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John joined Lo-Q in May 2011. He was previously Chief Executive of British Aerospace and then BAE Systems from 1998 to 2002, at the time it was a £12.5billion business employing over 120,000. He is also Chairman of Acra Control, a supplier of data collection devices for flight test instrumentation, MB Aerospace, a supplier of machined engine components to the aero-engine industry, AWS Electronics, a company manufacturing circuit boards and wiring harnesses for the defence and aerospace businesses, and Torotrak plc, developers in the commercial application of gearless traction drive technology. John is also chairman of the trustees for Ufi (learn-direct), the government's on-line learning organisation.
John is a Fellow of the Institute of Management Accountants and has been in the information technology industry for 40 years. In 1997 he stepped down as group finance director of ICL, after a long career with the group. He is chairman or non-executive director of a number of technology companies.
John, in addition to normal board duties, provides the company with direction in compliance and financial matters as well as chairing the audit committee and serving on the remuneration committee.
Tom Burnet joined Lo-Q as chief executive officer in October 2010. He joins from Serco plc where he was Managing Director of the company's 5,000 person Defence Services division. Prior to Serco, Tom was Managing Director of QinetiQ's Capability Support Division, a high growth £50 million technical consultancy, working with Governments and industry around the world.
Tom is responsible for the leadership, strategic direction and growth of Lo-Q.
Tony spent over 30 years in the IT industry with ICL, from hardware design, software design, consultancy and then general management. In 1988 he was one of the founder directors of the OSI Group which specialised in program and project management, IT, and change consultancy. OSI was acquired by the FI Group plc in 1999. Mr. Bone now acts as an investor in, and non-executive director of, a number of high technology companies.
Tony, in addition to normal board duties, provides advice in product strategy and development to the company as well as chairing the remuneration committee and serving on the audit committee.
David has 15 years experience as an investment banker having worked for Baring Securites, Salomon Brothers, Robert Fleming & Co and Credit Lyonnais. Since 2001, David has focused on developing, advising and investing in UK technology companies.
Leonard is the inventor of the System, which was conceived while he ran Tellurian (Lo-Q's predecessor), a sales agency in data communication devices and software. Previously, Mr. Sim ran technical sales teams for Rockwell Semiconductor and Ferranti Semiconductor after a period as an electronics engineer at Plessey Radar. He gained an Honours Electronic Engineering degree from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh in 1971.
Leonard's responsibilities include business development, strategic planning, product marketing and managing the engineering team.
John is a Chartered Accountant who qualified with Coopers and Lybrand (PricewaterhouseCoopers). He subsequently held Finance Director and Controller positions in quoted and private pan - European businesses. John is responsible for all aspects of the company's financial management and reporting.
Steve has been involved in the electronics industry from the outset of his career in support, purchasing and manufacturing operations. Prior to joining the company Mr. Drake was operations manager for Motorola Inc. and he was appointed to the Lo-Q board in January 2005.
Steve is responsible for park operations and product manufacturing, where he liaises with our manufacturing sub-contractors. His park operations duties require that he spends a substantial proportion of his time in the USA.
Rob currently manages both the technical and retail operations of Lo-Q's North American Operations. Originally from Florida, Rob came to Lo-Q after working 20 years in the media industry for AT&T Broadband (MediaOne). As Senior Project Manager of Customer Care and Technical Operations, Rob managed operational product launches and technical customer care for over 1 million customers in the National Market Group division.
Chris has been working in software development for 20 years and has been working on Lo-Q products since the inception of virtual queuing in 1997. Prior to this, Chris worked on purchasing and CRM systems as well as working in the video games industry. Chris has a degree in Computer & Microprocessor Systems from the University of Essex.
