Neil Papworth was born on 1969 and is a British software architect, designer and developer.
11 Facts About Neil Papworth
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Neil Papworth is known as the sender of the first ever text message in 1992.
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Neil Papworth was born on 28 December 1969 in Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom.
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Neil Papworth spent his childhood in Wokingham, Berkshire, and began his professional career at Ferranti International in Bracknell, United Kingdom.
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Neil Papworth then settled in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2000, and subsequently in Montreal in 2002.
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Neil Papworth started his career at Ferranti International in Bracknell on aeronautical and military applications from 1988 to 1991.
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Neil Papworth designed and programmed a movable vehicle satellite antenna and implemented software for automated helicopter-landing aids.
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Neil Papworth spent a large amount of time from 1993 onwards travelling around the world installing SMS systems.
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Neil Papworth relocated to Sema Group's Toronto office in January 2000.
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Neil Papworth remained with Sema Group until 2011.
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In 1992, Neil Papworth was working as a developer and test engineer at Sema Group Telecoms, in a team developing a Short Message Service Centre for their customer, Vodafone UK in Newbury, Berkshire.