Richard has life-long experience in developing telephony software and services spanning premium rate, complex switching platforms and enhanced telecommunication services, including speech recognition in public networks.
Richard designed and developed the first premium rate telephony software in Australia during the late 1980s for Kerry Packer's Australian Consolidated Press, one of the world's largest media companies. This software is still in use today by the same division and continues to outperform its competitors in features and flexibility.
As the founding CTO of Steadycom Ltd, he designed and developed telephony software through the 1990s used by providers and carriers globally. Services included premium rate, pre-paid, pbx, voicemail, unified messaging, predictive dialler, legal call interception, audio conference, fax broadcast, least cost routing. Customers included OneTel, Vodafone, Primus Telecom, AAPT, Tata Telecom, and Escotel Telecom. The software was also rated best in world and OEM'd by Compaq HP and Intel.
The Compaq OEM version ran on Tru64 for their carrier markets. Development of the world's first CS2 compliant Service Node solution was carried out between Adelaide, Australia, and Compaq in Annecy, France.
Intel's verion was used in their high density and highly scalable Open Programmable Switch based on the Linux operating system and Intel/Dialogic hardware. Intel later OEM'd this product which today remains part of Intel's current NetMerge suite, known as the Intel NetMerge Media Communications Carrier Software (MCCS).
The Steadycom business was acquired in 2001 for $60m and Richard founded SkunkWorks Australia in 2002.
Richard's development management, innovation and design skills are recognised globally.
Bill has over 20 years experience in taking technology to markets, including mobile telecommunication, voice and data solutions in Europe and Australia.
He founded and operated a successful amusement electronics business in Australia in the late '70s before moving into engineering, chemicals and then the telecommunication field.
While working for Hawthorn Leslie Communications in London, Bill gained the 1991 European Salesman of the year award for developing mobile and wireless business in a fiercely competitive market.
Bill then moved back to Australia where he worked in many roles with Telstra. These included managing the national cellular product management, pricing, and product procurement business in 1993 during a period of rapid growth and early GSM deployment. He then took on market development of the then new wireless packet switched network into South Australia and Northern Territory. His experience includes development of and winning several whole of government mobile business deals.
While working for Optus, he introduced their first significant managed voice and data over frame relay deployment into corporate Australia.
Bill then took on business development for Steadycom telecommunication software in Asia Pacific, developing markets in enhanced service solutions for public network providers and carriers.
Bill also founded Voice Pty Ltd, a successful unique business of hosted telecommunication solutions mixed with Internet services which was acquired in 2003.
Bill joined SkunkWorks in early 2003 and co-founded Pep-Talk International in 2005.