David Cleevely

David Cleevely (born September 1953) is an entrepreneur and international telecoms expert^[1] who has built and advised many companies, principally in Cambridge, UK.

Telecommunications

In 1985 he founded the telecommunications consultancy Analysys^[2] which was acquired by Datatec International in 2004. Whilst at Analysys he was involved with a report to the European Commission on VoIP creating the framework for VoIP within the EU^[3] and the identification of The Broadband Gap - where the cost of supply would exceed the price consumers were willing to pay which prompted UK Government policy intervention in 2001-2005 ^[4] to force increased broadband infrastructure in the UK.

He is an authority on telecommunication policy and has advised numerous governments on policy and innovation frameworks.^[5] He advised the Prime Minister^[6] and UK Government on the [e-mail] report,^[2] and was one of the 8 industry experts that compiled the Communications White Paper^[7] which became the Communications Act 2003.

He is currently appointed by the UK government to the Spectrum Management Advisory Group^[8] and is member of the Ofcom Spectrum Advisory Board and the IET Telecoms Sector Panel. He has also appeared before Select Committees in both Parliament^[9] and in the House of Lords.^[10]

In April 2009, he will chair the Cambridge Wireless International Conference^[11] at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford.

Entrepreneurship

In 1998 he co-founded Abcam plc and is the and current Chairman.^[12] In 2007 he and co-founded and became the Chairman of the spectrum monitoring company CRFS, which has subsequently carried out the first ever UK-wide spectrum monitoring.^[13] In 2008 he also became the Chairman of the scanning ion-conductance microscopy company ionscope.

In 1997 he co-founded Cambridge Network with Hermann Hauser, Alec Broers, Nigel Brown, Fred Hallsworth and Anthony Ross.^[14] He also co-founded Cambridge Wireless (originally Cambridge 3G) with Edward Astle.

In late 2004 he co-founded the 3G pico base station company, 3WayNetworks, which was sold to Airvana in April 2007. He joined the Board of mobile phone social networking provider Trutap in October 2005. Between 2005 and 2008 he was Chairman of the Communications Research Network at University of Cambridge, part of the Cambridge–MIT Institute.

In February 2009 he was reported to be in discussion with a number of UK-based entrepreneurs (called 'the Cambridge Group).^[15] The Cambridge Group are planning to establish a new UK bank, having been 'outraged by the behaviour of [traditional banks]', including the lack of credit offered to small businesses and customer-focussed objectives. They are considering a bank operating as a mutual society (an Industrial and Provident Society). Other members of the Cambridge Group include: Nigel Brown (of NW Brown, the Cambridge-based corporate financial house), and Dr Alan Goodman (a biotech entrepreneur). Early talks were held with Cambridge University and Cambridge City Council.

In 2009 David Cleevely became the founding Chairman for the new Centre for Science and Policy^[16]

Affiliations

He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering,^[17] a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology^[18] and he has held an Industrial Fellowship at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

1. ^ "Some big names on new list of fellows". Cambridge News. 2008-07-15. http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_business/displayarticle.asp?id=330988. Retrieved 2009-01-07. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "The CTO guide to the ICT - David Cleevely". Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation. 2004-. http://www.cto-ict.org/index.php?dir=02&sd=40. Retrieved 2009-01-07. 
3. ^ "The treatment of VoIP under the EU Regulatory Framework". European Commission. 2004-06-14. http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/doc/info_centre/commiss_serv_doc/406_14_voip_consult_paper_v2_1.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-09. 
4. ^ "Rural areas link up to broadband". BBC News. 2005-10-17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4349702.stm. Retrieved 2009-01-20. 
5. ^ "Dr David Cleevely". Ofcom Spectrum Advisory Board. http://www.osab.org.uk/members/dr-david-cleevely.html. Retrieved 2009-01-07. ^{[dead link]}
6. ^ "Analysys chief's key role in new E-commerce drive". Business Weekly. 1999-09-16. http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/1999091622099/e-commerce-archive/analysys-chief-s-key-role-in-new-e-commerce-drive.html. Retrieved 2009-01-07. ^{[dead link]}
7. ^ "Communications White Paper". Hansard. 2000-05-17. http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/2000/may/17/communications-white-paper-1. Retrieved 2009-01-08. 
8. ^ "Dr David Cleevely appointed by UK government to Spectrum Management Advisory Group". PR Newswire Europe Limited. 2009. http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=90401. Retrieved 2009-01-07. 
9. ^ "Select Committee on Welsh Affairs, Examination of Witnesses". Parliament Publications and Records. 2002-04-16. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmselect/cmwelaf/95/2041604.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-09. 
10. ^ "Select Committee on BBC Charter Review, Examination of Witnesses". Parliament Publications and Records. 2006-01-11. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldbbc/128/6011102.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-09. 
11. ^ "Radio Is The Next Big Thing, says Cleevely". Cambridge Wireless. http://www.cambridgewireless.co.uk/news/article/default.aspx?objid=36787. Retrieved 2009-04-23. 
12. ^ "Abcam confirms £10m IPO". Business Weekly. 2005-10-18. http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/2005101828769/life-sciences-archive/abcam-confirms-%A310m-ipo.html. Retrieved 2009-01-08. ^{[dead link]}
13. ^ "CRFS to Undertake First Ever UK-wide Radio Spectrum Monitoring For Ofcom". Reuters. 2008-06-26. http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS86283+26-Jun-2008+BW20080626. Retrieved 2009-01-09. 
14. ^ "A Gentle Persuasion to Collaborate — Organizing and Building the Cambridge Network". Safari Books Online. http://my.safaribooksonline.com/0130654159/ch11lev1sec11. Retrieved 2009-01-08. 
15. ^ Pagano, Margareta (2009-02-01). "Entrepreneurs seek to set up new bank to bypass crisis". London: Independent (uk newspaper). http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/entrepreneurs-seek-to-set-up-new-bank-to-bypass-crisis-1522242.html. Retrieved 2009-09-14. 
16. ^ "Cambridge University launches new Centre for Science and Policy". Cambridgeshire Business News. http://www.cambridgeshirebusinessnews.com/2009/08/cambridge-university-launches-new.html. Retrieved 2009-11-26. 
17. ^ "New Fellows". The Royal Academy of Engineering. 2008-07. http://www.raeng.org.uk/about/fellowship/newfellows.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-07. 
18. ^ "Dr David Cleevely PhD FIET". The Institution of Engineering and Technology. 2009-. http://www.theiet.org/publicaffairs/panels/comms/cleevely.cfm. Retrieved 2009-01-07. 

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