COMPANY
ADVISORY BOARD
Patrick Lidstone (Phd), Non Executive
Patrick is also Senior Global Architect at TIBCO Software Inc.
Patrick has had a long and varied career in the telecommunications, hand-held and enterprise integration fields. Early in his career, as a former employee of Symbian, he was responsible for the design and implementation of key communications elements in the first generation Symbian OS. In search of a more customer focused role, Patrick joined TIBCO where he has been instrumental in driving and shaping TIBCO EMEA professional services for the last 5 years, overseeing its growth from infancy through to 12 EMEA-wide offices with 50 consultants. Patrick has established an enviable reputation for the successful delivery of a huge number of technically demanding projects, primarily in the telco space, for well known clients such as HP, Telecom Italia, Belgacom Mobile, Vodafone, Telia and Philips. Accustomed to working against agressive timescales, he understands the realities of delivering real-world, high performance carrier-grade solutions for demanding customers, and the software development, project planning and support infrastructure that is required to deliver them.
Patrick graduated from Exeter University with a first class honours degree in Engineering and holds a doctorate in Parallel / Distributed Computing. He also holds a bachelors in Psychology.
Alvaro Sancho (Phd), Non Executive
Alvaro is also Professor and Director of the Entrepreneurship Management Department and Managing Director of the MBA programmes at Instituto de Empresa, a top 5 Eurpe´s Business School, ranked by Financial Times. Alvaro manages a team of 150 people being responsible of supervising the implementation of the action plans of the institution, regarding MBA programmes and entrepreneurship activities.
Alvaro´s role includes managing the MBA programme in all bases, fixing budget, assigning objectives to his team and supervising achievements. During the last years, the Business School has nearly double his capacity, with an increase on incomes of 40 millions €, and Alvaro is being responsible of organize and structure the company for this growth. Regarding Entrepreneurship, around 100 companies have been created under his direction during the last four years. Alvaro´s main task has been supporting them during the early stages offering consultancy and net working. Instituto de Empresa links him to a very strong net work in Spanish business community.
Before Instituto de Empresa, Alvaro worked in Cemex, third world leader in cement sector, as an strategic analyst in charge of the international expansion of the company. His biggest project was the aquisition of an Egyptian plant with an investment of 200 million €.
Alvaro has an International MBA Degree from Instituto de Empresa of Madrid, Bachelor in Economy and is Phd candidate for Complutense University of Madrid.-
Vincezo Marchese, Non Executive
Vicenzo is also Senior Architect at TIBCO Software EMEA.
Vincenzo is now recognised as one of the most experienced Senior Architect and Project Managers within TIBCO Software EMEA. He enjoys travelling throughout Europe leading major projects, advising high profile customers on integration strategies and is frequently involved in critical sales activities.
Critical achievements include setting up operations for the services organisation both in Italy and Sweden and successfully architecting and managing the first B2B multimillion project ($4m+) for a leading European manufacturer.
He graduated in 1994, in the top 4% for the year, from the University of Pisa in ComputerScience, after a brief experience in the US studying Economics and Banking. -
Ricardo Gomez-Ulmke, Non Executive, Board Member
Ricardo is also Vice President, Global Communications Practice at TIBCO Software Inc.
At TIBCO Software, Ricardo is directly responsible for revenue generation and campaign execution. Ricardo manages a virtual team of 40 sales executives, solution consultants and technical architects generating 35M EUR per year. Ricardo’s role includes solution and value propositions creation, in particular for the communications industry, definition of go-to-market strategy, marketing campaigns, competitive analysis, alliance management, speaking engagements, and press liaison. Ricardo established a new model within TIBCO to develop, test, and take to market new solutions, including new product creation in conjunction with key customers and TIBCO Engineering, specifically for the mobile service operator sector.
Ricardo has a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from Technical University of Munich and worked as a post-graduate for the European Space Agency.