Jim Thomson

IoT, Arduino, CAD, Rapid Prototype

Works remotely from South Oxfordshire District

Suggested rate € 700 / day
Experience 7+ years
Response rate 100%
Response time 1 hour

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Location: South Oxfordshire District, England, United Kingdom

Remote only: Primarily works remotely

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≤ 1 week
≤ 1 month
Between 1-3 months
Between 3-6 months
≥ 6 months

Business sector

Automobile
Aviation & Aerospace
Defense & Military
Digital & IT
E-commerce

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1 person
2-10 people
11 - 49 people
50 - 249 people
250 - 999 people

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I've been working in the IT/Telecoms, Satellite embedded/IoT industry starting my career in 1984.

I've integrated all kind of technologies and built powerful soutions for large corporates, as well as for my own start-ups.

Whilst my focus here is Arduino, I can also provide CAD design, 3D protoyping services and bring in 3rd party resources for other applictions, as well as production solutions.

Talk to me about your project.

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Special Projects

London, UK

October 1998 - October 1999 (1 year)

Reporting directly to the UK Executive, for Tivoli Network Management Solutions including Software and Services, for the monitoring and management of critical services, applications and network-based systems for the Corporate Enterprise and Managed Service Providers such as telcos, cable and internet service providers. Business Development - EMEA ( Special Projects ) Invited in by the Tivoli Executive Team to identify and investigate new market opportunities for the Tivoli product suite with the freedom to travel anywhere within IBM and Tivoli. Sole mandate to identify strategic opportunities for development of partnership as well as develop immediate sales opportunities with IBM and Tivoli Sales Teams. Investigated current interest from clients and engineers within the business to determine emerging technology opportunities. Quickly identified Embedded Devices such as PDA's for the corporate enterprise network as untapped market, and the Digital TV Broadcasting Head-End and Remote Head infrastructure as well as Set-Top-Boxes being another untapped market Tivoli could participate in. Worked with Tivoli Development Team for a Proof of Concept and new Product Offering which, Extended the overall Tivoli Product Offering and Value to Clients, including arranging a strategic Partnerships for co-development and go-to-market World Wide with one of Europe's Largest Set-Top-Box manufacturers as well a Global PDA manufacturer. Engaged alongside IBM & Tivoli Sales Teams in Europe and identified immediate Sales Opportunities of $6 million, with a commitment for 10% deposit for advanced development. Developed 2 Business Cases for New Business with values of $1.3 billion and $13.5 million. After presentation to Tivoli Executives, the proposition was adopted as a Tivoli Global Strategy and a new Business Unit was created to fully develop the technology and products for these and other related markets.

Jim Thomson

IoT, Arduino, CAD, Rapid Prototype

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