Simon Edwards
Technical Director @Global Inkjet Systems Ltd Gis
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WORK HISTORY
Technical Director @Global Inkjet Systems Ltd Gis
Cambridgeshire, GB
EDUCATION
University of Adelaide
BSc (HON), Astrophysics, Physics and Mathematics
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Oxford Artificial Intelligence Programme 2024, Artificial Intelligence
SKILLS
ABOUT SIMON EDWARDS
Senior management roles including Managing Director and Vice President of a $1b global company. Managed 120 staff across 4 countries with direct responsibility for a $12m USD budget. Management and administrative responsibility for commercial operations, new products, sales & marketing and research & technology, including negotiation of commercial contracts and licensing. Key roles on advisory boards for government, universities and senior member of corporate executive teams. Extensive experience of working in Australia, US, UK, Europe and Japan. Experience in a wide range of industries including information technology and communications, biotechnology, nanotechnology, electronics, optics, computer systems, digital printing and software. Coordination of innovation and technology commercialization across public, private and government sectors. Project management skills in coordinating multi-disciplinary and multi-national activities for the introduction of new products from conception to commercialisation, including Agile techniques and tools such as Jira and Confluence. Wide range of science-based skills including physics, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, bioscience and computer technologies. Securing of investment from early stage seed capital to late stage venture and trade capital. Facilitation of technology transactions including licensing and patent sales. Global intellectual property including implementation of international patents and trademarks, management of intellectual property portfolios and international contract negotiation, selected as one of the IAM 250 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists. Inventor of over 40 granted international patents. Specialties: • Management of Commercial Operations • Sales & Marketing • Research & Technology • New Product & Technology Commercialisation • Business Transformation • Deal Negotiation • Global intellectual property • Agile Management tools and techniques including Jira and Confluence • Salesforce and Zendesk
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