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About Cranberry
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Cranberry is a fast-growing technology company
based in the world heritage city of Bath, in the UK. The company specialises in building hardware and software solutions
for server-based computing and application virtualisation markets. Cranberry’s
latest innovation, the SC21 Smart Client, is a small, energy-efficient device
with all the power and peripheral support of a PC. The SC21 is based upon the
Intel Atom chipset which requires just a fraction of the power of a conventional
PC. It also offers greater levels of security. The SC21 runs a Microsoft Embedded Standard (based on Windows XP SP3) operating system and new software components can be added easily at
any time.
Cranberry is a Microsoft Embedded Partner; one of a small number of companies
licensed to customise MS operating systems and has produced thin and smart
client software for other hardware vendors. This close working relationship with
Microsoft means Cranberry customers will always be able to adopt the very latest
in software and technology trends. |
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Simon Ponsford, CEO |
Key Personnel
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Lord Redesdale
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Chairman
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Lord Redesdale sits in the DEFRA team in the Lords
as the party's spokesman on Agriculture and Energy. Previous to that, he was a
spokesperson on Defence and Overseas Development. He travelled extensively in
the latter role and has worked as an election monitor for the United Nations. He
was also a member of the Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology and
European Union Select Committee D.
Lord Resedale brings a wealth of experience and high level contacts to the
board. His appointment highlights the company’s green credentials and the
commitment to expand the business globally through high level associations and
partnerships. |
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Simon Ponsford
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Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
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Europe’s leading expert in Thin and Smart Client
computing. He speaks regularly on the history and future of centralised
computing and application virtualisation. Simon is no stranger to large-scale
software development projects having salvaged the £30m NSPIS Custody software
project as its Chief Technical Architect and having designed the UK’s largest
server based computing implementation. Previous to this Simon worked as a
security consultant before working as the CTO of Flexion Systems Inc, a
California based IT start-up. In addition to his extensive technical knowledge
Simon is experienced in managing technology businesses. Simon studied
Environmental Sciences at King’s College London and worked as a research
scientist prior to his IT career.
Simon’s reputation, experience, knowledge and focus combine to provide a high
level evaluation of the technological developments that will affect Cranberry’s
value proposition and will steer the product roadmap from both a hardware and
software perspective. |
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Guy Marshall
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Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
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An Electronics Engineer and Chartered Accountant
with extensive experience of complex project management, business modelling and
process re-engineering. Guy began his accountancy career at Price Waterhouse
Coopers as an Audit & Corporate Finance Manager before moving on to several
Financial Director positions. For the last seven years Guy has worked as an
Interim Manager within several start-up businesses where he has been key in
securing significant VC and EU funding. Guy has worked alongside Simon in two
previous businesses and has very detailed knowledge of the Cranberry product
range and the technology involved.
A finance director with a strong technical knowledge is a combination that
affords valuable interaction between the need to react to a rapidly evolving
technical market and the discipline required to ensure such reaction is
supported from a financial point of view. |
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