Dr Ederyn Williams is the CEO of Warwick Ventures Limited, University of Warwick

University of Warwick

The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...

, Coventry, West Midlands. He is the son of Raymond Williams

Raymond Williams

Raymond Henry Williams was a Welsh academic, novelist and critic. He was an influential figure within the New Left and in wider culture. His writings on politics, culture, the mass media and literature are a significant contribution to the Marxist critique of culture and the arts...

 and co-developer of Social presence theory

Social presence theory

Social presence theory was developed by John Short, Ederyn Williams, and Bruce Christie at a time when computer-mediated communication as we know it today was yet to be conceptualized, let alone implemented through computers connected via the Internet. In spite of that, the theory has influenced...

. While working for British Telecom in the 1980s, he founded the pioneering games company Telecomsoft

Telecomsoft

Telecomsoft was the computer software division of British telecommunications company British Telecom . It was the owner of the well-known Firebird and Rainbird labels, under which it sold video games at a variety of price-points....

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In 2009, his staff nominated him for a Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion

Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion

The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion is one of the Queen's Awards for Enterprise, and is awarded annually to people who:* give up their time - and sometimes provide financial support - to help potential entrepreneurs in education or in the early phases of business development* work in...

- an honour which he duly received in the following year.