Roger Byford

Roger held technical and managerial positions at the British Broadcasting Corporation and Westinghouse Electric Corporation before founding Vocollect, Inc. in 1987. He was the Chairman of Vocollect from its founding until the company was sold for $190 million to Intermec in early 2011. As Chief Executive Officer for most of the company’s history, he successfully raised funds from angel investors, institutional venture capitalists, strategic investors, mezzanine debt lenders and a private equity firm. Roger was a regional E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year winner in 2004, and the Pittsburgh Venture Capital Association’s Outstanding Entrepreneur for 2006. He holds numerous U.S. and U.K. patents and a M.A. in Electrical Engineering from Cambridge University.