Managing Director at Opportunity Links
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Chief Executive at BeGrand.net
- Managing Director at Opportunity Links
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- Technical Director at Opportunity Links
- eGovernment Change Manager at Fenland District Council
- Business Development at Gamer.tv
- Systems Architect at Sports.com
- Managing Director at Morat Games
- Managing Director at Hypereality Systems
- Education
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- University of Cambridge
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Mark Cheverton’s Summary
After studying Physics at Cambridge, Mark left science behind to be part of the first generation of Internet entrepreneurs during the ‘90s. Over the next decade he was involved in a number of successful Internet startups before moving into local government, via the television and games industries, to take up the challenge of the eGovernment agenda.
In 2005, Mark joined Opportunity Links (OL) to bring together his passion for the potential of new technology with his belief in the empowering nature of information for citizens. With seven years experience in the Internet sector at Director Level, Mark brings to OL an extensive experience in managing technical programmes in multi-agency environments across the public and private sector.
Mark’s track record of fostering innovation within the Internet sector, combined with a practical understanding of the business realities of front-line public sector workers, plays a key role in the development of new products and services and the continued support of OL’s customers. True to his entrepreneurial roots, Mark continues to attempt to redefine the way citizens interact with government bringing his belief in the potential of ICT, and particularly Internet technologies, to transform public sector information delivery.
Mark Cheverton’s Specialties:
Internet startups, electronic government, public sector, online and traditional games, web design, youth
Mark Cheverton’s Experience
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Chief Executive
BeGrand.net
(Internet industry)
July 2009 — Present (9 months)
BeGrand.net is a national online service for grandparents due for launch in January which has been seed funded by the DCSF.
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Managing Director
Opportunity Links
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2008 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Opportunity Links supports government in delivering information to citizens. Providing a range of services from consultancy to web application development, we support government to deliver their statutory information duties for families, young people and adults.
Areas of current focus include:
* Section 12 of the Childcare Act which establishes a duty to provide information to families
* The Education Act which establishes a duty to provide information on positive activities to young people (primarily through internal channels and social media)
* The transformation of Adult Social Care which requires government to provide a universal information service to support the move to personalisation of care services
We believe that people should have access to quality information to support them in the choices they make. -
Technical Director
Opportunity Links
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
2005 — February 2008 (3 years )
Medium sized non-profit delivering solutions to the public sector to meet the Children's agenda.
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eGovernment Change Manager
Fenland District Council
(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
2003 — 2005 (2 years )
Responsible for implementing the eGovernment programme to deliver all Council services electronically.
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Business Development
Gamer.tv
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
2002 — 2003 (1 year )
Gamer.tv produces games television shows which are sold worldwide and develops online games.
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Systems Architect
Sports.com
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year )
I ran the development team that implemented the website for the 2002 world cup, delivering 50 million page impressions per hour.
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Managing Director
Morat Games
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
1999 — 2001 (2 years )
Delivering infrastructure and community facilities to telecos to run online gaming services.
After the crash, re-incarnated as an e-commerce venture selling traditional games worldwide. -
Managing Director
Hypereality Systems
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
1995 — 1999 (4 years )
Full service web design agency focused on delivering technical solutions.
Mark Cheverton’s Education
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University of Cambridge
MA , Natural Sciences (Physics) , 1991 — 1994
Additional Information
Mark Cheverton’s Websites:
Mark Cheverton’s Interests:
Internet, Games, Writing, Startups, Cambridge, Science Fiction, Technology
Mark Cheverton’s Groups:
Socitm (Society of IT Managers)
ACEVO (Association for the Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations)
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Future of Learning -
All things grandparenting - for those working with grandparents and grandparents themselves
Mark Cheverton’s Honors:
PRINCE2 practitioner - APM Group
Certificate in Social Sciences - Open University
IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) foundation
Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA)
Mark Cheverton’s Contact Settings
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