Earlier this month, I was delighted to be able to present Professor Simon Gibson as a candidate for an honorary doctorate from the University of South Wales at our December degree ceremony in Treforest. Born in Essex but now a resident of Monmouthshire, Simon is Chief Executive of Wesley Clover Corporation, a global technology investment fund that has funded more than 150 technology start-up firms across the World. Wesley Clover is also the owner of the Celtic Manor Resort and Golf Course - famously the home of the 2010 Ryder Cup - and the new £83 million International Convention Centre in Newport. Before joining Wesley Clover, Simon was involved in various telecommunications businesses before becoming the co-founder, President and CEO of Ubiquity Software Corporation, a pioneer in the development of media protocols and service platforms for the internet. Amazingly, that protocol now drives every single voice phone call in the world as well as most video conference calls. Given this, i...
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