Management
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Jeremy Copp, CEO
Jeremy has been in the high technology industry for over twenty years, the last ten of which he has been involved in mobile phone software and services businesses. He has extensive experience of growing sales and in building partnerships in all areas of the wireless value chain, most recently having been Chief Sales Officer at Beatnik, Inc., the leading supplier of audio software technologies to handset manufacturers, and previously as a Vice President and one of the founding commercial team at the mobile phone operating systems provider Symbian Ltd.
Jeremy received an M.Eng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Surrey and in his spare time enjoys driving holidays and all forms of motorsport.
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Dr Richard M Marshall, Founder & CTO
Richard is passionate about building things that people will use. Rapid Mobile's ability to quickly design, develop and deploy innovative mobile software solutions is founded on Richard's ThinkPhone™ family of products, monetised by Ad360™
Richard has written and marketed several software products, including DOORS, the market-leading requirements management solution. He has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh. Richard has filed four patents on innovative mobile solutions since founding Rapid.
Read Richard's Blog at www.richard-marshall.com.
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Michael McTernan, Chief Operations Officer
Michael has always been involved in building things from scratch - be they robots, services or organisations. Michael's career started at the Artificial Intelligence Department of Edinburgh University. He moved into the private sector where he created and managed a range of technical support services.
Later, as chief executive officer of Citizen's Advice Direct, he relished the opportunity to create not just a single service but an entire organisation.
Michael, who holds a degree in Electronic Engineering and an MBA, has many outside interests but most enjoys spending time with his wife and daughters.
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Mark Munro, Chief Financial Officer
Mark specialises in working with companies that are at the forefront of new technology.
Mark joined Adobe in its early growth stage. He became Operations Director Europe, overseeing nine subsidiaries with a $300m turnover. Mark has a Bachelor of Commerce, an MBA and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
Beyond the office, Mark, who is married with two children, seeks one of two extremes - the quiet of fly-fishing or the drama of watching Formula One racing.
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John Graham, Head of Sales and Marketing
John has been in the Media & Telecoms sector since the late 70's. After a stint at Campaign he went on to launch Media Week and Media & Marketing Europe. He has International experience in Magazines, Newspapers and TV with emphasis in the past 15 years in the technology sector selling and marketing software solutions in the wireless and fixed line telecoms sector. Most recently John was responsible for successfully licensing the 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' brand in over 40 countries worldwide and has successfully launched many mobile marketing campaigns for international brands in Europe, Asia and North America. Family, Golf and Cooking are his passions.