The people behind Iprova

Before Iprova, Julian was Vice President of Licensing for Honeywell and headed up the company’s licensing business in Europe. After starting his career as an international applications engineer working for virtual instrumentation company National Instruments in Austin, Texas, he became a product manager at technology company LSI. He then became the business development director of the DSP group at Central Research Laboratories of EMI Music in London, helping to transform the R&D labs into an Intellectual Property development and licensing business. The R&D labs were reborn as Scipher plc and subsequently listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Julian holds a first degree in electronic engineering, an MSc in Artificial Neural Networks and graduated from the ACDMM at Cambridge University. He has created inventions which have led to over 500 granted and pending patents for companies such as Philips, Nokia and Panasonic.

“In my view, by 2025 over 50% of the world’s inventions will be created using a data-driven approach.”

Before joining Iprova, Nick was the managing director of microstructured optics company Microsharp Technologies, and has founded several technology companies, including Oxford Biomaterials Ltd. Earlier in his career Nick worked at Central Research Laboratories of EMI Music in London. Here he managed a number of research divisions including the Advanced Computing Group and the Biomedical and Chemical Instrumentation Group and helped to transform the R&D labs into an Intellectual Property development and licensing business. The R&D labs were reborn as Scipher plc and subsequently listed on the London Stock Exchange. During his time with Scipher, Nick developed a neural network text data mining system which was licensed and is now part of OpenText Corporation’s products.

Nick has a degree in physiology and a full medical degree, along with a PhD in artificial intelligence and is a graduate of both the University of Cambridge and UCL. He has created inventions on behalf of many of the world’s leading technology companies including Deutsche Telekom, Sony and Philips.

“Invention is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Iprova takes the sweat out of it.”

Chris joined Iprova from a medical start-up company where he was a technical consultant. He studied biology as an undergraduate at Imperial College, has an MSc in tissue engineering and bio-materials, and a PhD in mechanical engineering and neuroscience from UCL. His interest in science and engineering started at an early age, culminating with the construction of a hovercraft during his school days. While at Iprova, Chris has created over 200 inventions which have been subject to patent filings by companies such as Sony, Nokia, Panasonic and Philips, amongst many others.

“Innovating at the cutting edge of many technical frontiers is a challenging, fun and very fulfilling experience — I love it!”

As Head of Engineering, Paul has overall responsibility for developing, delivering and maintaining our Invention Studio platform. He and his team work closely with the machine learning and product management functions on our product roadmap and then deliver the required solutions at the right time. Prior to joining Iprova, Paul held a number of senior software management positions, including spells as CTO of Ahead Solutions, a start-up, and as Head of Cloud Services at Nanolive, a cutting-edge biotech research company. Paul holds a masters in computer science from EPFL, one of Europe’s leading international research universities.

“I’ll automate all the stuff that makes sense to automate. Why not creativity and invention too?”

As Head of Product, Bernie is responsible for defining and delivering the company’s product roadmap. Having previously worked as an Invention Engineer at Iprova, she has extensive hands-on knowledge of the product and, crucially, customer requirements and expectations. Bernie’s first degree is in mechanical engineering and she followed this up with both a PhD in materials science from Imperial College, London and an online MBA.

“We use technologies that help us travel faster, or learn more effectively, so why not also use technologies to help us create new things more efficiently?”

Nicholas joined Iprova from Astrocast, a cutting-edge satellite IoT telecommunications provider, where he held the position of Head of Finance. He supported the company through several financing rounds to a listing on EuroNext Growth Oslo and scaled the finance team. He is an adviser to several companies in emerging industries such as AI and NewSpace. Nicholas studied in Switzerland and Berlin and holds a diploma in Business Administration. He is looking forward to using his wide experience to help Iprova scale.

“My kids think I make inventions. I just help a brilliant company that helps brilliant minds to invent!”