Research Director, Freeform Dynamics Ltd
Bournemouth, United Kingdom
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- Founder/Director at Freeform Dynamics
- Co-owner at Quocirca Ltd
- Past
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- Director at Quocirca Ltd
- Wireless consulting group at Nortel Networks
- Various roles at Various IT companies
- Various roles at Various other organisations
- Education
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- University of Surrey
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Dale Vile’s Summary
With over 20 years experience in the IT industry, I have worked in a variety of technical, management and commercial roles over the course of my career. In my current calling as an IT industry analyst, I see my ongoing mission as cutting through all of the hype and misconceptions often created by suppliers, religious evangelists, and the media, with aim of providing more grounded insights and guidance for those making IT related decisions.
Dale Vile’s Specialties:
Industry analyst and business development professional
Dale Vile’s Experience
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Founder/Director
Freeform Dynamics
(Market Research industry)
December 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)
I am currently Research Director at industry analyst and research firm Freeform Dynamics Ltd (www.freeformdynamics.com), which I founded in 2005 with my wife and fellow director, Helen Vile. After leading the company myself for the first three years, I have recently handed the reins to Jon Collins, who has stepped into the Managing Director position. This has given me a lot more time to spend in the field as a working industry analyst, which is something I really love doing but running a company tends to get in the way of.
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Co-owner
Quocirca Ltd
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Market Research industry)
September 2001 — Present (8 years 7 months)
Having been intimately involved over a four year period in the building and driving of Quocirca Ltd, I have now withdrawn from the day-to-day running of the business. I remain a significant investor, however, with Helen (my wife) and I together maintaining a 40% shareholding in the company.
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Director
Quocirca Ltd
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Market Research industry)
September 2001 — September 2005 (4 years 1 month)
I joined Quocirca as a director and shareholder before the company had got off the ground commercially. Together with the initial founder, Clive Longbottom, we built the business into a strong going concern, laying important foundations that underpin the success of the company even today. In addition to being the original commercial architect of the business, I set up and subsequently managed Quocirca's primary research unit and played an active role as an industry analyst. While Quocrica does not attribute the work of past analysts on its website, many of the articles and some of the reports I authored during my time with the company are available in their original attributed form elsewhere on the Web, and can be found by searching for my name in Google (there is only one "Dale Vile")..
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Wireless consulting group
Nortel Networks
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)
August 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 2 months)
Headed a team of very talented guys trying to educate mobile operators on the wider world of gaming, media, enterprise software and others stuff to help them formulate 3G go-to-market plans.
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Various roles
Various IT companies
(Computer Software industry)
September 1989 — September 2001 (12 years 1 month)
I have held various technical, management and commercial roles in the IT industry over the course of my career in companies such as Nortel Networks, SAP, JD Edwards and Sybase.
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Various roles
Various other organisations
(Chemicals industry)
August 1983 — August 1989 (6 years 1 month)
Prior to joining the IT industry, I worked in pharmaceutical research then became involved in IT development, running major projects in companies such as Glaxo (now part of GSK) and Heineken.
Dale Vile’s Education
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University of Surrey
BSc Hons , Biochemistry , 1979 — 1983
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Association of Technology Analysts & Influencers
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