Ubiquisys executives Formed in 2004 and based in Swindon, UK, Ubiquisys develops convergence solutions that enable mobile operators to speed up and fully benefit from fixed mobile substitution.
Chris Gilbert, CEO Chris has a formidable track record in the communications industry. As CEO at IPWireless, he transformed the company from a niche, wireless broadband player into a mainstream cellular provider. The company was a Red Herring Top 100 Private Company, an Always On Top Innovator and was awarded Network Magazine Wireless Product of the Year.
Previously Chris had held senior roles with Motorola where he managed the company's cellular infrastructure business in some 60 EMEA countries.
Will Franks, Founder & CTO Will co-founded Ubiquisys in 2004 inspired by his frustrations of poor mobile coverage and high mobile costs at home. Prior to this, he developed the hugely successful wireless innovation centres for Lucent Technologies – inventing and developing innovative solutions based on cellular, WiFi and IMS technologies. He also led Lucent’s EMEA business development for fixed wireless.
Previously Will was with Racal Electronics' radio division where he held a number of key positions including head of their Saudi Arabian operation. More recently Will pioneered the creation of the Femto Forum to bring direction and a voice to this fledgling industry.
Alison Sparshatt FCA, CFO Alison has broad financial, commercial and international experience gained in dynamic, transaction driven technology companies funded by IPO, venture capital and private equity. Previous CFO roles include Softscape Inc, Pixology Plc, Anthropics Technology Ltd and NetBenefit Plc. She qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young in London and has a degree in Chemical Engineering.
Pete Keevill, Founder & VP Engineering Pete is an experienced technical leader with a proven track record in the delivery of complex development programmes in the wireless and semiconductor sectors. Pete was 11 years at Lucent Technologies where, as Technical Director, he had global responsibility for Lucent’s UMTS base station ASIC development activity, co-ordinating a multi-disciplinary engineering team of around 100 people in five countries.
Prior to the UMTS position, Pete was a project leader for a CDMA fixed wireless product. More recently, he has been successfully running his own consultancy and has also developed a successful conference business focused on the base station market. Before Lucent, Pete led a digital TV silicon design team for Pioneer, and has worked in a variety of roles in the EDA software industry. Pete holds a MEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Bath.
Richard Staveley, VP Sales Richard has 13 years management experience in sales and marketing roles in the military & telecommunications industry. Before Ubiquisys, he worked for IPWireless as VP sales & business development and Motorola as business development director, Global Accounts.
Richard earned his MBA from the University of Bath Business School and his BA from King’s College London. After King’s College, Richard attended the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst where he completed officer training.
Keith Day, VP Marketing Keith has 20 years’ marketing leadership experience in the IT and telecommunications industry, spanning software, hardware, managed services and outsourcing.
Before joining Ubiquisys, Keith was Director of Product Marketing for UK telecoms software pioneer Cramer Systems, where he was responsible for business positioning and communications worldwide. In 2006 Cramer was acquired by Amdocs (NYSE: DOX) in one of the biggest ever deals involving a European software business.
Previously, Keith was EMEA Marketing Director at Unisys (NYSE: UIS) and European Regional Marketing Director at BMC Software (NYSE: BMC).
Non-executive directors Patrick Gallagher – Chairman Patrick Gallagher is currently Vice Chairman of Golden Telecom Inc, a leading provider of integrated telecommunications and Internet services in Russia and the CIS. He is Chairman and Member of the Board at Macro4 plc, and is also on the Board of Harmonic Inc. Previous positions include Executive Vice Chairman and CEO at FLAG Telecom Group and President of BT Europe.
Graham O'Keeffe – Atlas Venture Graham O'Keeffe joined Atlas Venture in 1998 where he focuses on investments in the semiconductor and wireless sectors. Previous positions include Product Marketing Director Psion Computers and engineering & operational roles at Nokia.
Frédéric Court – Advent Venture Partners Frédéric joined Advent in 2001 and is involved with several early and later stage technology investments in Europe. His areas of focus are mobile communications, digital media, enterprise software and internet services. Frédéric joined Advent from ETEXX, a VC-backed e-collaboration software and online services company which he co-founded in France in 1999. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Frédéric spent 6 years in corporate finance at Lazard in London, Milan and New York where he focused on advising clients in the telecommunications and technology sectors, being involved in transactions worth over $100bn. Prior to Lazard, he spent 18 months working for Société Générale in Milan. Frédéric is a graduate of ESSEC, the leading French Business School, and Bocconi University in Milan. He speaks French, English, Italian and Spanish.
Sonali De Rycker - Accel Partners Sonali focuses on investments in the internet, digital media and software markets. Prior to Accel, Sonali was a Partner at Atlas Venture in London where she invested primarily in internet businesses for 8 years. Before joining Atlas Venture, Sonali was a member of Deutsche Bank's Venture Group in London. Sonali started her career as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in New York City where she was actively involved in M&A and financings for a number of clients including many high growth technology businesses.
