CURRICULUM
VITAE
Andrew Hopper CBE FIET FREng FRS
Professor of Computer Technology, University of Cambridge
EDUCATION
University of Wales Swansea
1971 - 1974 B.Sc. in
Computer Technology
University of Cambridge, Computer
Laboratory
1974 - 1977 Ph.D. Title: Local
Area Computer Communication Networks
ACADEMIC
University of Cambridge
1977 - 1979 Research
Assistant
(Computer Laboratory)
1979 - 1983 Assistant
Lecturer
(Computer Laboratory)
1983 - 1992
Lecturer
(Computer Laboratory)
1992 - 1997 Reader in
Computer Technology
(Computer Laboratory)
1997 - 2004 Professor
of Communications
(Department of Engineering)
2004
-
Professor of Computer Technology, Head of Department
(Computer Laboratory)
2011
-
Council (Trustee)
2011
-
Finance Committee
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
1981 - 2011 Fellow
1981 - 1993 Director
of Studies in Computer Science
PROFESSIONAL
Institution of Engineering and
Technology (formerly IEE)
1981 -
Member (1993 - Fellow)
2002 - 2007 IT Sector
Panel (2005 - 2007 Chairman)
2003 - 2006 Trustee
2009 -
Trustee
2012
-
President
Royal Academy of Engineering
1996
-
Fellow
2002 - 2007 Membership
Panel 5
2006 - 2008 Awards
Committee
2007 - 2010
Council (Trustee)
2007
- 2011 International Committee
2013
-
Enterprise Committee
Royal Society
2006 -
Fellow
2006 - 2008 Innovation
Panel
2006 - 2008 Sectional
Committee 4
2009 - 2011
Council (Trustee)
2012
-
Awards Nominations Committee
INDUSTRIAL
(Companies Co-founded)
Orbis Ltd
sold to Acorn
Computer 1979
1978 - 1981 Director
Acorn Computer plc
IPO USM 1982, spun out ARM in 1990
1979 - 1985 Research
Director
1996 - 1999 Director
Qudos Ltd
based at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
1985 - 1989 Director
AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
Ltd (formerly Olivetti Research Ltd)
1986 - 2002 Managing
Director (1994 - 2002 Vice-President)
Virata
Inc
IPO NASDAQ 1999, secondary raised
$550M, now part of Conexant
1993 - 2001 Director
Telemedia Systems Ltd (now
IPV Ltd) based in Cambridge
1995 - 2003
Chairman (2000 - 2003 Director)
Adaptive Broadband Ltd
sold to California Microwave 1998
1998 - 2001 Director
Cambridge Broadband Ltd (now CBNL
Ltd) based in Cambridge
2000 - 2005 Chairman
Level 5 Networks Ltd (now
Solarflare Inc) based in Irvine/Cambridge
2002 - 2008
Director
Adventiq Ltd
sold to Adder Technology 2009
2005 - 2009 Chairman
VNC Group Ltd
Queen's Awards Export 2011, Technology 2011,
International Trade 2013, based in Cambridge
2002
-
Chairman
Ubisense plc
IPO AIM 2011, Queen's Awards Export 2012, Technology
2012, based in Cambridge
2003
-
Chairman (2003 - 2006 Director)
TxtEz Ltd
2013
-
Director
OTHER
Amadeus Capital Partners
2001 - 2005 Advisory
Board
Cambridge Gateway Fund
2001 - 2006 Advisory Board
Fraser Research
2003
-
Trustee
Cambridge Wireless
2005 - 2008 Director
Queen’s University Belfast,
Institute of Electronics Communications and Information
Technology
2005
-
Advisory Board
CRFS Ltd
2007 - 2010 Advisory Board
University of Oxford, Department
of Computer Science
2008
-
Advisory Board
Technology Strategy Board
2009 - 2012
Chairman Emerging Technologies and Industries Steering Group
École Polytechnique
Fédérale De Lausanne, School of Computer and Communication
Sciences
2011
-
Advisory Board
BP plc
2011
-
Technical Advisory Council
University of Cambridge, Centre
for Business Research
2013
-
Advisory Board
PRIZES
/ AWARDS
1999
Royal Society - Bronze Medal (Clifford
Paterson Lecture)
2003
Royal Academy of Engineering -
Silver Medal
2004
Association of Computing
Machinery - SIGMOBILE Outstanding Contribution Award
2004
Institution of Electrical Engineers -
Mountbatten Medal
2005
Swansea University - Honorary Fellowship
2007
CBE for "services to the computer
industry"
2010
Queen's University Belfast - Honorary
Degree
2011
Trinity Hall, Cambridge - Honorary Fellowship
2013
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge - Honorary Fellowship
PERSONAL
Born 9 May 1953, Warsaw, Poland, UK citizen since
1964
Married, two children, enjoys flying
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