Ed Barker is an accomplished strategic leader and innovator with over two decades of experience working with C-Suite executives to position companies for growth through innovation. He is recognized for advanced problem-solving skills and has a long footprint of achievements in telecoms, enterprise, cloud, AI, retail, data, and entertainment. Ed's core competencies include strategic leadership, delivering corporate direction, executive consulting, and business planning, ecosystem and partnership development, building collaborative market-making projects and ecosystems for mutually beneficial outcomes, experienced management, mentorship and team leadership, project and budget management, KPI development and measurement, and effective communication. Ed can help corporates navigate change, develop new product and service offerings, understand and prepare for radically different futures and develop innovation, partnership, and market-making programs. He can also help startups develop mutually beneficial partnerships with corporates, understand and navigate inevitable risks and frustrations, communicate their vision and proposition to reluctant C-Suites, and build their network and global community. Ed has a strong educational background, having studied MSc in Public Relations at the University of Stirling, BA (Hons) in Economics at the University of Sheffield, and ThePower MBA in Business Administration and Management. He has worked with numerous organizations, including co-founding The Village Haberdashery, serving as Strategic Advisor at Boardroom Advisors, former Head of Strategy & Innovation at GSMA, former Strategy Director at GSMA, former Director of Marketing at Bridgewater Systems, former Strategy Director at Mobilesquared Ltd, among others. Contact Ed at edwardbarker@gmail.com to discuss any opportunities.