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John Butler
Commercial Manager
John has a wealth of commercial, financial, managerial and IT knowledge gained from his long time involvement with Mayze, Sonix and Equiinet. |
Initially, John worked as a computer consultant designing and implementing networks for start-up companies. It involved computer programming and was very hands-on. He helped numerous young companies by ensuring their IT infrastructure kept pace with the growing demands placed upon it.
He joined Bob Jones at Mayze and switched from systems architecture to running the systems he had installed. His role in administration grew with his involvement in Sonix as the company expanded exponentially, and by year two, John was managing the finances of a £16m turnover business.
His combined role in Equiinet is in finance, operations and administration. Essentially behind-the-scenes, John ensures the organisation continues to run smoothly whatever it takes.
This is the third time John has worked with Bob Jones as part of the core management team, bringing a stabilising influence to an entrepreneurial organisation.
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Dave Abbot
Marketing Manager
Having previously held software develop-ment and consulting positions with a variety of differing sized organisations, Dave has worked most recently with a number of leading networking companies in product management and product marketing roles. |
One of the early projects Dave worked on as a software engineer was creating communications front end processors for large IBM and Unisys mainframes. This included writing the operating system for the chosen hardware as well as all the higher level applications. Dave also wrote the software for the first microprocessor based statistical multiplexor to be sold in the UK.
Later roles included working for large end users, distributors, VARs and manufacturers and hence gained an insight into the needs and working environments of differing types of businesses relevant to his current position.. Marketing roles with networking companies included periods at ACC, Micom, Interlan, and Ungermann Bass.
He joined Bob Jones at Sonix and product managed the award winning Arpeggio product line before overseeing its migration into the 3Com OfficeConnect productline.
Besides marketing duties at Equiinet, Dave has a hand in both training and web site activities.
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