John combines a passion for innovation and a commitment to open source software with his considerable industry knowledge to help facilitate University collaboration both internally and internationally.
John has led CARET since 2003 following a career as an entrepreneur setting up medical devices companies in the US and across Europe. An engineer by training, John worked in the steel and oil industries (which included a stint in the Algerian Sahara) before moving into business start ups. The most successful of these was Summit Technology Inc which went public at $200Million after just 18 months and later sold to the Alcon division of Nestle for $900Million.
As well as his like of gadgets and new technology (you should see the cappuccino machine in the office) he is a keen sailor and once competed in the prestigious Fastnet race.
Contact Details
john @ caret.cam.ac.uk
01223 765 367
CARET
1st Floor, 16 Mill Lane
Cambridge
CB2 1SB
University of Cambridge Appointments
- Head of eLearning
- Chair of the University Information Strategy Working Group
- Member of the University Information Strategy and Services Syndicate
Other Appointments
- Chair of the Advisory Committee of the JISC Open Source Software Watch
- Member JISC Teaching and Learning Committee
- Chair of the Sakai Foundation Board
- Managing Director of Clinical and Biomedical Computing Ltd - Cambridge UK
Education
- University of Cambridge, MA
- INSEAD Fontainebleau France, MBA
- University of Birmingham, BSc. Metallurgy and Materials Science
