The diagram below shows the areas of activity for Nick Thorne Ltd.
Nick Thorne Ltd services diagram
Nick Thorne (LinkedIn) has 20 years of experience in high technology innovation garnered from 18 years in research and development at Philips Semiconductors / NXP followed by 16 months as head of enterprise at Solent University. Topics covered are listed below and given in more detail under the projects area of this website.
- Business development & networking in the electronics and software industries.
- Embedded hardware and software project analysis, costings, feasibility study, management and design.
- Microelectronics project consultancy.
- Digital TV software consultancy.
- General video electronics consultancy.
- Database design and maintenance (PHP, MySQL, ASP, Access).
- Database driven website design.
- Website search engine optimization (to build lead generation and lead conversion).
- Business development; prospect identification, approach plan, approach and collaboration.
- Standards.
- Search engine marketing and eCommerce website requirements capture and implementation.
- Collaborations with universities, researchers, third parties and funding agencies.
In summary, I am happy doing project scoping, prospect analysis, business development, project estimation and justification. Project management. Hands on implementation from design through to test, documentation and sales support. PICs, FPGA to full custom to RTOS, Linux, WinCE, J2ME, UI design and evaluation, ARM, MIPs, GNU tools, configuration management and problem reporting etc etc. Software requirements analysis, specification, procurement, acceptance testing and licence specification, review and negotiation. Team building, team development and team driving.
From Feb 2009 to May 2010 I managed a group providing the bridge between the Southampton Solent University Faculty of Technology and local businesses (paid for by HEIF4 from HEFCE). This includes professional short courses, consultancy, contract research, facilities hire and knowledge transfer partnerships. As such I lead a revamp of the legal and IPR toolkits to facilitate the process, developed business with local industries (e.g. visit to the METS tradeshow). Learned a lot about rapid manufacture, 3D printing, yacht engineering (including hiring out the towing tank), marine renewable energy and a lot more (new page coming soon). I am also now fully conversant with how universities operate, so should be useful to anyone wanting to collaborate with a university.
I am currently (June 2010) taking a breather, finishing off some research, preparing for my last year of distance learning on the Renewable Energy Systems Technology MSc at Loughborough University and one or two other technology applications (can’t say more).
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