Creativity Software
| Creativity Software |
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| Official Website: http://www.creativitysoftware.net/ |
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| Location: Creativity Software Ltd.
River Reach 31-35 High Street Kingston-upon-Thames Surrey, KT1 1LF United Kingdom |
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| Business: Location and Positioning for GSM & CDMA |
| Contact |
| Phone: +44 203 318 5848 |
| Fax: +44 203 318 5865 |
Contents
Background
CREATIVITY SOFTWARE is a privately-held UK based company specializing in lawful interception, Location Positioning Infrastructure For GSM & CDMA networks -- For 2G, 3G and 4G -- and for Commercial Applications. Known for providing their interception product to Iran. Established in 2001, Creativity Software partners with mobile network operators (wireless carriers), mobile device manufacturers, service providers and large enterprises globally. Their offices are in the UK and China, with distributors in Latin America, the Middle East and India.
Partners in the Middle East include Actel that provides services to not only Iran, but to Syria. Surveillance technology at the moment is not controlled under the current UK export licensing system.
"In 2011, London-based Creativity Software provided Iran with a location-tracking system that can track a target’s movement every 15 seconds and plot the locations on a map. Creativity employees were concerned about selling such technology to Iran, knowing how easily it could be abused for illicit purposes." UANI
Creativity Software was one of the first companies in the UK to create a land based program application that could be used by emergency responders, policec and government agencies to locate missing children. The applications and products are used by the police and government agencies in surveillance and interception of mobile phones and computers using 2G, 3G or 4G. These "location aware" applications are supplied for Intel-based Mobile Internet Devices (MID). As a partner to Intel, and other IT companies, Creativity Software use their "SS7 signaling servers and gateways, which they provide when a mobile operator does not have Cell-ID positioning infrastructure to deliver the location data (e.g. SMLC, GMLC) to the application server."
Products
Creativity Software specializes in lawful interception, Location Positioning Infrastructure For GSM & CDMA networks -- For 2G, 3G and 4G -- and for Commercial Applications.
Creativity Software was one of the first companies in the UK to create a land based program application that could be used by emergency responders, police and government agencies to locate missing children. The applications and products are used by the police and government agencies in surveillance and interception of mobile phones and computers using 2G, 3G or 4G. These "location aware" applications are supplied for Intel-based Mobile Internet Devices (MID). As a partner to Intel, and other IT companies, Creativity Software use their "SS7 signaling servers and gateways, which they provide when a mobile operator does not have Cell-ID positioning infrastructure to deliver the location data (e.g. SMLC, GMLC) to the application server." The company serves mobile network operators, service providers, enterprises, and mobile device manufacturers.
Creativity Software provides LBS applications for mobile and Internet technologies, which include:
- TransportWise, a vehicle tracking and fleet management platform for service providers and mobile operators to offer software as a service for their enterprise, and small and medium-sized enterprises customers;
- FamilyWise, a family finder solution that tracks the mobile phones of the people it locates using the infrastructure of the mobile operator and enables users to locate friends or family members; and
- TravelWise, a travel content mobilization platform that delivers city guide information to customers, and allows users to search the rough guides content database and get information on travel spots in Europe. The company also provides WorkforceWise, a lone worker protection and field staff management solution that enables companies to know where their employees are or where they have been, as a protection enhancement system for lone workers or keeping track of their business travel;
- BuddyWise, a friend finder and social networking solution, which allows end user customers to share their location with friends, find where their friends are and/or get alerts when friends are nearby; and
- AdvertWise, a location-based mobile advertising solution for mobile operators offering a hosted mobile marketing service to enterprise customers. In addition, it offers LBS development, application hosting and management, technology transfer, and consultancy services.
Countries the Products are applied in
Reports
People
Mr. Richard Lee,Chief Executive Officer
Age: 48. MBA from London Business School Mr. Lee has experience of business management, product development and sales, in large blue chip organizations and private companies - across a number of geographies. He formerly managed the Middle East & Asia Pacific region for the Institute for International Research, providing information & communications services to the telecommunications industry. Before that, he was the Australian based Director of global publisher Reed Elsevier. Previously, he had been Business Development Director in the UK - responsible for new product launch and strategic planning. After leaving university, he had joined IBM UK - and became their youngest marketing manager, working across technology sectors with insurance and airlines businesses in London and Sydney.
Mr. Ian Freeman, Financial Director
Age: 47. MBA from Cranfield Previously, Mr. Freeman served as Financial Director at Vodafone (where he was responsible for 110 staff), Financial Director at Sterry Group Ltd (one of the UKs leading providers of voice and data communications solutions) and Director of Finance at Black & Decker. Mr. Freeman started his accountancy career over 30 years ago at Deloittes.
Mr. Andy Philpott, Chief Technology Officer
Age: 47. De-Montfort University. Computer and Control Systems from Coventry University (UK) in 1986. He has 'mission critical' management/team leader experience with Westinghouse, GEC and MTR (Hong Kong) in railway signalling. In the retail sector, Marks and Spencer and Barclays Bank.In 1998, Mr. Philpott left his position as 'Manager Front Office Systems' of Daiwa Europe Ltd., in the financial sector, to set up a private IT consultancy firm Big Systems Ltd who then eventually merged with Creativity in 2001.
Mr. Saul Olivares, Market Development Director
Mr. Olivares has over 13 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. He has held various sales and marketing positions at managerial level in Europe, Middle East and Latin America. He has worked for a telecom operator and a telecom equipment manufacturer. In his last role he led the sales and marketing operations for a Dubai-based value added distributor operating in the Middle East and North Africa region (?). Before that, he spent 5 years in Belgium working for Intel, where he was EMEA Marketing Manager and Channel Marketing Manager for Intel's telecoms products division. He holds an Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering degree and an MBA specialized in Knowledge Management and Market Intelligence from the United Business Institute in Belgium. He has also lectured International Marketing courses at MBA level in Belgium and in Vietnam.
Mr. Brett Smith, Pre-Sales Business Manager
Mr. Smith is an accomplished and innovative, multilingual International Marketer and Business Operations Manager. He has a wealth of wireless system and application technology delivery experience, gathered through an 11 year career in the wireless telecoms industry. During a 10 year tenure at Motorola, working and living in a variety of international markets, Mr. Smith built up a demonstrable track record of executing product, solution and project delivery programmes. He specialised in the professional digital two way radio and location based services markets. Mr. Smith also led international teams through the implementation of strategic change programmes to refocus operations on serving new technology opportunities. Mr. Smith has a BA (Hons) International Business Degree with German from the University of Plymouth and a Diplom Betriebswirt from the Fachhochschule Dortmund, Germany.
Source: Businessweek
LOCATIONS & CONTACTS
E-mail: sales@creativitysoftware.net
marketing@creativitysoftware.net
Registered in England No. 4212878.
Please note: the entrance to the building is actually on East Lane. You need to turn off the High Street onto East Lane which has Nando's restaurant on the corner of it.
"MMC Ventures is a major shareholder in Creativity Software. The chief executive of MMC is Bruce Macfarlane and the chairman is Alan Morgan, both of whom paid part of the salary of Chloe Dalton, a researcher for Mr Hague between 2006 and 2009. They contributed £25,000 to Mr Hague’s private office." Telegraph
PARTNERS
Actel: The commercial partnership between Creativity Software and this ACTEL VAS Service Provider enables a broad presence throughout the Middle East region, including Syria - Jordan - Egypt - KSA - Iraq - UAE - Bahrain - Yemen - Palestine - Qatar - Kuwait - Morocco - Oman and Sudan as well as a connection to Thuraya International voice network.
Intel,
Dialogic,
Pearson,
Huawei,
Acision,
Yaguari,
Apex,
TelTonika,
AnyData,
