About
Head of Research with 26+ years in the mobile industry, including Vodafone R&D and a Senior Technical Director role at GSMA. A Chartered engineer with an MEng from Imperial College and seven patents.
Experience
- Helix GeospaceChief Marketing Officercurrent2025 — presentAbingdon-On-Thames
- Bloc VenturesHead Of Researchcurrent2021 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
- GSMASenior Technical Director2021London, England, United Kingdom
- GSMAHead of Services2014 — 2021London, United Kingdom
- GSMASenior Director Web Technologies2012 — 2014London, United Kingdom
- VodafoneHead of mWallet and mBrokerage programmes2010 — 2012Newbury, UK
- VodafoneHead of Technical Research - Consumer & Internet2009 — 2010
- VodafoneHead of Devices Research, Group R&D2000 — 2009
- GlobalstarPrincipal Technical Consultant1995 — 2000
- Marconi InstrumentsGraduate Engineer1990 — 1995
Skills & more
GSM8BlockchainOperating SystemsProduct StrategyInvestor RelationsStrategic Marketing ManagementCloud Computing IaaSInnovation DevelopmentTechnology ManagementInnovation ConsultingCompetitive AnalysisMobile Communications44
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Technological InnovationMobile DevicesMobile TechnologyTelecommunicationsWirelessProduct ManagementBusiness StrategySolution ArchitectureAgile MethodologiesBusiness DevelopmentProject ManagementInterpersonal SkillsFrom David's professional profile.
Colleagues at Bloc Ventures
Andy Green
Non Executive Director at Bloc Ventures
Andy Green CBE
Non Executive Director at Bloc Ventures
Bruce Beckloff
Co Founder & CEO at Bloc Ventures
David Carr
Compliance Officer at Bloc Ventures
David Leftley
Co Founder & CTO at Bloc Ventures
Michael Dimelow
CCO at Bloc Ventures
Michael Dimelow
Corporate Advisor at Molten Ventures
Paul Roy
Non Executive Chairman at Bloc Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is David Pollington?
- Head of Research with 26+ years in the mobile industry, including Vodafone R&D and a Senior Technical Director role at GSMA. A Chartered engineer with an MEng from Imperial College and seven patents.
- Where does David Pollington work?
- David Pollington is Head of Research at Bloc Ventures.
- Where did David Pollington go to school?
- David Pollington studied at Imperial College London (MEng, Electronic & Electrical Engineering); Hampton School.
Same school
Also attended Imperial College London501
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Also attended Hampton School3
Shared employers
Also worked at Helix Geospace3
Also worked at GSMA7
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Also worked at Vodafone87
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