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As co-founder and Executive Chairman of mBlox, Andrew provides the strategic vision for mBlox leveraging his deep industry expertise. Andrew has a wealth of experience in the mobile industry and is widely recognized as an expert in the areas of mobile regulation and payments.Prior to assuming the role of Executive Chairman, Andrew was the CEO of mBlox Ltd, which he co-founded in 1999 and led to profitability. From 1988 to 1996, Andrew was head of mobile technology for Olivetti SpA in Italy. There he led the European development of DECT (the predecessor of WiFi), and launched Europe's first wireless LAN system. In 1994, while at Olivetti, he became the founding technical head of Omnitel (now Vodafone Italia). Between 1996 and 1999 he was a Director at Connect Communications Group, a leading European provider of corporate telecommunications services, and was the Group Marketing Director with Azlan plc, the �200m European distributor of internet technology. His earlier background was in mobile technology R&D.Andrew is a Board member of the global Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF), which he helped found in 2001 and to which he was re-elected in 2003 and 2005. Bud is the Vice Chairman. In April 2005 he was appointed to the Board of PhonePayPlus, the UK regulator of premium-rate telecoms services.Andrew is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the IEE, with a degree from Cambridge University. | 