Hi meet me – Martin Altham
I graduated in 1979 from the University of Wales institute of Science & Technology (UWIST) with a First Class Honours in Electrical & Electronic Engineering and came to work in Salisbury.
My career started off developing software for encryption devices so I know a bit about those sort of things.
Along the way I did a stint in Sales Liaison, jetting across the world to help sell products that were actually made in Salisbury.
A 2 year stint living in the UAE opened my eyes to that part of the world and cultures therein.
Returning to Salisbury as Project Manager of a team developing card payment terminals – a new field in those days.
But eventually moving on into sales and, using my Middle East experience successfully sold terminals into the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to the point of market saturation.
The combination of technical capability, encryption experience and sales experience resulted in a near 5 year stint successfully selling pay TV systems for Irdeto in the Netherlands.
Finally, as Director of Sales and Marketing at Broadcast Technology in Andover managing the team responsible for Sales, Product Marketing , Sales Support and admin.
Nowadays I use my experiences in software development, product marketing, management and funds raising to help local good causes in the Chalke Valley near Salisbury.