Richard Jones - Managing Director
Richard Jones is Managing Director of e2eResearch, which is wholy owned by EETDT.
Richard Jones is Chief Executive of East of England Telematics Development Trust.
Richard founded the East of England Telematics Development Trust (EETDT), of which he has been the Chief Executive since 1997. He was instrumental in the early stages of developing the successful East of England Broadband Network (E2BN), and was Project Management Consultant to the successful East Midlands Broadband Consortium (embc). He has considerable research experience in Broadband, Rural Connectivity, e-Government, Developing Online Communities and how ICT leads to changes in the Patterns of Working. Richard is also Senior Consultant designate at the Informatics Research Centre (IRC) at Reading University.
Founder of and Senior Consultant at RDJ Consultants
Richard heads a Project Management consultancy with extensive experience especially in the fields of Broadband, ICT, e-Government and e-Learning. A key element of RDJ Consultants’s work over many years has been developing and co-ordinating effective Public/ Private Sector Partnerships for project funding. Richard has spent the greater part of the last eight years meeting with local authorities and other regional stakeholders across public, voluntary and private sectors, raising awareness, identifying joint ventures and co-funding opportunities.
Richard has had sixteen years senior management experience of building effective regional partnerships involving Government Departments, Regional Offices and Agencies, Local Authorities, Universities, Business Links, Chambers of Commerce, SMEs and NGfL funded projects. Over the last six years, RDJ Consultants have had a nearly 100% success rate in securing funding for our clients projects.
Areas of Expertise
Broadband, e-Government, ICT Research, Project Management, Partnerships' development, Business planning, Regional Economic Development and Regional Partnerships.
Relevant Project Experience
East of England e-Government Forum: research and co-author - e-Government Research - Initial Study Report
Countryside Agency: research and co-author - "Broadband in Rural Areas: Best Practice Study".
Project Management Consultant for two NGfL Regional Broadband consortia:
- East of England at £6.9M (RDJ submitted the initial bid on behalf of EETDT).
- East Midlands at £5.3M (RDJ took the project through from inception to implementation).
Project Management Consultant for Norfolk County: Local Govt. Information Network (LoG-IN)
Project Management and Funding Consultant for Essex County Council Feb – April 2003.
Project Management and Funding Consultant for Chelmsford Borough Council Feb 2003.
Project Management and Funding Consultant for South Cambridgeshire District Council on South Cambridgeshire District Broadband Networking Project.
Conference Co-ordinator and facilitation for:
- 3rd Regional e-Government Conference – April 2004.
- 2nd Regional e-Government Conference – April 2003.
- Norfolk/ 1st Regional e-Government Conference – April 2002.
- Rural connectivity and ICT applications Workshop – May 2002.
Broadband Consultant for the Essex e-Government Conference – January 2002
Clients include:
Professional memberships
National Association of Advisers for Computers in Education NAACE 1999 - present.
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors RICS 1985 - 1997.
Richard grew up in Highams Park, Walthamstow, went to school at Chingford High and studied to be a Chartered Building Surveyor at Cambridge.
Richard is the proud father of two wonderful adults, Matthew and Camilla.
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