09/10/2007
London, UK, 9th October 2007 – Trampoline Systems announces the appointment of Stephen Allott to the company’s Board of Directors where he will serve in a Non-Executive capacity. Trampoline Systems is a London-based company which provides software that harnesses human behaviour in the enterprise. Stephen concludes a string of high-profile appointments at Trampoline, following Peter Biddle’s appointment as Vice President of Development (joining from Microsoft) and Adrian Jones’ appointment as Vice President of Sales (joining from Oracle).
Stephen Allott was President, CFO and a main board Director of Micromuse from 1995-2001. During this time it grew from £1m to £140m in turnover and from 50 to 800 people. Stephen is currently Executive Chairman of Trinamo, a technology-specialist management consultancy, and has held positions at McKinsey, Sun Microsystems and Xerox. He is a City Fellow of Hughes Hall, Cambridge University and is Non-Executive Chairman of COE Group plc and Executive Chairman of Inforsense Ltd.
Stephen says, “I’m delighted to join the board of Trampoline Systems. Trampoline is poised for growth and I look forward to playing a part in the company’s development as it establishes itself internationally as a leading provider of next-generation enterprise software.”
Charles Armstrong, Chief Executive Officer of Trampoline Systems, says, “Stephen’s appointment comes at a critical point in Trampoline’s development and I am thrilled to welcome him to the Board. His direct experience of growing a UK-based enterprise software business into a global leader will be a tremendous asset as Trampoline establishes its position in the changing enterprise software market.”
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.
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.