Memex Advisory Board

The Memex Advisory Board guides Memex on market entry and exit strategies, and work alongside the Memex senior management team in its assessment of business risk.

Memex Advisory Board members have substantial experience in the law enforcement field, and strong political influence within the US and UK government organizations. And with equally high levels of influence in their respective industries, they provide corporate introductions for Memex in new market sectors and advice where necessary to Memex clients and partners alike.

In essence, the Memex advisory board brings a whole new dimension to the Memex management team, and a different perspective, both from a business and technology point of view.

Andrew Fulton

Andrew Fulton is a former British diplomat of over 30 years’ service, including high profile postings in Saigon, Rome, East Berlin, Oslo and Washington DC, and the United Nations in New York.

Following his retirement from the foreign diplomatic service in 2000, Andrew was appointed Chairman of the Scottish-North American Business Council. Since then, he has acquired a diverse portfolio of business interests, including non-executive and consulting roles in several international companies, principally in the security sector.

A regular contributor on both security and general business topics to international media organs, Andrew is also Chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.

Graeme Pearson QPM. MA.

Graeme Pearson, a graduate of the University of Glasgow, has 37 years police service under his belt, and was until November 2007 Director General and Head of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency, leading Scotland on all matters affecting Serious Organized Crime, Drug Misuse and Money-laundering.  Serving in this capacity for almost four years, he has worked closely with both Scottish and UK Government Ministers for eight years.

Before his appointment to Director General, Graeme’s further high profile law enforcement positions included the office of Assistant Chief Constable at Strathclyde Police for five years, leading on the portfolios and overseeing initially Community Safety and Crime thereafter.  Until recently he represented Scottish Police forces as ‘Head of Profession’ for Special Branches, and was a member of both the Association of Chief Police Officers (Terrorist and Allied Matters) Committee and its associated Advisory Group.  Among Graeme’s notable police force credentials are his extensive knowledge of the National Police Model, a seminal role in the creation of the Scottish Intelligence Database, and Chair of the group responsible for the introduction of the new Criminal Histories System for Scotland. 

Since retirement from police service, Graeme is an ongoing contributor to the Strategic Command Course at Bramshill and the Scottish Police Colleges on the separate subjects of “Police Leadership” and “Integrity” and a visiting lecturer to a number of outside agencies, providing seminars on subjects ranging from “Community Policing” to “Human Rights”.  Through this work, Graeme has developed close ties with both the European and American law enforcement communities.  Graeme also maintains strong links to his university of graduation, the University of Glasgow, and is a visiting lecturer with the Public Law Faculty and Head of the newly created Institute for the Study of Organized Crime.

Finally, Graeme’s other professional activities include Board member of the Airdrie Savings Bank and Strategic Advisor to a number of private sector companies. 

Dr. Sam Bayer

Dr. Sam Bayer is the founder of MarketAcuity, a Raleigh-based consultancy established in 2001 and dedicated to bringing Agile management principals and practices to organizations with a high technology base.

During his 27-year professional career, Dr. Bayer has held management positions at high-profile organizations such as IBM, Amdahl, AGFA, Sapiens and Haht Commerce.

Having founded, and successfully conducted an IPO for Axiom Systems, and been President of Datacraft Solutions and acting CEO for Memex' US operations, Dr Bayer is currently CEO of b2b2dot0, a software-as-a-service start-up operating in the B2B eCommerce market.

Today, Dr. Bayer also sits on the Advisory Boards of the Association of IT Professionals, Sixth Sense Analytics, Nipendo, Ltd., and Memex, Ltd, and is a Senior Consultant for the Cutter Consortium.

Granted a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Florida in 1980, Dr. Bayer is a published author and a much sought after presenter in the Agile Project Management community.