Charlie Horrell is Packet Vision's chief executive officer. He was previously at Thomson SA, where he was COO of their €1bn set-top box division. Prior to that Charlie was CEO of IDP, a quoted French company specializing in software for interactive television. He also spent seven years with News Corporation - initially at BSkyB and then at Star TV in Hong Kong. During this period he ran business development, was general manager of the first media joint venture in China and was deputy general manager of Star Networks.

Barry Llewellyn is VP of sales and marketing. A co-founder of Catalyst Media Group plc - one of the first content-rich IPTV networks - Barry has also run international television channels with specific focus on marketing, press and PR, advertising sales, sponsorship and network development. He has executive board director experience on AIM and NASDAQ listed media companies. He has 25 years of experience in TV advertising airtime sales on a regional, national and pan-continental basis for various TV channels including ITV (UK) and MTV Europe.

Ian Peacock is chief financial officer. He has held a number of senior finance and operations roles in the last 14 years with technology companies, both public and private, and has extensive experience of helping them develop their operations internationally. Prior to moving into commerce, Ian spent 10 years in public practice with Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has a First Class honours degree in Biology & Computer Science from York University and is a qualified chartered accountant.

Chris Churm is chief technology officer. He has 17 years’ experience in embedded systems software development, engineering open standards-based solutions for the data communications and telecommunications sectors. He has considerable experience in designing and developing ISDN terminal adaptor and remote access server products for worldwide deployment. Before joining Packet Vision Chris was VP VoIP Technology for VegaStream Limited, where he spent seven years heading up the onshore and offshore software development teams for VoIP gateway products. Chris has a BSc (Hons) First Class in Mathematics/Physics from the University of London.

Ian Raven is hardware development manager and has worked in the data communications and telecoms sectors for 17 years. He has been involved in the hardware design of many product types including air traffic control communication systems, data communication ISDN redundant backup systems, military radio systems and voice-over-IP communication systems. Prior to joining Packet Vision Ian spearheaded the hardware development of the second-generation voice-over-IP gateways at VegaStream. He has an MIEE and a BSc in Electronics Engineering from Bangor University.

Ravinder Sihera is operations manager and controls all end-to-end supply and manufacturing. Prior to joining Packet Vision she was logistics manager at VegaStream and has held various positions in procurement and general management in a variety of world-class technology, hospitality and leisure companies over her 18 year career. She has a MCIPS, a BA in English from Delhi University and a diploma in Business Studies from Langley College.

United States

Jeff Li is Packet Vision's Director of Engineering in North America. He has over 15 years of technical leadership experience in design and development of large scale software for telecommunication and cable industries. He has extensive expertise in engineering, deployment and management of carried grade IP based multimedia services for Telco Service Providers and Multi System Operators (MSOs). Prior to joining Packet Vision, he held various management and engineering positions in Wiline Networks, SAIC, Telcordia Technologies (Bellcore), and Lucent Bell Laboratories. He graduated with B.E, M.S degrees from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China and has a M.S degree from Temple University, Philadelphia, USA.