own locations and bill monthly identifying work areas undertaken.

We travel worldwide in support of our clients.

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