Dean Gratton

Dean Gratton
Born Dean Anthony Gratton
1968
Barry, Wales
Occupation Author and columnist
Nationality British
Website
www.deananthonygratton.com

Dean Anthony Gratton (born 1968) is an author[1] and columnist,[2][3] specializing in wireless communications.[4][5] He is married to film producer[6] and author Sarah-Jayne Gratton.[7]

Early life

Gratton was born and grew up in Barry, South Wales.[1][8][9] He is the first of three children and has two younger sisters, Lisa and Teresa.[10] He attended High Street Primary School, Barry Comprehensive School,[11] Barry College and later Coleg Glan Hafren, Cardiff.

Career

Gratton secured his first software engineering role with Coinmaster Manufacturing Limited (later Coinmaster Gaming Products Limited), Penarth Road, Cardiff, which entered into administrative receivership, March 2003.[12][13] He later moved to Cambridge, England in the mid-1990s to further his career in software engineering. In 2000 Gratton became Editor[14] of the Specification of the Bluetooth Profiles v1.1, Part K:9 (the LAN Access Profile[15]) and in 2001 his work with Bluetooth wireless technology received a US patent.[8][9][16] Later that year, Gratton received a publishing contract for his first book titled Bluetooth Profiles: The Definitive Guide,[17] Prentice Hall (an imprint of Pearson Education) which was subsequently published in January 2003. He also participated in defining the initial Bluetooth Personal Area Networking (PAN) profiles, and was active in the Near Field Communication technology and marketing committees.[18]

Gratton studied for a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with the Open University and later in 2007 he received an honorary Doctorate[9] in Telecommunications.

List of works

References

  1. 1 2 "Barry-born bestselling author Dean Gratton announced as editor-in-chief of new social media platform Eden". Barry & District News. 4 December 2012.
  2. ↑ https://media.skype.com/author/deangratton/
  3. ↑ http://blog.advaoptical.com/en/About/dean-anthony-gratton.aspx
  4. ↑ "Dean Anthony Gratton". JournalistDirectory. 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  5. ↑ "Official Website for Dr Dean Anthony Gratton". Deananthonygratton.com. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  6. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm8295975/
  7. ↑ http://www.sarahjaynegratton.com/bio.html
  8. 1 2 "Book makes history". Barry & District News. 13 February 2003.
  9. 1 2 3 "Author receives honorary degree". Barry & District News. 20 April 2007.
  10. ↑ http://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/1339538.author_receives_honorary_degree/
  11. ↑ http://namesdatabase.com/schools/UK/GA/Barry/Barry%20Comprehensive%20School
  12. ↑ "Viewing Page 3075 of Issue 56873". London-gazette.co.uk. 2003-03-11. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  13. ↑ "Coinmaster in administration.(UK News)(Brief Article)". AB UK. 2003-04-01.
  14. ↑ "Dean A. Gratton". InformIT. 2003-05-02. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  15. ↑ http://www.palowireless.com/database/stmicro/profiles.pdf
  16. ↑ "Wireless callback access control for a LAN network access point - 3Com Corporation". Freepatentsonline.com. 2001-02-21. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  17. ↑ Dean A. Gratton (2002-12-30). "Pearson - Bluetooth Profiles - Dean A. Gratton". Pearsonhighered.com. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  18. ↑ "Official Website for Dr Dean Anthony Gratton". Deananthonygratton.com. Retrieved 2013-11-24.

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