Dipak Patel Telephone: +44 (0)7808 734 986 E-mail: dipakpatel@mac.com web: http://homepage.mac.com/dipakpatel Date of birth: 25 April 1976 Nationality: British Gender: Male Education 1999 - present MSc. Telecommunications Engineering, University of London 1995 - 1998 BSc. Computer Science (2.2), University of Manchester 1992 - 1995 GCE A Levels - Computer Science (B), Physics (B), Maths (C), Dudley College of Technology Publications Personalised Wireless in Interaction in Public Places - BTTJ Jan 2002 Dipak Patel, Robin Mannings The Future Home - BTTJ April 2002, Dipak Patel, Ian Pearson Patents Reflex, European patent ref: 01306614.7 Generic Information Supply Tool, internal ref: A25512 Intelligent Repeater, internal ref: A30002 Collaborative User Interfaces, internal ref: A30003 Professional History Feb 2001 Disruptive Technologies Researcher, BTexact Technologies. A lead technical role in a team focussed on exploiting value from the BT relationship with MIT Media Lab. Ą Activly participated in the efforts to downstream and adapt many technologies into BTexact Research from MIT Media Lab (Wherehoo, iCom, Auto-ID technologies) and other university partners Ą Investigated a range of emerging disruptive technologies to discover potential venturing propositions for BTexact Ą Responsible for the managment and delivery of a major project in a new research area for BTexact Ą Involved in the creation of exploitation and business plans in order to take research projects to market Ą Lead the development of several concept demonstrators to explore specific technology areas to build the world class reputation of BTexact in the eyes of our customers Ą Communication of work to peers and research community through the publication of several papers and publications Ą Filed patents regularly, protecting new intellectual property and strengthening commercial value of research for our stakeholders Ą Became a popular technical resource to a wide variety of customers through regular demonstrations, presentations and workshops Ą Built key relationships between BTexact Researchers and external universities with the supervision of several exchange students Ą Raised the profile of our research with appearances on television programmes and the press Nov 2001 Senior Consultant, BTexact. A consultancy role to provide thought leadership to the UK Government; appointment as an advisor to The Cabinet Office. Ą Worked as part of the Performance and Innovation Unit (PIU), a cross-departmental government and industry team to deliver a paper and set of recommendations to the Prime Minister on privacy and data sharing issues for the citizen. Sept 1999 Executive Assistant to Chief Technologist, BT Selected for an opportunity to undergo an intense period of career and personal development as EA and technical advisor to Peter Cochrane, BT's Chief Technologist. Ą Developed a wider understanding of the impact of technology in a business context through extensive contact with leading thinkers, academics and key industry players around the globe. Ą A member of a pioneering consultancy group within BTexact; responsible for collecting and disseminating information, delivering technical briefings, reports and brainstorming workshops. Our work and ideas resulted in the forming of new area of strategic consultancy for BTexact. Ą Gained an understanding of radical new business models by working with and tracking UK and USA 'dotcom' start-ups - culminating in the set up of a $20Bn venture capital conference. Ą A six-week placement at MIT Media Lab, USA to investigate and chart the progress of world leading blue-sky research. Ą Logistics experience as a member of the team responsible for the launch of the BT Disruptive Lab at MIT and the Cambridge MIT institute in Boston. Additional Information I have a range of hobbies, the newest being snowboarding. I enjoy travelling, live music and the cinema. References Professor Peter Cochrane OBE, Founder ConceptLabs, petercochrane@conceptlabs.net Graham Cosier, Cambridge MIT Institute, graham.cosier@bt.com