Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Public Engagements
Papers and Patents
IT Skills
Affiliations
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Darran Milne

Darran Milne

Summary

CEO with high scientific and technical aptitude. Led a deep tech start-up from founding and initial technology concept to an established 50 person company with >$1m in annual revenue from major consumer tech OEMs and automotive Tier 1's. Proven investment track record - raised $23m from VCs, family offices and angels. Strong connections with UK, US, EU and Japan investor ecosystems.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education

Work history

CEO

VividQ
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
02.2017 - Current
  • Cofounded a university spin out and part of the original technical team that developed holographic display.
  • Took the company from a 5 man academic team to a 50 person company that has invented a new class of digital display and generated 50 patents. Implemented Agile work practices across the whole business.
  • Oversaw budgetary and financial activities and implemented strategies to grow business and profits. Raised $23M in venture funding over 3 investment rounds.
  • Spearheaded expansion strategies in US and APAC to increase business market share, drive growth and increase customer base.
  • Devised promotional strategies to boost customer sales. Led sales efforts and negotiations leading to >$1M in sales with major consumer tech OEMs and automotive Tier 1s.
  • Built productive and profitable relationships with global industry partners within AR/VR, automotive, display industries to meet strategic business objectives. Developed key contacts with major ODMs and optical design houses in Taiwan and mainland China.

CTO

Penteract28
London
08.2015 - 02.2017
  • Designed, built and deployed a proprietary toolkit for 3D data.
  • Developed and implemented the business's technology roadmap.
  • Defined and implemented Agile processes and standards to ensure efficient, sustainable delivery of high-quality products.
  • Recruited, trained and mentored at team of 5 software engineers.

Quantitative Analyst

Sungard Data Systems
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
09.2012 - 07.2015
  • Researched and developed Market and Credit risk models based on Monte Carlo methods.
  • Technical lead for sales calls, covering both buy and sell side customers
  • Conducted training classes, held personal meetings and led special workshops to improve employee performance.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy - Theoretical Physics

University of St Andrews
St. Andrews
09.2008 - 06.2012

Master of Science - Mathematics With Theoretical Physics

University of St Andrews
St Andrews
09.2003 - 07.2008

Public Engagements

London Tech Week: "Untangling north east Asia" (2023)

Frontier Deep Tech Conference (2022)

SPIE AR/VR/MR, Invited Talks (2019, 2020, 2021)

Augmenting World Expo, Invited Talks (2019, 2020)

Tech Tour EPVF: Contest Winner (2019)


Papers and Patents

A Novel Real-Time Full-Colour 3D Holographic Video Capture, Processing, and Transmission Pipeline, SID (2022) 

Cimmino Simultaneously Iterative Holographic Projection, Optics Continuum (2022)  

Real-Time Holographic Solution for True 3D-Display, Embedded World (2018)

An intrinsically eye safe approach to high apparent brightness augmented reality displays using computer-generated holography, SID (2021)

Composite Cluster States and Alternative Architectures for One-Way Quantum Computation, Phys Rev A, 85 (2012)

Universal Quantum Computation with Continuous-Variable Abelian Anyons, Phys Rev A, 85 (2012)


HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD, PCT/GB2021/051696

ILLUMINATION POWER CONTROL FOR A COMPUTER-GENERATED
HOLOGRAM DISPLAY, PCT/GB2021/052566

IT Skills

  • MS Office Applications
  • Visual Studio
  • Fluent in C/C++/C#
  • Jira/Bitbucket
  • Hubspot


Affiliations

GBx: Great British Technology

R42 AI Fellowship: Mentor

Timeline

CEO

VividQ
02.2017 - Current

CTO

Penteract28
08.2015 - 02.2017

Quantitative Analyst

Sungard Data Systems
09.2012 - 07.2015

Doctor of Philosophy - Theoretical Physics

University of St Andrews
09.2008 - 06.2012

Master of Science - Mathematics With Theoretical Physics

University of St Andrews
09.2003 - 07.2008

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