m-spatial
www.m-spatial.comm-spatial ltd is the market leader in mobile local search – connecting consumers to local businesses and information via mass market mobile phones. m-spatial’s hosted, consumer facing services are deployed at a variety of Western European mobile operators including Vodafone, Orange and O2.
m-spatial has built its market leading position through delivering a unique ‘made for mobile’ approach to local search which can be quickly integrated into a wide range of everyday consumer interactions with information about ‘local’ businesses and amenities – ranging from mobile portals to voice based directory enquiries. Enabled by m-spatial’s unique leading edge technologies, mobile phone users are able to search for and discover information about local businesses and amenities (traditionally called Mobile Local Search), and to locate them in the real world using ‘made for mobile’ maps and directions.
m-spatial provides its products via a white label ASP delivery model to organisations with an established need to connect consumers to local businesses and information such as mobile operators, directory providers and search engines.
m-spatial’s core mobile capabilities are delivered as standalone MapWay Applications and as Local Enablers which can be quickly integrated within third party applications. Such applications can be as diverse as mobile portals, mobile search engines, mobile content services, directory services and web-sites.
m-spatial was founded in June 2001 and has attracted long term financial commitment from high quality investors including Prelude Technology Investments, Alta Berkeley and Delta Partners.
Staff
 Andy Walker, Marketing Director and CEOAndy is CEO and is also responsible for all of m-spatial’s marketing activity. Joining m-spatial at its inception, Andy draws on over a decade’s experience in the telecoms industry, including latterly senior marketing and operational positions at Vocalis – the speech recognition solutions provider. As Head of Product Marketing, he was a key player in the development of Vocalis’ worldwide relationship with Ericsson. As General Manager, he was responsible for the development and day-to-day operations of the Vocalis SpeechMail managed service. Andy spent 3 years at Logica prior to the management buyout which formed Vocalis in 1993 |  Adrian Cuthbert D.Phil, Technical DirectorAdrian is responsible for leading the design and architectural development of m-spatial’s products. With over 15 years experience in the geographic information systems industry, he has held a number of senior level positions in specialist mapping systems providers. Prior to founding m-spatial, he was Director of Technology at Laser-Scan, where he played a key role in the development of the company’s product range including object life-cycle definition, data and topology modelling and portrayal. |
 Jon Billing, Product Development DirectorJon leads the development and delivery of m-spatial’s products. He has held a number of senior technical roles during his 13 years in the geographic information systems business. As Director of Development at Laser-Scan – the geographic information and mapping systems provider – he was responsible for all aspects of product development from design through to second line support, dealing with an international client base in markets including telecoms, utilities, defence and mapping agencies. |  Rick Smith, Business Development DirectorRick is responsible for leading the sales and business development activities at m-spatial. With 15 years experience in the geospatial industry sector, he has spent recent years working with the Mobile Operators across Europe helping to develop the proposition for location-based value added services and delivering solutions to meet these requirements. Rick began his career in technical roles as a consultant and application developer with the leading GIS vendors, working in Europe, USA and Asia Pacific. He joined Xmarc in 1996 where he held senior positions in operational management and sales. |
Contact details
Cowley Road
Cambridge
CB4 0WS
tel: +44 (0) 1223 421537
fax: +44 (0) 1223 421531
