Ian Weston, Chairman

Ian joined Symsource in April 2005 after 7 years at Symbian where he was Vice President of Partnering, responsible for making Symbian OS the target platform of choice for hundreds of technology innovators in the mobile industry.

As part of the team that initially formed Symbian, he put in place engineering procedures that today make Symbian a world class integrator of rapidly evolving technology. He was also one of the very first to fully capitalise on the growing trend for the need to collaborate and partner, which has become especially important in building industry leading platforms.

Previous to his work at Symbian, he spent twelve years in the European space industry, working mainly at Eumetsat, the European Space Agency and Inmarsat. His main interest was in simulation and communications systems and he architected and managed the implementation of systems for testing and qualifying flight control systems and spacecraft operations staff.

Omid Rezvani, CEO

Omid joined Symsource from Symbian in 2005 where he was head of the engineering function in the Partner Marketing team. In this role he ensured that Symbian’s community of over 300 technology partners were able to make the best technical advantage of Symbian OS, running a highly successful and well regarded team of software engineers and business development professionals.

Prior to his four years at Symbian, he spent eight years in senior project management roles in the telecommunications industry, both in the UK and abroad. His main areas of activity were in the delivery and deployment of broadband access technology to SMEs and CAPs throughout EMEA.

Omid has a BSc from Queen Mary University of London and an MBA from Imperial College.

Outside of work Omid collects antiques and fast cars.

Kevin Dixon, Vice President of Engineering

Kevin brings over 10 years experience of delivering demanding technical solutions in the mobile handset arena to Symsource, taking up the position of Vice President of Engineering for Symsource in early 2005, and bringing a proven track record of disciplined management of demanding projects, lean and agile quality system implementation and delivering compelling engineering solutions.

Within the Software Engineering department at Symbian, he was responsible for designing the extensible Symbian OS messaging architecture before taking up the role of Technical Leader for the Nokia 9210 Messaging and Communications applications. Following the success of the communicator handsets, Kevin was appointed Head of Partner Projects at Symbian, responsible for delivering bespoke software and consultancy to a wide range of Symbian's technology partners, including semiconductor manufacturers and network operators. Kevin also founded and managed Symbian's partner technical support helpdesk during this time.

In 2003 Kevin joined Mirada Solutions Limited as Product Manager before being appointed Vice President of Product Development in 2004. Following the success of Mirada products in the marketplace, the company was acquired by Siemens in 2005. He has an MA from Oxford University and a MSc from Aberdeen University.

Kevin is a keen runner, and for his MSc studied the ecology of bottlenose dolphins in the Moray Firth in Scotland.

Tim Ocock, Vice President of Business Development View Tim Ocock's profile

Tim founded Symsource in 2004 after 3 years sourcing cutting edge technology for Symbian for inclusion in Symbian OS. With the growing prevalence of open mobile phones, and having always been fascinated by the potential of mobile computing, Tim saw the perfect opportunity to launch a new business, building upon the foundation laid in the smartphone platforms to provide truly innovative, easy and fun to use applications.

Combining confident commercial experience with a broad technical knowledge base, Tim has the rare skill of making technology relevant to everyone, in terms that emphasise the benefits - the why, rather than the how. He is also a proponent of applying Deming's lean thinking ideology to software systems engineering.

Tim holds a MEng in Computer Systems Engineering from Lancaster University, is a scholarship graduate of the intensive Advanced Course in Design, Manufacture and Management at Cambridge University and also holds an Engineering Leadership Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering.

In his spare time Tim collects and trades classic toys on eBay for fun and profit!