Acceleration Network

Accelerate Consulting operates through a combination of permanent staff and a network of Associates and Partners with a wide range of experience in the technology sector. Our associates are carefully chosen for their experience and expertise either in technical development, management or business/commercial management.

Daniel Dearing – Managing Director
As Managing Director of Accelerate Consulting, Daniel is a proactive Sales and Marketing Professional with a strong background in technical development, management and consulting. Daniel has contributed to the success of companies large and small, gaining experience of product development and management, business development, marketing and technical consulting.

In addition to building and managing development teams in large corporate environments, he has also gained experience in helping start-up companies overcome the issues that they face. His technical domain expertise extends to many aspects of broadband communications networks, ATM, SDH, and IP networks, Fixed Wireless Access and Wireless LAN, Bluetooth and cellular protocols (GSM and UMTS).

Associates

Colin Forster – Associate
Colin has over 24 years of successful business and technology experience in the fields of new technology/product development, digital video and communications, digital TV/broadcast, industrial imaging, consumer electronics, mobile communications & IT.

He has held engineering and management positions with leading consulting,
product/system development and silicon vendor organisations, including Gartner Consulting, NEC Semiconductor and PA Technology. Specific responsibilities have included electronic product/system design, technology and market analysis, project management and team leadership, client relationship management, business development and technical marketing.

He has also managed and delivered technical and commercial consulting engagements at senior level to a range of start-up, corporate and regulatory organisations.

Rob has several patents and awards for innovation stretching back over his 20 year career; he also has an electronics first degree and an MSc in Software Engineering (Distinction) from Oxford University. He has used this background, together with corporate new-venture experience, to help Universities, commercial R&D organisations, and SME companies (including start-ups) raise grant funding (over 10M Euros) and commercialise their technology. Rob's technical expertise includes agile software management, technology and information accessibility (including digital signage, kiosks, and accessible web design), intelligent software agents, and search engine optimisation.