About the Makers of the PACE Client
Phidget is based in North Sydney, Australia. The Company was founded in 2007 with the goal of delivering big screen advertising on a mobile phone handset.
company founders
Christopher Wooldridge
Chris began work on mobile apps in 2000 while leading the technical Pre-Sales team at Bullant Software.
Having seen iMode handsets and iAppli in action in Japan in 2001, he became convinced that mobile apps were the way of the future.
Chris became CEO of Bullant Software in 2002 and immediately focused the Company on building handset based smart-client solutions for mobile operators.
Chris sold solutions based on the smart-client solution stack to NTT AS Labs in Japan, Optus in Australia, Vodafone in the UK and SingTel in Singapore.
Chris stepped down as CEO in 2006 after Bullant merged with ECONZ Wireless to form uiActive (now renamed xumii). Chris founded Phidget in 2007.
Chris has also held senior posts at Oracle, Accenture and WebAustralia.
Chris has a PhD in Atmospheric Sciences from Macquarie University and and BSc (hons) from The University of Liverpool.
Thomas Hall
Tom is the lead architect and inventor of many features of the PACE client. Joining the Company in late 2007, he took a specification document and rapidly created a working prototype for S60 3rd Edition handsets.
Tom's first love being computer graphics, he implemented the SVG engine for PACE because ‘it was the right way to do it...’
Tom is an expert in Symbian, J2ME MIDP, and Android development.
Prior to Phidget he worked on the ground breaking T9 Nav app for Series 60, as well as part of the Bullant team who developed the J2ME MIDP and Symbian smart clients.
Tom has a BSc in Computer Science from Macquarie University.
Company Registration
2010 Phidget Pty Ltd is registered in NSW, Australia.
ACN: 129 600 844