Andrew Barker , CEO
Andrew brings over twenty five years of experience in general management, product management, and engineering to Mirifice. Most recently he was VP Marketing at telecoms voice security start up Cellcrypt, prior to which he was CMO at wireless security start up Red-M. He spent the nine years at Intel where his roles included general manager of the Internet Products Division, senior investment manager for Intel Capital, and director of new business opportunities for the Communication Product Group.
Andrew’s career in the software industry spans large international enterprises and entrepreneurial SMEs in both Europe and the United States. Prior to Intel he held senior positions at Sun where he started and grew SunSoft’s internet software product line, and at Hewlett-Packard where he honed his technical skills.
Andrew has an MBA from the Wharton School, and a BSc in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Kent at Canterbury.
Paul Tinkler , President of Worldwide Sales
Paul brings his natural leadership and entrepreneurial spirit to Mirifice’s management, sales and business development.
With the other directors, Paul founded Mirifice to build upon the teams’ technical excellence and broadcast experience, to form a company that delivers products and solutions to the broadcast industry and to be at the heart of this exciting industry.
Paul has over ten years IT and Telecoms sales and commercial experience. He headed Telecoms and Broadcast sales for Bath based software house IPL after working for Cable and Wireless in IP and Data. Paul led Mirifice through their first round of venture capital funding in May 2007.
Paul holds a Joint Honours degree in Accountancy and Law from Newcastle University.
Alex Dick , CTO
With a career in Systems Engineering, Alex has over 21 years of experience in a wide range of technologies and software engineering projects for a diverse list of clients. He has headed development teams including Sony in the digital broadcast sector which he worked on eight years.
His team completed the Conditional Access swaps within Sky Italia, resulting in a €6m per month saving on fraud committed upon the network. Alex was also involved in the initial Billing and Intelligent Network design and build for the launch of Orange. Further engagements with a number of global electronics manufacturers and broadcasters have given Alex a rare insight into the broadcast sector and technology.
Alex holds a BEng Honours in Systems Engineering from the University of Bath.
Dr. Niall Buckingham , Engineering Director
Niall’s background lies in technical consultancy and software development. Before joining Mirifice he was a Technical Consultant within the Digital Media division at Teleca Ltd. Prior to Teleca he worked for IPL for 15 years.
Niall’s experience has given him technical skills through the full range of the software life cycle. Since 1996 he has also worked with digital technologies in both the TV and mobile space, particularly in the areas of STB (set top box) middleware development, DTV broadcast delivery, and delivery of multimedia content to mobile. Niall also has relationships with some of the key players in the DTV sector and his technical and commercial experience highly complements the other team members.
Niall holds a BSc and PhD in Mathematics.