Michael Buckland

Bio

Mr Buckland is a Venture Partner at Genesis Campus and Partner at Mobility Ventures. Michael is a broadly experienced entrepreneur and wireless executive with over 30 years experience, specifically in start up wireless communications businesses, building revenues and establishing sales and profitability. With his first hand knowledge of being a successful entrepreneur, Michael has a strong sense of what it takes to build a successful company. This experience allows Michael to ensure that Genesis Campus makes value added contributions to its portfolio companies. Since the late 1970's, Mr Michael has been involved with wireless communications, initially with British Telecom, as a consultant on their Radiophone system, known as System 4, the first full duplex mobile telephone system in the UK. He also played an instrumental role in establishing British Telecom's Cellnet in the early 1980s. In the mid-1980s, Michael was the founder and Managing Director of Mobile Communications Ltd. (a Virtual Service Provider). Mobile Communications Ltd. was the first and largest VSP in the UK, with 15 locations, and lowest churn rate. Mr Bucklan successfully sold his business to BT Cellnet. He was a co-founder of SpeedLink Communications, a DSL broadband access & services provider in the UK; a co-founder of GHW (Global Wireless Holdings) and the founder and managing director of Gr8 Ltd. The GR8 system was an industry first and offered a unique multi purpose delivery platform that was network agnostic and capable of delivering multi-content to both handsets and the Internet. The company developed strategic partnerships with leading carriers and equipment suppliers including BTCellnet, Genie, Motorola, Nokia and TSI. The company was sold to Digital Bridges Ltd. (iPlay).