Like many others my memories of Bob are through Orange but unlike most other posts Bob and I worked together and alongside each other. We first met in about 1990 when I was working for Hutchison Telecom and he was at Motorola. I can remember he hosted a hospitality weekend for us and some dealers of all,places to the Swiss Alps. Yes I know it was a tough call whether to go but reluctantly I dragged myself away and we had a whale of a time hot air ballooning and skiing. It was a great weekend and what turned out to a beginning of a relationship which became a lot closer when he was recruited by Gareth Jones to join Orange. I thinking our working relationship from then on can best be described as one of mutual respect for each other in our respective disciplines, he went about his tasks and goals and so did I and judging by the outcome of Orange we didn't do a bad job of it.
I always said that working at Orange was an experience not a job, we were very lucky to be in the right industry at the right time and we made the most of it. It was a unique experience and equally importantly we had a whole lot of fun. We all met some great people and Bob was certainly up there with the best. When Orange was sold to France Telecom many of us moved on We met again at a reunion 18 months ago where we shared a few memories and it was only a few weeks ago I heard of his severe ill health.
I have far too many memories to share and some I could not anyway but needless to say he will be remembered by me and missed in equal proportions.
Gordon
Like many others my memories of Bob are through Orange but unlike most other posts Bob and I worked together and alongside each other. We first met in about 1990 when I was working for Hutchison Telecom and he was at Motorola. I can remember he hosted a hospitality weekend for us and some dealers of all,places to the Swiss Alps. Yes I know it was a tough call whether to go but reluctantly I dragged myself away and we had a whale of a time hot air ballooning and skiing. It was a great weekend and what turned out to a beginning of a relationship which became a lot closer when he was recruited by Gareth Jones to join Orange. I thinking our working relationship from then on can best be described as one of mutual respect for each other in our respective disciplines, he went about his tasks and goals and so did I and judging by the outcome of Orange we didn't do a bad job of it.
I always said that working at Orange was an experience not a job, we were very lucky to be in the right industry at the right time and we made the most of it. It was a unique experience and equally importantly we had a whole lot of fun. We all met some great people and Bob was certainly up there with the best. When Orange was sold to France Telecom many of us moved on We met again at a reunion 18 months ago where we shared a few memories and it was only a few weeks ago I heard of his severe ill health.
I have far too many memories to share and some I could not anyway but needless to say he will be remembered by me and missed in equal proportions.
Gordon
