Mr. Redding was trained as an applied mathematician and electrical engineer at Queen’s University (Canada), as well as an electrical engineer and a computer scientist at MIT. While at Queen’s he was elected as a Student Senator and represented 1600 Applied Science undergraduates on the University Senate for two years.
Since then, he has over 30 years of high technology experience as a serial entrepreneur, an engineer, and an innovator.
Mr. Redding began his career as a Member of Technical Staff for Bell Northern Research (Nortel), followed by Applications Engineering with Boschert (now Computer Products), followed by quickly advancing Senior Sales and Marketing positions at ADAC and Analog Devices.
In 1980 he founded Redding Associates, a Manufacturer’s Representative and Systems Integrator, the first such company to focus on Intel Multibus boards and the systems based upon them, often UNIX based. Within 4 years he had bootstrapped to $10 million in sales and was a dominant force in his marketplace within New England.
Following Redding Associates he was self-employed, initially as a Management Consultant (mostly doing due-diligence and technology assessments to mid-size and Fortune 1000 companies) and then as an Executive Recruiter (mostly supplying VPs or C-Level employees for Senior Engineering and Marketing roles to high-tech companies).
In the mid-1990s he formed Sage Alliances - primarily as an outsourced developer of turn-key products and technologies - thereby leveraging his abilities to build world-class development teams, to architect systems, to manage the development process, and to produce ‘best of breed’ products, technologies, and/or services for OEMs.
Some such developments included: a distributed firewall (Network 1 Security Solutions) -- real-time and applications software for modems operating over AC powerlines -- an SS7 T1/E1 PCI based telecomms sub-system (LM Ericcson, selected #1 from over 100 other competitors to develop, manufacture, and support it) -- a PC based system and control unit for the real-time testing and precision calibration of diabetes meters during high volume manufacturing (Nova Biomedical, later Inverness Medical) -- an Ethernet networking ‘media-switching’ device that handled twisted-pair, optical and coax connections (LanCast, now Metrobility Optical Systems) -- the architecture for an ATM switch (Cignal Global Communications, now Priority Telecom) -- analyzed and made recommendations for features and functionality for the next generation of a generalized telecomms ‘switch / fabric’ ASIC (C-Port, now Motorola) -- software animations for an LED based sign (Sunrise Systems) -- a custom switching power supply -- real-time software for a magnetic tape back-up system -- an innovative sign with ‘an airy feel’ utilizing LEDs on a rotating arm (Clegg Industries, 2 patents) [in conjunction, Mr. Redding architected and deployed an innovative website that allowed suppliers worldwide to download CAD/CAM drawings and provide online quotes] ) - an IBM-PC software financial analysis and business planning product called Plans ‘n Totals. [ It received a perfect 4 stars by The Book of IBM Software, one of only a select few products to ever do so)] .
In 2002, he further leveraged his ability to build both products and teams - and began to also build complete management teams, including the CEO - so the products and technologies associated with him could be spun-off as complete turn-key companies.
One such focus was on “wireless”. He recruited an exceptional engineering team , then cofounded Automotive Communications Systems, Inc. (ACS). ACS is focused on advanced radios and wireless networking technology for the automotive industry. Two patents related to ‘relative positioning’ and ‘network contention during emergencies’ are pending. See www.autocomms.com and www.autocomms.com/team.htm
Recently, as an overarching endeavor, Mr. Redding conceived of and founded The Sage Exchange, Inc. www.thesageexchange.com It is both a “marketplace” as well as a techno-centric “community” for buying and selling products, services, technologies, intellectual property, professional services, and so forth. It is also a forum for “company formation” primarily based upon “the exchangables”, “the exchangers”, and Specialists. Each Specialist has broad and deep industry experience as well as a very strong network of contacts.
As its first spin-off, “Horizon Wireless Integrated Solutions” www.horizonwis.com was recently launched.
Horizon is the first business unit created entirely from members of The Sage Exchange.
More spin-offs are “in process” at various stages of development.
Mr. Redding is a member of The MIT Venture Forum, MVVF.org, NECINA.org, SENG-NE.org, and TIE.org.
