Tom Robert Rowbotham
Founder at Kimberley Communications Consultants Ltd.
Profile
Dr. Rowbotham came to Vesbridge from St. Paul Venture Capital, where he has been a venture partner since retiring from British Telecom in 2000.
Dr. Rowbotham has served as a director or advisor to a number of Vesbridge portfolio companies, including Granite Networks, Optical Solutions, Teltier, and Visage.
Dr. Rowbotham has been instrumental in driving the major carrier business development initiative for the networking companies in the Vesbridge portfolio.
Prior to SPVC, he was with BT since 1964, serving most recently as Director of Technology.
Dr. Rowbotham was also Senior Vice President of Concert and General Manager and Director of several of BT’s organizations with responsibility for upward of 3000 people.
In addition to his 35 year career at British Telecom, Dr. Rowbotham also founded Kimberley Communications, which was acquired by Flomerics and where he is currently the Deputy Chairman.
Dr. Rowbotham has been very active with many significant technology boards, serving as a director of IEEE, and is currently a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers.
He also served at Intelsat where he was Chief of Communications R&D, in Washington DC.
Dr. Rowbotham holds a B.Sc.
from Queens University, Belfast, a M.Sc from the University of Surreya, and a PhD from the University of Nottingham.
He is a director for Flomerics.
Tom Robert Rowbotham active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Vesbridge Partners LLC
 Vesbridge Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Vesbridge Partners LLC (Vesbridge Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Jeff Hinck and Zenas Hutcheson. The firm is headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota. | Private Equity Investor | 01/07/2004 |
Kimberley Communications Consultants Ltd.
 Kimberley Communications Consultants Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Part of Siemens AG, Kimberley Communications Consultants Ltd. is a British software engineering company. The company is based in Nottingham, UK. The company was founded by Tom Robert Rowbotham. Kimberley Communications Consultants was acquired by Flomerics Group Plc on July 01, 1999 for $1.13 million. | Founder | - |
Corvil Ltd.
 Corvil Ltd. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Corvil Ltd. provides electronic trading and market data latency management services. It offers Corvil Appliances, a network data analytics appliance that passively taps into network data, and discovers, decodes, and reconstructs various details of application and business data flows; and Corvil Plug-ins that identify and track messages, transactions and performance in real-time across various trading, middleware and enterprise data protocols. The company was founded by Raymond Russell and Ferhgal Toomey in April 2000 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. | Director/Board Member | - |
Diamond Microwave Devices Ltd.
 Diamond Microwave Devices Ltd. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Diamond Microwave Devices Ltd. develops novel diamond semiconductor devices. It specializes in compact, GaN-based solid-state power amplifiers (SSPA) customized for use in demanding defense and communications applications. The firms amplifiers offer state-of-the-art power performance coupled with a power-to-volume ratio which we believe to be amongst the highest in the industry for such products. The company was founded by Richard John Lang and Steven Edward Coe in 2006 and is headquartered in Leeds, the United Kingdom. | Chairman | - |
Former positions of Tom Robert Rowbotham
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
British Telecommunications Plc
 British Telecommunications Plc Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance British Telecom Plc provides telecommunication services. It offers broadband, phone lines, mobile phones, and IT services. The company offers telecom products and services for commercial purpose. British telecom is headquartered in London, UK | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | 01/01/2000 |
LumeJet Holdings Ltd.
 LumeJet Holdings Ltd. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing LumeJet Holdings Ltd. explores and develops commercial opportunities for exciting new photonic technology. It offers new and ultra high resolution digital printers. The firm serves artists and designers, professional photographers, artisans and the craft community, jewelers, models, stylists, luxury brands, architects, marketing, and advertising agencies. The company was founded by Trevor Phillip Elworthy and Phillip Robert Jarvis on January 27, 2010 and is headquartered in Castle Donington, the United Kingdom. | Director/Board Member | - |
Intelsat US LLC
 Intelsat US LLC Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Intelsat US LLC engages in the provision of satellite telecommunication services. It offers commercial aircraft, business jet, and aeronautical connectivity; land mobile; maritime; satellite, fiber, and teleport; consulting; and enterprise networking services. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in McLean, VA. | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | - |
Granite Networks, Inc.
 Granite Networks, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Granite Networks, Inc. provides information technology infrastructure solutions. The company is based in Ottawa, Canada. Granite Networks was acquired by Rogers Communications, Inc. on September 23, 2013 for $6.08 million. | Director/Board Member | - |
The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc.
 The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of Tom Robert Rowbotham
| Queen's University of Belfast | Undergraduate Degree |
| The University of Nottingham | Doctorate Degree |
| University of Surrey | Graduate Degree |
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| Private companies | 14 |
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dynamicsoft, Inc.
 dynamicsoft, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services dynamicsoft, Inc. was an IP telephony software company. It was a provider of carrier infrastructure software for packet-based wireline and wireless communications networks. It offered Internet infrastructure solutions for deploying communications services. dynamicsoft was based in Parsippany, NJ. | Technology Services |
British Telecommunications Plc
British Telecommunications Plc Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance British Telecom Plc provides telecommunication services. It offers broadband, phone lines, mobile phones, and IT services. The company offers telecom products and services for commercial purpose. British telecom is headquartered in London, UK | Finance |
Visage Mobile, Inc.
 Visage Mobile, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Visage Mobile, Inc. provides technology services for mobile virtual network platform. Its products include MobilityCentral, VisagePulse, International Travel Roaming Alerts (ITRA) and Concur Travel Integration. The company was founded by David Fraze and Matthew Johnson in 2001 and is headquartered in Larkspur, CA. | Technology Services |
Flomerics Group Plc
 Flomerics Group Plc Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services The Group's principal activities are providing virtual prototyping software and other related services. Its software products include Flotherm, FLO/EMC, FLO/PCB, Flopack, FLO/MCAD, SmartParts3D and Micro-Stripes. It also offers a consultancy service for companies who wish to outsource some or all of their design, simulation and test work. The Group's headquarters and primary centre for research and development is in the United Kingdom. It also has research and development centres in India, Hungary and Russia, and has sales and support offices in the United States of America, France, Germany, Italy, China, Singapore, Sweden, Japan and India. | Technology Services |
Optical Solutions, Inc.
 Optical Solutions, Inc. Electronics DistributorsDistribution Services Optical Solutions, Inc. used to provide passive optical network technology supporting voice, video and data. The company used to drive the gigabit passive optical network (GPON) evolution with its FiberPath 500 fiber to the premises (FTTP) solution. It was founded in 1996. The company was located in Minneapolis, MN. | Distribution Services |
Kimberley Communications Consultants Ltd.
Kimberley Communications Consultants Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Part of Siemens AG, Kimberley Communications Consultants Ltd. is a British software engineering company. The company is based in Nottingham, UK. The company was founded by Tom Robert Rowbotham. Kimberley Communications Consultants was acquired by Flomerics Group Plc on July 01, 1999 for $1.13 million. | Technology Services |
Concert Communications Services
 Concert Communications Services Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Concert Communications Services provides telecommunication services. | Communications |
Vesbridge Partners LLC
Vesbridge Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Vesbridge Partners LLC (Vesbridge Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Jeff Hinck and Zenas Hutcheson. The firm is headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota. | Finance |
Corvil Ltd.
Corvil Ltd. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Corvil Ltd. provides electronic trading and market data latency management services. It offers Corvil Appliances, a network data analytics appliance that passively taps into network data, and discovers, decodes, and reconstructs various details of application and business data flows; and Corvil Plug-ins that identify and track messages, transactions and performance in real-time across various trading, middleware and enterprise data protocols. The company was founded by Raymond Russell and Ferhgal Toomey in April 2000 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. | Technology Services |
The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc.
The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
Intelsat US LLC
Intelsat US LLC Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Intelsat US LLC engages in the provision of satellite telecommunication services. It offers commercial aircraft, business jet, and aeronautical connectivity; land mobile; maritime; satellite, fiber, and teleport; consulting; and enterprise networking services. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in McLean, VA. | Communications |
Diamond Microwave Devices Ltd.
Diamond Microwave Devices Ltd. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Diamond Microwave Devices Ltd. develops novel diamond semiconductor devices. It specializes in compact, GaN-based solid-state power amplifiers (SSPA) customized for use in demanding defense and communications applications. The firms amplifiers offer state-of-the-art power performance coupled with a power-to-volume ratio which we believe to be amongst the highest in the industry for such products. The company was founded by Richard John Lang and Steven Edward Coe in 2006 and is headquartered in Leeds, the United Kingdom. | Electronic Technology |
LumeJet Holdings Ltd.
LumeJet Holdings Ltd. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing LumeJet Holdings Ltd. explores and develops commercial opportunities for exciting new photonic technology. It offers new and ultra high resolution digital printers. The firm serves artists and designers, professional photographers, artisans and the craft community, jewelers, models, stylists, luxury brands, architects, marketing, and advertising agencies. The company was founded by Trevor Phillip Elworthy and Phillip Robert Jarvis on January 27, 2010 and is headquartered in Castle Donington, the United Kingdom. | Producer Manufacturing |
Granite Networks, Inc.
Granite Networks, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Granite Networks, Inc. provides information technology infrastructure solutions. The company is based in Ottawa, Canada. Granite Networks was acquired by Rogers Communications, Inc. on September 23, 2013 for $6.08 million. | Technology Services |
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