Microsoft hotshot Peter Biddle joins London’s Trampoline Systems

08/08/2007

LONDON, UK, 8th August 2007 - Trampoline Systems, a London-based enterprise software developer, announces the appointment of senior Microsoft visionary Peter Biddle as Vice President of Development. Peter invented the theory of the “Darknet”, a private virtual network used to share digital content, led Microsoft’s entry into DVD and prototyped PVR. At Trampoline Peter will apply his expertise to engineering operations, including the continuing development of SONAR. He is tasked with establishing Trampoline’s products as the new standard in next-generation enterprise technology.

A globally recognised figure in the technology community, Peter has a wealth of experience as a strategist, innovator and technical communicator, serving both the enterprise and consumer markets. Peter’s recent work has been in the security field, masterminding and shipping core enterprise security features, including BitLocker™ drive encryption, in Microsoft Windows®. Peter also managed long-term strategic technical partnerships with some of the largest IT companies in the world.

Peter says: “Trampoline is a really exciting, fast growth company. While I miss my Microsoft team very much, I’m incredibly stoked to be moving to London to work in this promising new space. The people here at Trampoline are super smart and I feel like I really fit in. We’re in a brand new field of computing that I think will be as important to our customers five years from now as security has been for the past five. It’s awesome to be making the future a better place again.”

Charles Armstrong, CEO of Trampoline Systems says: “Having Peter join the team is a big step forward for Trampoline. Peter has an unrivalled record managing engineering operations and collaborating with blue chip partners. His vision and leadership will be instrumental as Trampoline’s development team continues to expand. With Peter on board Trampoline’s customers can look forward to even more terrific products.”

Trampoline provides software that harnesses social behaviour in the workplace. The company’s products offer a simple way of identifying knowledge assets, expertise and relationship networks within an organisation, enhancing productivity and efficiency and bringing archived information to life. By uniting information with the social behaviour which surrounds it, organisations can empower their employees to find the people and answers they need.

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About Trampoline Systems

Trampoline Systems is an enterprise software developer based in London, UK. Trampoline’s products harness social behaviour throughout organisations to pinpoint expertise, leverage relationships and relay knowledge where it’s needed. Clients include Raytheon Company, the UK Foreign Office and Channel 4 Television. Trampoline was honoured in the sixth Oracle PartnerNetwork Innovation Awards for EMEA and received Oracle’s UK Partner Innovation Award 2006. The UK Government recognised Trampoline’s pioneering technology with a Research Award in 2004 and Trampoline is the first European “Enterprise 2.0” developer to receive institutional investment.