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'''Ederyn Williams''' (born 21 September 1946) is |
'''Ederyn Williams''' (born 21 September 1946) is the son of famous Professor of Drama [[Raymond Williams]]. |
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After seven years research at [[University College London]], [[Cambridge University]] and [[Johns Hopkins University]],<ref name=B /> he joined [[British Telecom]] where he managed businesses in information technology,<ref name=B>{{cite web |
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|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=51155001&privcapId=28690184 |
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|title=Executive Profile: Ederyn Williams |
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|work=Bloomberg Businessweek |
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|accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref> and was the head of the games company [[Telecomsoft]] during the 1980s.<ref>{{cite news |
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|url=https://archive.org/stream/popular-computing-weekly-1986-11-06/PopularComputing_Weekly_Issue_1986-11-06#page/n5/mode/2up |
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|title=News Desk - Beyond is brought from the cold |
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|work=Popular Computing Weekly |
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|date=6–12 November 1986|page=6 |
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|accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref> |
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From 1991 he was the Managing Director of University of Leeds Innovations Ltd.,<ref name=B /> and in April 2000 he joined the [[University of Warwick]] where he founded a department which later became [[Warwick Ventures]], a [[technology transfer|technology commercialisation]] company.<ref name=P>{{cite web| |
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url=http://www.praxisunico.org.uk/news/member-detail.asp?ItemID=458 |
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|title=Queen's Award for Director of Warwick Ventures |
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|publisher=PraxisUnico|date=2010-04-21 |
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|accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref> In April 2010 he was awarded the [[Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion]] for his role in the development of [[knowledge transfer]] from universities to business in the UK.<ref name=P /> He retired from Warwick Ventures in September 2011.<ref>{{cite web |
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|url=http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/ventures/news/quentin_compton-bishop |
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|title=Warwick Ventures welcomes its new CEO |
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|publisher=Warwick University|date=23 August 2011 |
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|accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |
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| NAME = Williams, Ederyn |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = British University Department Head |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1946 |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Ederyn}} |
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[[Category:Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion (2010)]] |
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[[Category:British businesspeople]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:1946 births]] |
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Revision as of 23:56, 20 February 2014
Ederyn Williams (born 21 September 1946) is the son of famous Professor of Drama Raymond Williams.