Greg Thompson

International Marketing and Business Development Manager, PULSE DATA INTERNATIONAL Ltd

Greg Thompson is International Marketing and Business Development Manager for Pulse Data International Ltd., a Christchurch company specialising in the manufacture and distribution of products for people who have severe visual impairment. Pulse Data has been recognised as one of New Zealand's 50 fastest growing companies, and has established itself as a world leader in its field. Pulse Data's BrailleNote notetaker has received acclaim worldwide as a highly innovative, and extremely successful product.

Greg has extensive experience working with high tech New Zealand export companies, including over 20 years in the computer and telecommunications industries. He spent nine years at Aoraki Corporation where he had a major involvement in the establishment of Cardinal Network, an international provider of software and computer services. Before joining Pulse Data, Greg was Group Marketing Manager of Tait Electronics. Greg's work over recent years has been focussed on the development of export markets, primarily North America and Europe, but also with a strong involvement in Asia and South America.

Currently he is a Director of two Pulse Data subsidiary companies - Pulse Data HumanWare, Inc., based in San Francisco, and Pulse Data Europe Ltd., whose headquarters are in the UK.