Team
Dr Jalil Oraee
Chief Executive Officer
(Ph.D. Electromagnetics), Jalil joined OXEMS in January 2015 as CEO. Previously, he founded and built Oxford Semiconductor where he grew a UK start-up into a multinational corporation with worldwide offices and annual sales in excess of $50m. He...
Jonathan Bush
Vice President Sales
Jonathan joined OXEMS in January, 2015. Previously, he was Managing Director of FLI Water Ltd where he merged two subsidiaries to form a single £7m revenue Process Engineering and Maintenance Company. He has held Director level positions in Sales...
Kevin Gooding
Vice President Operations
Kevin is a founding director of OXEMS, and formerly held senior positions in the telecommunications sector. He oversaw the development of the OXEMS Detector and Database after the company was spun out from Isis, the commercial arm of the University...
Alan Jones
Chief Technology Officer
Alan has been involved in software development for over 30 years, working for a variety of hi-tech organisations. His areas of expertise include medical and scientific instrumentation, high-speed inkjet printing, smartphone development, social...
Professor David Edwards
Chief Scientific Officer
(PhD, MA) Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College Oxford UK, and Emeritus Professor of Engineering Science, has a distinguished track record in scientific development in: Radio, Electromagnetics, Microwave Components and Materials, Radio Astronomical...
Michael Hendry
Chairman of the Board
Michael, a veteran of the shipping industry, brings extensive international experience to bear.
Dr Jalil Oraee
Chief Executive Officer
(Ph.D. Electromagnetics), Jalil joined OXEMS in January 2015 as CEO. Previously, he founded and built Oxford Semiconductor where he grew a UK start-up into a multinational corporation with worldwide offices and annual sales in excess of $50m. He...
James Mallinson
Non Executive Director
B.Sc. Oxford, MBA Cranfield, Portfolio Management Director at OSEM. He has over 20 years of experience as VC advisor and investment at seed-stage technology start-ups.
David Kenwright
Non Executive Director
Established Achater Offshore Limited as an independent company providing commercial intelligence and chartering services for various owners of Offshore Support Vessels. He has over 35 years of experience in the offshore Oil and Gas Industry.
Jo Parker MBE
Non Executive Director
Chartered civil engineer with 30 years’ experience in the water industry. Held a variety of roles including Head of Network Asset Management and Operations Director with UK water companies. A fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Institute...
Professor David Edwards
Chief Scientific Officer
(PhD, MA) Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College Oxford UK, and Emeritus Professor of Engineering Science, has a distinguished track record in scientific development in: Radio, Electromagnetics, Microwave Components and Materials, Radio Astronomical...
Kevin Gooding
Vice President Operations
Kevin is a founding director of OXEMS, and formerly held senior positions in the telecommunications sector. He oversaw the development of the OXEMS Detector and Database after the company was spun out from Isis, the commercial arm of the University...
Steve Bearns
Advisory Board
Steve has a long history in electronics manufacturing and has worked in consumer electronics and medical device companies such as Nokia & Novari. He has held operational roles in semiconductor manufacturing companies (Oxford Semi & Frontier...
Professor Harvey Burd
Advisory Board
CEng, read Engineering Science at Hertford College, Oxford University with post-graduate research in soil mechanics. He was awarded a D.Phil in 1987 and was appointed to a University lectureship at Oxford University. Served as Chairman of the...
Professor Christopher Stevens
Advisory Board
Professor Christopher Stevens, read physics at the University of Oxford and received the D.Phil. in physics in 1994. He worked in Universita Degli Studidi Lecce. Has a fellowship at Clarendon laboratory & St Hugh’s college and is a...
Professor Tong Hao
Advisory Board
DPhil, CEng: Graduated from Oxford University with a doctoral thesis titled “Enhanced radio detection of buried assets”. Academic co-founder of Oxford Electromagnetic Solutions Ltd (OXEMS). Worked as a specialist engineer at GE....