Len Layton

Current

Co-Founder at Mingleverse Laboratories Inc.

Past

Founder at Sondigo / Layton Electronics and Networking Limited
North America Representative at C-Media Electronics
Business Development Consultant at BPO Canada

Director, Account Relations at Dolby Laboratories
CEO, Marketing Director, Engineer at Lake Technology Limited

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Education

University of New South Wales

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Industry

Computer Software

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Len Layton’s Summary

Len Layton is one of the world’s leading audio technologists. Born and raised in Australia, Len attended the University of New South Wales and studied Electrical Engineering, graduating in 1992. From 1993 to 1995, Len worked as an engineer for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Sydney as a member of the team that developed the revolutionary D-RADIO digital radio broadcasting console. In 1995, Len joined Lake DSP (later Lake Technology Limited.) At Lake, Len rose from junior engineer through marketing and sales, eventually becoming CEO in January 2000, immediately after Lake’s IPO. At Lake, Len led the sale of the technology behind Dolby Headphone to Dolby Laboratories in 1998. Len also originated and developed the Lake In-Flight Theatre program which brought Dolby Headphone encoded movies to millions of passengers on airlines around the world. Subsequent to Lake, Len worked for Dolby Laboratories in San Francisco, California, from 2002 to 2003 and then joined C-Media Electronics (Taiwan), as Senior Vice President for North America. At C-Media, Len led numerous initiatives including the development of the C-Media Wi-Sonic networked audio technology. Len also led the transformation of C-Media from fabless semiconductor company toward licensing and strategic partnerships with RealTek (Taiwan) and Intel Corporation (USA.) In 2005, Len founded Sondigo Systems in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to design and market innovative PC audio peripheral products. In January 2008, Len co-founded Mingleverse Laboratories with Ron Stevens to build and market an advanced communication and entertainment platform. Len holds one US Patent and has many more applications in process for technologies mainly focused on next generation applications of audio, content protection and other technologies. Len lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with his wife, Gabrielle and daughter Lucy, 5.

Len Layton’s Specialties:

Audio technology, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, DSP, headphone technology, binaural systems, Technology Licensing, Business Strategy, Intellectual Property.

Len Layton’s Experience

Co-Founder

Mingleverse Laboratories Inc.

(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

November 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

Mingleverse Laboratories is in stealth mode right now, but we're going to change the world of communications when we launch.
Founder

Sondigo / Layton Electronics and Networking Limited

(Computer Hardware industry)

May 2005 — December 2008 (3 years 8 months)

Sondigo is a leading supplier of next generation PC audio peripherals.

Layton Electronics and Networking Limited (LENL) also represents C-Media Electronics in North America, develops technology and provides marketing and consulting services.
North America Representative

C-Media Electronics

(Semiconductors industry)

November 2003 — November 2008 (5 years 1 month)

Represented C-Media Electronics to North America customers, partners and suppliers. Responsible for several multimillion dollar sales as well as technology licensing deals with Intel and Realtek Semiconductors.
Business Development Consultant

BPO Canada

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 6 months)

Development of customer relationships and acting as reference site for BPO Canada's Web Development Business.
Director, Account Relations

Dolby Laboratories

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; dlb; Semiconductors industry)

January 2002 — December 2003 (2 years )

Built global team responsible for managing relationships with all of Dolby's technology licensees.
CEO, Marketing Director, Engineer

Lake Technology Limited

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; LAK; Semiconductors industry)

August 1995 — August 2001 (6 years 1 month)

Started as Engineer and finished as CEO over six years. Responsible for licensing Dolby Headphone technology to Dolby.

Len Layton’s Education

University of New South Wales

BE , Electrical Engineering , January 1987 — June 1992

Activities and Societies:

Secretary/Treasurer of UNSW Student's Union 1992; Member of Board of UNSW Union, 1991

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Len Layton’s Interests:

Audio and Acoustics, Psychoacoustics, Virtual Reality, Digital Signal Processing. . Music production and composition. Cricket. Science and Technology in general, especially cosmology, quantum mechanics & biotechnology. I am an avid eclipse chaser.