Kate Craig-Wood
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Kate Craig-Wood is a British
IT entrepreneur
and the co-founder and managing director of Memset Dedicated Hosting. She is also a champion for the causes of energy efficiency, especially in the data centre, and women in IT.
business consulting as an IT consultant. Craig-Wood was later head-hunted to work as head of business development for Easyspace Ltd., one of the UK's largest web hosting companies. in late 2002 Craig-Wood left Easyspace and founded Memset with her brother, Nick.
Memset has grown rapidly since inception. Memset is Britain's first carbon neutral
ISP. Memsset has been voted best UK Web host six years running (2006 - 2011) and has won a number of other awards for innovation, environmental awareness and IT strategy.
Craig-Wood takes an active interest in local and national business affairs, through Her positions on corporate boards which include; director of the Surrey Chambers of Commerce, a committee member of the Institute of Directors West Surrey branch, and is a director of Intellect UK, the UK's high-tech trade association.
Craig-Wood is an environmental campaigner through promoting energy-efficient computing. Craig-Wood has been a speaker at on the subject at events. Craig-Wood is part of Intellect UK's directorial leadership group on energy and efficiency, and is involved with the British Computer Society
's efforts on green IT via her committee membership of the Data Centre Specialist Group.
Craig-Wood married in 2000 and divorced in 2006. The divorce was a result of her beginning the process of transexual transitioning.
Craig-Wood undertook a successful transsexual transition between October 2005 and November 2006.
In March 2008 Craig-Wood "came out" in the Sunday Times magazine "in the hope that she might be the role model to younger transwomen that she never had, and also to try and dispel some myths about the transgendered."
Craig-Wood is executive committee member and trustee of the Gender Identity Research and Education Society, and is working with the group with a focus on improving medical care in the UK for young transpeople.
United Kingdom
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IT entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
and the co-founder and managing director of Memset Dedicated Hosting. She is also a champion for the causes of energy efficiency, especially in the data centre, and women in IT.
Career
Craig-Wood self taught herself various programming languages and internet technologies, and after completing an MSc is in Biomedical Science joined Arthur AndersenArthur Andersen
Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms among PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG, providing auditing, tax, and consulting services to large corporations...
business consulting as an IT consultant. Craig-Wood was later head-hunted to work as head of business development for Easyspace Ltd., one of the UK's largest web hosting companies. in late 2002 Craig-Wood left Easyspace and founded Memset with her brother, Nick.
Memset has grown rapidly since inception. Memset is Britain's first carbon neutral
Carbon neutral
Carbon neutrality, or having a net zero carbon footprint, refers to achieving net zero carbon emissions by balancing a measured amount of carbon released with an equivalent amount sequestered or offset, or buying enough carbon credits to make up the difference...
ISP. Memsset has been voted best UK Web host six years running (2006 - 2011) and has won a number of other awards for innovation, environmental awareness and IT strategy.
Craig-Wood takes an active interest in local and national business affairs, through Her positions on corporate boards which include; director of the Surrey Chambers of Commerce, a committee member of the Institute of Directors West Surrey branch, and is a director of Intellect UK, the UK's high-tech trade association.
Craig-Wood is an environmental campaigner through promoting energy-efficient computing. Craig-Wood has been a speaker at on the subject at events. Craig-Wood is part of Intellect UK's directorial leadership group on energy and efficiency, and is involved with the British Computer Society
British Computer Society
The British Computer Society, is a professional body and a learned society that represents those working in Information Technology in the United Kingdom and internationally...
's efforts on green IT via her committee membership of the Data Centre Specialist Group.
Personal life and Transsexual activism
Craig-Wood was born in 1977 as Robert Craig-Wood. Craig-Wood was educated at the Royal Grammar School and attended the University of Southampton obtaining a 2:1 in Biomdical Scienes and a Masters Degree in the same field.Craig-Wood married in 2000 and divorced in 2006. The divorce was a result of her beginning the process of transexual transitioning.
Craig-Wood undertook a successful transsexual transition between October 2005 and November 2006.
In March 2008 Craig-Wood "came out" in the Sunday Times magazine "in the hope that she might be the role model to younger transwomen that she never had, and also to try and dispel some myths about the transgendered."
Craig-Wood is executive committee member and trustee of the Gender Identity Research and Education Society, and is working with the group with a focus on improving medical care in the UK for young transpeople.