Paul Jackson is Executive Director of Jasia Ltd, a company providing specialist services for media and membership organisations in technology. He leads in Europe for the International Engineering Consortium on the SOFNET event.

He has had a varied career, encompassing contract R&D, local government, the media and the charity sector. Trained as an engineer, Paul spent the early part of his career at ERA Technology researching new techniques for humanitarian mine clearance before moving into the technology media. He was launch editor for United Business Media’s Microwave Engineering Europe and has written for a wide range of publications from Metal Bulletin and Mobile Communications International to the Financial Times.

From 2002-2007, he was with the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Europe’s largest professional body for the science, engineering and technology community. In that role he has led the IET’s development in India and China and has regularly commented on skills and technology issues facing the engineering and IT industries.

Paul’s wider contribution to the technology community has also been varied: member of the partnership board, International Broadcasting Convention, Advisory Committee for the electricity distribution community CIRED, Technical Director of EUREL, Chair of the Boards for Islington Building Services and Cleansing Services.

Paul is a chartered Engineer and Fellow of the IET.