Nick started life as a research scientist for the M.O.D before moving into the IT industry some 16 years ago. During this time he progressed from a voice and data networks sales engineer to running his own networking business and picking up a number of video networking patents. More recently he was Chief Strategist at Business Systems Group (BSG Plc) building their managed service division and taking it through BS7799 and a successful flotation in 2001.