Management Team

	Anthony McKay, Chief Executive Officer Anthony co-founded Telephonetics plc in 1993 with Bill Burgar. He has nearly 20 years experience in the telecoms industry, having previously worked for Northern Telecoms (now Nortel), Octel (now Avaya), British Telecom and Symbionics. Anthony is a graduate of Durham University, where he read Computing and Electronics.
	Bill Burgar, Managing Director Bill co-founded Telephonetics plc in 1993 with Anthony McKay. Prior to this, Bill worked at Nortel, Octel (now Avaya), and Martis Oy (now Tellabs). He is a graduate of Reading University, where he read Cybernetics and Computer Science.
	James Ormondroyd, Finance Director James joined Telephonetics plc in April 2005 as the Finance Director. He was previously the Finance Director and Company Secretary at World Television Group Plc, the AIM quoted business, and before this was Finance Director of Virtue Broadcasting. James qualified as an accountant at Coopers & Lybrand and then spent eight years at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is a graduate of Manchester University, where he read Physics.
	Mark Holmes, Director of Sales Mark has 16 years selling experience within the telecommunications industry, in both direct and indirect selling roles. He has worked for Voice Integrated Products for the last 5 years. Previous positions include corporate account manager for Bistech PLC and Nynex. Before this he served for 8 years in the Armed Forces.
	Ben Kennedy, Business Development Director Ben joined Telephonetics in October 2001 to build a Professional and Customer Services Department that was capable of deploying and supporting the new Speech Recognition applications being developed for an emerging market. He was previously the Operations Manager at Convergent Systems, which was part of the Convergent Communications Group plc. He is a graduate of the University of Nottingham, where he read Industrial Economics, and is also a Full Member of the Association for Project Management.
	Craig Scott, Chief Technology Officer Craig joined Telephonetics in 1997. During this time he has been involved in every aspect of the product development process. Originally employed to design their next generation platform, he now has overall responsibility for technology strategy. Before joining Telephonetics, Craig was a Senior Software Engineer at Network Designers Limited, a UK based software engineering company specialising in mainframe connectivity software. Prior to that, Craig worked for Serco Operations developing software for the Ministry of Defence. Craig is a graduate of the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne where he studied Mechanical Engineering.
	Sam Roddis, Development Director Sam joined Telephonetics VIP in 1997 as a Software Engineer. During this time he has been involved in the design and development of much of the core technology in use today. Sam is a graduate of Durham University, where he read Software Engineering.
	Mark Gosling, Operations Director Mark Gosling joined VIP in 1998 and was appointed to the Board as Operations Director. Prior to this Mark worked for a developer of telecommunications equipment where he was also involved in project delivery support and type approvals. Mark then directed many of the customer facing aspects of the business including Sales, Marketing, Product and Development between 2000 and 2005, before being instated as Operations Director in 2005. Following the acquisition of VIP by Telephonetics in 2006, Mark was heavily involved in the integration of the two businesses before moving into the role of Director of Sales Operations in 2007. In this role the team was heavily involved in contract management, tenders, writing proposals, pricing, reporting and supporting the sales effort in closing business. In September 2009, Mark was appointed as Operations Director.
	Dave Amps, Director of Customer Solutions Architecture Dave Amps joined VIP in 1994 after working in the Computer, Fax and Telecoms industries. In 2000 he was appointed as Director of Operations with overall control for all aspects of installation, support and production and became a member of the VIP board. In 2003 Dave was appointed Director of Development with overall responsibility for the VIP development team as well as Speech products and services. Following the acquisition of VIP by Telephonetics in 2006 Dave took up the role of Director of Customer Solutions Architecture running the Solution Architects Team within business development to help research, analyse and bring new Speech products to market within Telephonetics VIP.