Grant has worked in the technology field for over 20 years, as a CTO, entrepreneur, and technology expert. After successful startup exits and a decade at Google, Grant’s focus is now mentoring and coaching startups and hi-tech companies on building great teams and great technology.
He is a frequent speaker at conferences and events on topics such as Big Data, mobile ecosystems, Android, wearables, IoT, disruptive innovation, and more.
Grant has a PhD in Computer Science based on research he performed whilst at Google, an MBA specialising in technology management, and he is the author of eight books on various mobile platforms - including Android! - and Big Data technology topics.
He co-founded One Vision Partners in 2018 to bring a distinctly new approach to investing in future technology startups.
Talks
A selection of talks over the last few years:
- Keynote: Blockchain – 99% Noise, 1% Opportunity (Investor Series, London, UK, 2018)
- Keynote: Android mobile, wearables and IoT futures (AppsWorld, London, UK, 2016)
- Keynote: Android, Wearables, Iot and Retail (Savant eCommerce, Berlin, Germany, 2014; London, UK, 2015)
- Extreme Wearable Computing (AppsWorld, London, UK, 2014; Berlin, Germany 2014; GOTO, Amsterdam, 2015)
- Keynote: Android 4.2 (The Mobile Show, Dubai, UAE, 2013)
- MySQL in the Cloud: Saving your data from disaster (Percona Live London, London, UK, 2012)
- Keynote: The AppEngine Platform (ThinkBIG Conference, Brunei Darussalam, 2009)
- Open Source Software at Google (CeBIT, 2008; Software Freedom Day 2008; and WASP Open Source Symposium, 2007)