Chris Hare

Chris Hare is Chief Executive Officer of PRTI a leading Waste to Energy data center technology company based in NC, USA. He is also CEO of The nTete Group a strategy and innovation licensing consulting company founded in 1999 and is a Partner in 74W a healthcare consulting and investment group. He was previously a partner in Thingovation, an Internet Of Things company. He was formerly Partner in QED Global Partners a professional services development company and partner in MoveableCode a media and connected device strategy business. He is on the board, an advisor or mentor to a range of companies in the US, UK, Sweden, Israel, Japan. Public clients have included the UK Government - UK Trade and Investment. Previously he was CEO of Data Transfer and Communications a UK based Wireless Security IP company. Prior to this he created and led Sony Ericsson’s Industry Collaboration team reporting to the COO then to the CTO. Previously he headed Sourcing for Sony Ericsson’s largest Business Unit with a spend of over $8.5Bn.

Prior to this Hare was President of Digit Wireless a start-up in Boston funded by Qualcomm [QCOM] and sold to Nuance [NUAN] - now owned by Microsoft. He has over 30 years experience in a range of management roles in the wireless and technology industry. Other history includes work with Lucas, TRW, Ericsson, LG, Sony and other companies in telecommunications/manufacturing.

Hare has received awards including the IBM Design & Innovation Award. He holds a graduate degree in Operations Management and Certificate in Industrial Management from Cornwall Business School (UK) and is a Chartered Manager and Companion of the Chartered Management Institute (UK) and Member of IEEE (US). Hare is on the Advisory Committee of the Congressional Internet Caucus (Washington DC) and was on the board of NCTech (North Carolina Technology Association) for over 10 years.