frank.owen

frank owen

advisor & board member

Frank Owen joined Buzzinbees in April 2011 to focus the sales process having most recently held the position of general manager EMEA at Logica Telecoms Products. He became a board member of the steering committee in October 2011 and continues to support the company with respect to various key strategic projects and initiatives.

After graduating in physics at Manchester University, Frank began his career in the research labs of ITT, where he was one of the first researchers in digital communications, fibre optics and in particular multiplex design. Subsequently, Frank held senior positions with ITT in UK & Italy, and this led to a 3-year assignment as a United Nations advisor to the Brazilian government.

In 1978, Frank joined Texas Instruments semiconductor group, initially as head of telecom strategy. This quickly evolved into line management positions as business manager for the telecoms product line, and eventually as European Technical Director with responsibility for the key accounts and alliances.

Since his days at Texas Instruments, Frank has been responsible for managing change within medium-to-small companies in the high-technology sector. Frank has successfully managed - as CEO or EMEA divisional head -seven turnarounds during the last decade, mainly within the telecom software industry.

Frank was responsible for driving the management of these companies into new directions and delivering market-driven growth, while moving these businesses from loss to profit as a result. Separately, as a non-executive board member of several VC-backed high-technology startups, he has come to appreciate the difficulties faced by small companies while bringing a large-company experience.

Frank has chaired several world wide Telecom and IT conferences, and is regarded as a leading voice in the industry. Earlier in his career, he has written a best-selling book on PCM and Digital Communications (published by McGrawHill).

Frank is British and is a true international person, being married to a Turkish lady, has two adult children born in Brasil, has a German mother and has lived in France for 30 years. His passion is blue water sailing and he owns a 50 ft Oyster sailing yacht.