Somerled Ltd can deliver a range of corporate services.
The majority of these services are provided by the Managing Director, Guy Hunter.
Available services include:
Discrete Company or Product line, divestment:
Industry contacts established for the purpose of exploring product or company divestment options.
From early, non committal contact with the right people, right through to production of heads of terms and beyond.
All under strict NDA.
Non Executive Directorship.
Ongoing limited commitment or short term intense effort to help establish international sales channels.
Broad experience within board sectors of US, Europe and Israel.
Technology Tranfer:
Efforts to bridge the worlds of Defence Technologists, Academia and Industry often find it difficult to overcome their mutual isolation. The best efforts and intentions of several dedicated bodies are devoted to this endevour.
Advice and assistance can be applied from the perspective of modular board solutions. Rapid prototype with reduced risk and cost. Ideal platform for technology proving and demonstration of investment-ready real solutions.
Starting from a blank sheet of paper a review of possible intermediate steps between desktop PC based applications and real deployable product can be provided. Most advantage gained where the performance of multiple FPGAs and/or industrial platforms are involved.
Company Setup in Europe or USA:
Having formed companies on both sides of the Atlantic a broad base of experience is available to tap into.
(Ltd company in Scotland and LLC in Texas.)
Assistance available to help setup a variety of possible structures. From virtual-offices remotely controlled from overseas HQ through to recruitment of local staff 'in-country' and facility establishment.
Hands on approach provided rather than a consultants abstract advice.
Independent:
Independent advice and assistance from a practical perspective.
No connection with any sponsoring public bodies. No support from public funding.
Ideal for SMEs who know assistance must be available from the public sector but who's experience has been of every possible encouragement short of actual assistance.
Contact:
Guy Hunter guy.hunter@somerled.co.uk First step is a brief email to outline what it is you want to do.
Confidential, free and without commitment.
Bio (Guy Hunter): 6 years in electronic design. Initially in hardware, migrating to software in the most demanding of safety critical environments. (Gas detection & metal crack detection.) 3 years in board sales (mostly VME). 2 years establishing European base of operation, direct sales and sales channels for US board manufacturer focussed on Defence sector. 4 years sales management with Scottish board manufacturer ultimately with worldwide responsibility. 10 years director level experience in board based industry.
Currently Managing director of Somerled Ltd & Vice President and co-founder of a Texas based board reseller startup. Aiming to offer the US defence sector FPGA based VME/VXS products manufactured in the UK. Married for 25 years with 4 children.
Member of Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, West Lothian Chamber of commerce and West Lothian Grapevine/TX Twinning Association. NCAGE numbers on both sides of the Atlantic.
Pet project: Ongoing commitment to fostering good trade relationships between the Scottish county of West Lothian and the US State of Texas. In particular, encouragement of SMEs, on both sides, to use West Lothian and N.Texas as 'soft-landings' into European and US markets. Always keen to contact like minded individuals or potential organisations looking to make the leap.
The intention is to evolve this interest into the 'Hunters-Bridge' programme.
