Management

The executives of Aria Networks have a wealth of global telecoms market experience coupled with proven ability in bringing to market innovative and differentiated products that can fundamentally change the traditional architectures, technologies and practices of telecoms.

Tony Fallows – Chief Executive Officer

Tony has 20 years of experience in the global telecoms market in varying roles. Tony brings a wealth of experience in sales, business-development, marketing, and product-management, including executive management roles. Tony has developed teams for early-stage businesses and has experience of developing new markets. Before joining Aria Networks, Tony had most recently held Vice-President roles at Ericsson, Marconi Corporation and Riverstone Networks.

Dr Jay Perrett – Chief Technology Officer

Jay has spent over 25 years developing evolutionary computing and Artificial Intelligence in academia and industry. Jay is the key architect of Aria’s DANI, iVNT and iForecast. Jay has spent many years working in the telecoms market (Bell-Labs, Lucent, Movaz, and Redback) and in the Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical markets. Jay has considerable experience developing and bringing innovative products to market as he was a founder and head of R&D at Darwinian Neural Networks Industries and the CEO of Applied Insilico.

Chris Hares - Director of Development

Chris has over 15 years experience in the software industry, including a focus for the past 5 years on the management of high performance and scalable telecoms solutions with Logica / Acision. Prior to Logica, and after starting his career with the Royal Air Force, Chris had significant experience working at management and executive level for a number of successful and innovative start-up companies such as Alterian, Cymap and CBL Technology. Chris holds a First Class Honors Degree in Software Engineering.

Paddy Bell - Director of Sales

Paddy has 25 years of sales and management experience in the global telecommunications market, with the last 20 years focused on Operational Support Systems (OSS) software sales and management. Paddy brings a strong track record of growing revenues, with experience of building and leading sales teams across Europe. This experience spans start-up software companies through to large corporations. Most recently Paddy held senior positions at IBM, Dorado Software and Quallaby prior to its acquisition by Micromuse.