Clive Sinclair
During his early years at Edinburgh, Denyer "took up two Fellowships – one with Sir Clive Sinclair and then one in information technology. He also held extensive consultancies, including with BT, BP,Thorn-EMI ESA, Shlumberger and, with colleagues, gave short courses to industry. His next step was to secure funding for the Silicon Architectures Research Initiative, a 30-man joint programme between the University and seven supporting companies, which he led."