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Picsel is led by a team with significant experience at the cutting edge of technology. Together, we create innovative solutions that help our clients fulfil customer need and stay well ahead of the competition.


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Imran Khand
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Imran Khand is a highly experienced technology entrepreneur, having established two successful technology companies, prior to co-founding Picsel in 1998. Before that, Imran led a Scottish Government initiative for the development and training of young people and was actively involved in a number of other government and community joint ventures. Imran has a degree in Computer Science from Paisley University.


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Dr Majid Anwar
Chief Scientist & Co-Founder

A qualified medical doctor, Majid left the NHS to fulfill a lifelong interest in technology, specialising in ARM and other RISC processors since their earliest releases. He is the driving force behind the development of Picsel’s groundbreaking ePAGE(TM) technology. With a deep understanding of legacy and next generation communications, as well as display, file interchange, networking and web browser technologies, Majid established two other highly successful technology companies before going on to co-found Picsel, in 1998.


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Ted Katagi
Chief Operating Officer

Ted Katagi joined Picsel in November 2008 as Chief Operating Officer. Ted takes charge of Global Sales, Marketing and Corporate strategy functions for the company. Prior to Picsel in his most recent role, Ted worked as Senior Managing Director at Fidelity Investments for Asia. Prior to this, at Vodafone group, Ted held a number of positions including Chief Marketing Officer and Global Director of Commercial Strategy. Ted has over a decade of senior management experience in the network operator space and has held several key positions at Japan Telecom, Verizon Wireless, J-phone and AirTouch. Ted’s career spans over 25 years across various disciplines including marketing, sales, corporate strategy and entrepreneurial management. Ted holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and BA degree in Economic & Computer Science from University of California, Berkeley.


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Richard Guest
Chief Financial Officer

Richard Guest joined Picsel Technologies in October 2007 as Chief Financial Officer, charged with overseeing the company’s rapid expansion and global investor relations strategy. Guest brings over 20 years experience to the post, having worked at global blue-chip companies, including Hewlett Packard, Hutchinson Whampoa and Diageo, successfully leading the development of new business ventures and complex business transformation. In his most recent role, as CFO for the European operations of Acco Brands, Guest was responsible for post merger integration resulting from the acquisition of GBC


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Carlos Arteaga
Chief Technology Officer

Formerly VP Engineering at Sybase iAnywhere, Carlos Arteaga was responsible for defining strategy and led the development of mobile devices, RFID and sensor networks products. In the past, Carlos held several executive positions as CTO and Chief Software Architect. In Telxon Corporation he worked for over 10 years in research and development of mobile devices, Radio Frequency networks, embedded systems and their integration with ERP Systems. Carlos earned a B.S. degree in Computer Science and holds a Titular Professor rank from Havana University.


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Dr Jack McGinley
Vice President Customer Delivery

Jack McGinley has led a distinguished career in the hi-tech computing and electronics sector. Having invented and patented the hard disk format, Jack joined Hewlett-Packard to lead a 100-strong team dedicated to new product engineering. Jack moved to Picsel in 2001 to build the company’s first-class software development team. A Glasgow University graduate, Jack also holds an MSc in Digital Electronics from Herriot Watt University and a D.Phil. in Theoretical Physics from Oxford University.


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Grant Ballantyne
Director of Commercial Operations

A Chartered Accountant with 10 years commercial experience, Grant has a background in fast growing entrepreneurial companies, most recently in retail and mobile telecoms. Prior to joining Picsel in 2001, Grant was head of finance and general manager of BT Cellnet Retail (now O2 Retail). Grant also held the role of financial controller at Sports Division in the run up to its lucrative acquisition by JJB Sports plc. 


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Sun Kim
Vice President and GM, Picsel Korea

Sun Kim has been Country Manager and Business Development Officer for Picsel Korea since 2003. Prior to joining Picsel, Sun held a number of engineering roles at Daewoo and later became a Director of FID Inc in 2001. Sun graduated from Bowling Green State University with an MBA, before completing a Masters degree in Engineering at the University of Michigan.