Catapult Conference - London 2007 Speakers

• Sir Geoffrey Owen

• Steven V. Bernard

• Richard Brenner

• Rudy Burger

• Chris Burke

• Davaid Carratt

• Andrew Carruthers

• Stuart Chapman

• Farley Cash Duvall

• Neil Foster

• Chris Greenwood

• Robert J. Johnsen

• David Knight

• Dr. Christopher J. Horn

• Justin Label

• Ed Lambert

• Renée Aguiar-Lucander

• Pete Malcolm

• Paddy MccGwire

• David McCulloch

• Michelle E. Messina

• Andy Morgan

• Ashish Patel

• Jay Patel

• Rodrigo Prudencio

• Vincent Grimaldi de Puget

• Catherine W. Riley

• Anu Shah

• Pierre Suhrcke

• Philip Shepherd

• Jeremy Gordon Walker

• Chris Williams

Chris Burke
Venture Partner
VantagePoint Venture Partners
chris@busterburke.com

Chris Burke has spent 24 years in the Telecommunications industry since graduating from a degree in Computer Science. Until September 2004 Chris was the Chief Technology Officer for Vodafone UK Ltd. In that capacity Chris was responsible as CTO and CIO for all Vodafone UK Technology and Product architecture, design, procurement, development, deployment, support and operations. As CTO of one of Vodafone’s leading operating companies Chris also had responsibility for Northern European Technology initiatives as well as sitting on the Global Information Technology and Technology Management Boards for Vodafone Group.

Previous to Vodafone Chris was CTO and CIO with Energis (a UK fixed line carrier) as part of the executive team which led Energis through IPO and into the FTSE 40. As CTO/CIO of Energis, Chris was responsible for technology and product architecture, design, development, deployment, and support. Energis is best remembered as the first national SDH carrier, carrying BBC television and radio broadcast over ATM, and the network and technology behind the breakthrough Internet Service Provider Freeserve.

After graduating University Chris spent his first 15 years in Research, Development, Operations and ultimately Sales in Nortel. During Chris’ time in Nortel he worked in North America, Europe, and Asia mostly on the large scale Digital Switching platforms, but also on the Intelligent Networking range of products.

Presently Chris splits his energies between: Board Level Leadership, Venture Capital, and Advising Carriers/Vendors/Investors. Chris is the Chairman of Ubiquity Software UBQ.L (SIP Application Servers and Service Creation Environment), Lead Independent Director of March Networks MNW.L (Network Enabled DVR Hardware and Software), Chairman of 118MOB (Mobile Directory Assistance), on the Board of Oz Communication (Mobile Instant Messaging and Consumer email solutions), the Board of Tatara Systems (Converged Network Control Hardware/Software), and Board member of Dialog Semiconductor DLG.F.

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