AdaptiveMobile Executive Team
David Summers
Chairman
On the Board since 2007, and Chairman since 2009, David brings AdaptiveMobile a wealth of global telecommunications experience, having started his career with AT&T in 1970. Since this time David has had assignments in network operations, operator services, marketing, information services and business development. Following the AT&T divestiture in 1984, David joined Ameritech in Chicago before moving to Brussels with Ameritech's privatization of Belgacom, where he had operational oversight responsibilities in Belgacom, Matav and a German publishing company, WLW, as well as European business development.
In 1997, Ameritech acquired control of TeleDanmark (TDC) and David was appointed Senior Vice President of TeleDanmark International in Copenhagen. SBC (now AT&T) acquired Ameritech in 1999 and after successfully transitioning TDC, David retired from AT&T in October 2000. David joined Doughty Hanson & Co, a London based private equity firm in November 2000 as Managing Director for Telecoms and Media. David led numerous leveraged buy-outs in the TMT sector on behalf of Doughty Hanson & Co. Joining Advent International in March 2008 as Operating Partner, David represented Advent on the board of the global telecom hardware and software provider Italtel, with co-shareholders Cisco and Telecom Italia.
Brian Collins
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer of Adaptive Mobile since 2009, Brian brings extensive experience in the global telecommunications software marketplace. This experience has been acquired working across the breadth of the telecommunications industry, from original equipment manufacturer Nortel to both fixed and wireless operators; with senior positions in Telenor International, Pacific Bell, Etisalat and Digicel.
Earlier in his career Brian served as "entrepreneur in residence" for Cross Atlantic Captial Partners, a US/Ireland-based fund, having been CEO and founder of one of their investee companies, MobileAware. Brian has recently served on a number of advisory boards for large private equity funds based in the US and the Middle East. Brian is a former Irish international basketball player, having played division one college basketball in the United States.
Kevin McGrath
Chief Financial Officer
Kevin is a seasoned executive with over 17 years experience in corporate financial management in the IT sector. Prior to joining AdaptiveMobile, Kevin served as CEO and CFO of Valista, a global player in the development of multi-channel payment and settlement solutions for the digital content market. At Valista, Kevin led fund raising rounds with a consortium of international VC's as well as executing numerous acquisitions in Europe and North America. As CEO Kevin restructured the Valista business model and recently successfully concluded the sale of the company.
Prior to working at Valista, Kevin held an executive management role with ISOCOR, pioneers in the development of the internet mail server. Kevin was a member of the management team that spearheaded the floatation of the company on NASDAQ and its eventual sale for $280m to Critical Path in 2000.
Gareth Maclachlan
Chief Operating Officer
Prior to founding AdaptiveMobile in 2003, Gareth was Wireless Investment Director at global VC firm ETF Group, and Principal Consultant at PWC, responsible for the UK e-business practice.
Gareth led projects with the UK Home Office, National Criminal Intelligence Service, Interpol and other UK and European security bodies to assess and respond to the emerging national threats from the Internet. Gareth has also been a board member for mobile marketing companies, and was involved in a joint venture with Kirch Gruppe on mobile entertainment.
Brendan Dillon
Chief Technology Officer
Prior to co-founding AdaptiveMobile, Brendan worked in a number of senior development and software architect roles for Multinationals across Europe and Asia. Brendan started off his career with Lotus/IBM on software product releases for the European market then worked with EDS on pan-European ERP systems for General Motors.
After working in Japan with Digital Equipment Corporation as part of a global development team across Asia, North America and Europe, Brendan returned to Europe to work with Sony Music/AdTools on internet marketing and content distribution systems, working on DRM-enabled distribution of multimedia content for Sony Music artists. Moving into the telecoms arena Brendan was Lead Architect on a content distribution platform for mobile devices for a Dublin-based startup.
Colin Brown
Executive Vice President, Global Sales
Colin has distinguished himself as a knowledgeable and respected executive in the international mobile telecommunications industry. As Senior Vice President of Global Sales, Colin is responsible for bringing new revenue streams in to the company whilst reinforcing AdaptiveMobile's position as the leader in mobile security.
Colin has worked with some of the most dynamic organizations in the telecoms arena; most notably he was the Vice President of Sales for Arantech and Vice President of Sales EMEA and APAC for Orchestream. Colin has over 12 years experience in the telecommunications industry, he has successfully brought new technology to start up businesses and enabled them provide their solutions to Global customers such as Vodafone KK, Vodafone Spain, Vodafone Global, Orange, T- Mobile AT&T, NTT, Telstra, SingTel, Cingular, and Verizon. Prior to his career in technology, Colin held executive positions with Xerox and Canon.
Kathryn Smith
Senior Vice President, Global Operations
Kathryn has 13 years experience working for global corporations in the USA designing, developing and implementing global complex technology solutions.
Prior to joining AdaptiveMobile, Kathryn spent 5 years with UBS as Director of Product Development where she managed the development team responsible for quality assurance, operations and implementation of reporting products and data warehousing. She has also held management roles in product development and consulting services for various corporations including Hyperion Solutions Inc.
