u-rooms.com, portal for student housing and flat share, appoints Joe Robinson as Operations Director

Feb. 10, 2010 - PRLog -- u-rooms ltd are pleased to announce the appointment of Joe Robinson as Operations Director, where he will focus on launching and growing the u-rooms rental property portal in the UK.

Robinson brings a proven track record of over 27 years of experience that spans the breadth of technology related markets and has been instrumental in a number of successful start up ventures such as COLT Telecom, Liberty Surf (now Tiscali), Juwel and Ellis Hayward (now a part of Oliver Wyman), with a solid Blue Chip background gained at Logica, Cable & Wireless and Pitney Bowes.

Robinson was a founding Director of T3 Telecom, becoming MD of Liberty Surf in 2000 and was responsible for the UK operations following the merger and flotation on the Paris Bourse.

Robinson comments:  “Being a landlord myself, I was immediately inspired by the innovation of the u-rooms proposition. The unique implementation of technology that u-rooms is deploying will not only empower landlords, but minimise the time and cost associated with listing a property as well as provide flat seekers with an incredibly engaging customer experience”.

Mike Peirce, CEO of u-rooms ltd comments: “Joe’s extensive experience of early stage high growth potential companies will be a huge asset to u-rooms.  He will be instrumental in preparing u-rooms for launch as well as our ongoing operational success”.  


For more information visit  www.u-rooms.com or contact mark@u-rooms.com

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About u-rooms ltd
The company, formed in June 2009 by Mike Peirce and Mark Davies, empowers both the tenant and landlord with tools to ensure they have a ‘correct’ match between property and prospective tenant.
The team’s vast experience in property rentals, student accommodation and engaging customer experience will ensure a great service for finding a flat, house, house share or student accommodation , student housing, halls of residence and student homes in UK market.