The Team
Andy Thurman
CEO
After graduating in Geology and a spell with BP Andy went into computing in the late eighties spending 7 years with Easams (a GEC-Marconi company) specifying and implementing turnkey software developments for a range of commercial and government clients.
Andy joined Cambridge start-up Telecoms operator Ionica plc in 1995 where he managed the team specifying requirements for the business' IT systems. At technology consultancy Sagentia, Andy led the Software Systems Group providing communications development and consulting services. The role involved active sales and business development in addition to operational and strategic management.
After leading delivery of a proprietary radio-location system for use in horse racing Andy became Technical Director at TurfTrax in 2004, where he was responsible for development of the technology into a robust, high accuracy operational RTLS system. The desire to build on this experience, to create and apply related products to wider markets provided the stimulus to found Omnisense when the opportunity to extract key IPR arose in late 2008.
David Bartlett
CTO
David is co-founder and a director of Omnisense.
He joined Sagentia in 1993 latterly leading the Wireless Innovation Team and in 2000 co-founded the spin-out RaceTrace which was set up to exploit the Core technology behind SWB, before its acquisition by TurfTrax. He then joined Cambridge Positioning Systems as director of R&D before setting up Pyxidium Ltd in 2004 working for many different clients including Cambridge Wireless, 42 Technology and latterly as part-time CTO for Zimiti Ltd.
He is a Chartered Electronics Engineer with many years experience in the Electronics, Communications and Wireless industries – his specialist fields are Digital Signal Processing and Software Engineering. He has published several papers and is the inventor of a number of patents, including those behind the Omnisense technology.
In his spare time David has recently also found time to write "Essentials of Positioning and Location Technology", part the of Wireless Essentials Series published by Cambridge University Press.
Martin Frost
Chairman
Martin leads and advises a number of Cambridge-based technology businesses. He is experienced in all aspects of start-ups, building and leading technical and commercial teams teams, raising venture and development capital, and technology in- and out-licensing.
Over last dozen years Martin has been involved in founding and financing several business including Absolute Sensors (inductive sensing business, sold to Synaptics Inc, NASDAQ listed), Intrasonics (interactive media sold to Dutch media investors), Chord Capital (London and Cambridge based venture fund manager), Sphere Medical (medical devices, listed on London AIM), Sensopad (sensors business sold to TT electronics), SGAI (Hong Kong based JV with Chinese manufacturer) and most recently RedCloud (mobile financial services in emerging markets).
Martin was formerly CEO and CFO of Sagentia plc, a leading technology development company based in Cambridge, Stockholm, Frankfurt and Hong Kong, listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Martin's passionate about encouraging entrepreneurs, starting and developing new businesses which make a difference in people's lives. Martin is a qualified management accountant and graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge University.
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About Omnisense
Formed in Cambridge, UK in 2009, Omnisense brings together a number of highly experienced individuals to develop and exploit proprietary IPR in advanced RTLS. Omnisense's patented “Cluster” technology provides highly accurate real time tracking without the cost, inconvenience and disruption needed to install a fixed infrastructure.
Leading the shift to real time monitoring through the cloud, Omnisense enables customers to:
● Track people, animals and assets, continuously and on-demand providing valuable information on behaviour, activity and position
● Operate seamlessly indoors and outdoors, in complex GPS-denied environments
● Easily integrate with existing systems
● Quickly and cost effectively deploy location network solutions
● Enjoy lowest total cost of ownership
Omnisense is headquartered in Cambridge in the United Kingdom with a growing and global customer base.
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