Senior Management
Craig Swallow - CEO
Craig had managed various businesses involved in GSM mobile data and has helped build diverse sales and marketing strategies for taking ’non-voice’ GSM based products to market. With over seventeen years experience in both the IT and GSM industries, Craig has worked on many ’real world’ projects that have delivered benefits in both business and consumer markets. These have primarily been in the UK but have also included two years based in the USA and a further two working with cellular operators in Europe and Asia.
Contact Craig at craig.swallow@connexion2.com or read Craig's lone worker blog
Steve Maynard MBA - CTO
Steve brings to Connexion2 a breadth of experience in technology, engineering and marketing, gained from nearly a decade working in, and consulting to, the IT and telecommunications sector.He was consulting for his own company and other well respected analyst groups before joining Psion as Technology Strategist and head of strategic marketing.More recently, he held a lead position responsible for marketing the mobile email company, Visto, in Europe.
Steve holds a Master of Engineering in Electronics from Bradford University and an MBA from Kingston University, London.Prior to entering consultancy he specialised in digital signal processing and embedded systems design in the defence and security industries.
Contact Steve at steve.maynard@connexion2.com
Gareth Hughes - Non Exec Director
Gareth has sixteen years successful experience in telecom, data-communications and electronics industries, including nine years as MD /CEO. He was previously a business analyst with Dun & Bradstreet. A main board director of Psion Plc from 1997 to 2001, Gareth was Managing Director of Psion Dacom Plc, a mobile data-communications company, from 1994 until January 2000, during which time revenues grew from £4m to £60m.
Stephen Lane - Non Exec Director
Co-founding Triteq in 1992 has allowed Steve to indulge his particular interests in wireless and biometric product development. Experienced in GSM, GPS, GPRS and RFID technologies along with investigating the introduction of biometrics has helped shaped the businesses that Steve is involved with. Prior to Triteq, Steve had gained over ten years experience of working on projects as diverse as digital broadcast systems to cheque handling technology.
Ian Jones - Exec Management Commitee Member
Qualified Mechanical Engineer, founded AME as a product development business in 1996. Ian has successfully developed and managed the company from start-up to an enterprise with 30+ staff, turnover in excess of £1.2m and a pan-European client base. Ian has experience in managing the core business attributes of a growing business and also brings an in-depth technical knowledge of designing, prototyping and developing new products.
