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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Bristol based Director operating in the Information Technology space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Katherine Ward
Chief Commercial Officer, Managing Director UK & Europe of Healthy.io
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About Healthy.io: Healthy.io converts smartphone cameras into a clinical grade medical device.
Chris Cammann
Managing Director of Hybrid
Chris Cammann is a managing director at Hybrid.
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About Hybrid: Hybrid is a media company that creates content for brands across digital platforms.
Jake Kennard
Technical Sales Director and Co-Founder of KETS Quantum Security
Jake has 10 years of applied integrated quantum optics and industrial research experience. He is passionate about taking KETS’ technology to market and has quickly developed a multi-award winning pitch. A former post-doctoral researcher at the University of Bristol’s Quantum Engineering Technology Labs, he is an expert in integrated quantum photonics and communications and a key contributor to the UK’s Quantum Communications Hub.
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About KETS Quantum Security: KETS Quantum Security is developing a range of future-proof, cost-effective technologies for quantum-secured communications.
Beth Hepworth
Managing Director, Intelligence of Protection Group International
Beth heads PGI’s Intelligence Team, specialising in Geopolitical and Investigative Intelligence. Prior to arriving at PGI at the start of 2017, Beth founded and scaled a business intelligence company operating in ‘frontier’ markets including Libya, Egypt, Ghana and Myanmar. She has over a decade of experience supporting both corporate and government clients operating in complex environments and has lived and worked extensively in the Middle East, North Africa and South East Asia.
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About Protection Group International: PGI specialise in the secure protection of assets: human, physical, legal, intellectual property, financial and operational.
Reza Nejabati
Co Founder, Director of Zeetta Networks
Reza is currently a Senior Lecturer in Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol, UK. Prior to moving into academia he worked in project management and network architecture roles with leading telecom vendors. Reza has over fifteen years of experience in the field of telecommunication and computer science and has been actively involved in SDN and Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) standardisation. He has made important and pioneering contributions to the research fields of Optical Networking, Software Defined Networking, Network & Data Centre Infrastructure Virtualization, Grid Networking and Large Scale Future Internet Experimentation. He has co-/authored over 150 peer reviewed papers and three SDN standardisation documents.
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About University of Bristol, Zeetta Networks: Zeetta Networks simplifies the monitoring, management and automation of complex ICT networks
Mark Sage
Executive Director of Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance
Mark Sage is the founder and managing director of Sagey11 Ltd. His company providers strategic and operational consulting on marketing and business development, focusing on building lasting partnerships especially for technology start-up and scale-up companies. With a background in telecoms (15 years with Orange) he has also worked with and led various Alliances and Associations. Mark is currently the Executive Director of the Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance (AREA). The AREA is the only global non-profit, member-based organization dedicated to widespread adoption of interoperable AR-enabled enterprise systems AREA. With a focus on creating value and ROI for its members his goal is to develop a robust and active ecosystem for AR within the enterprise. His background includes a strong interest in mobile, AR, VR, and IoT and he is excited to work with AR customers, providers and research organizations.
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About Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance: AREA Webinar: Forecasting Enterprise AR Growth
Dan Fairs
Non-Executive Director of AutonoMe
Dan Fairs is a highly experienced engineering manager, software architect and consultant specialising in backend architecture and development, and technical team building and mentoring. Dan was Founder and Technical Director at SecondSync, and created the SecondSync data platform. SecondSync was acquired by Twitter in April 2014. Dan then went on to manage a team of engineers at Twitter UK until his departure in 2016.
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About AutonoMe: AutonoMe is a support provider delivering independent living skills to people with learning disabilities.
Nancy Parker
Director of Operations of Direct Response
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About Direct Response, Woven: London, UK-based large contact centre operator
Rob Laurence
Director of Torwood Consulting
Rob has spent a working lifetime in IT and the last 15 years in identity. Working at GB Group, Rob was tasked with establishing a new division to design, develop and market the UK’s first purpose-built electronic identity verification service. The service became widely recognised as the market leader in age and identity verification with high street banks, building societies, share traders, mobile retailers and the gambling sector amongst several hundred clients. As MD, Rob delivered year on year triple digit growth, achieved profitability in year 3 and accounted for half the group’s revenue in year 5. As time and the identity market moved on, so did Rob to seek a new challenge. In 2012, Rob started working with a start-up, Innovate Identity. Today, Innovate Identity is regarded as a thought leader in identity, providing specialist consulting services to governments, OIX, the financial services and payments industries, to help them better understand the world of identity and adopt and make better use of technology to meet their and their customers’ needs.
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About Torwood Consulting: Torwood Consulting is a firm that specializes in IT software and services.
Paul Anslow
Managing Director of Triangle Networks
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About Triangle Networks: Triangle Networks Ltd are a business, telephony and data service provider, catering for small, medium and large businesses.
Ed Rogers
Founder & Managing Director of Bristol Braille Technology
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About Bristol Braille Technology: Bristol Braille Technology is building Canute, an affordable full-page Braille eBook reader.
Saeid Naelini
Managing Director of AMX Solutions
Civil Engineer and Bridge Expert with 20 years experience in the industry, including computer programming. As Director, Saied is responsible for the Strategy and Operations of Infrastructure Asset Management Ltd.. Saeid oversees the international business, working in the Middle East and across Europe.
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About AMX Solutions: AMX Solutions specialized in enterprise asset management software solutions spanning a wide range of market sectors.
Dave Liddament
Director & Software Developer of Lamp Bristol
Dave Liddament is a director and developer at Lamp Bristol, a software consultancy. He’s been writing software commercially for over 15 years in many languages including C, Python, Java, and PHP. Dave is keen to pass on his knowledge. He is an organizer and regular speaker at PHP-SW. He also runs a monthly workshop covering topics including testing, CI, and Git. When not busy coding, Dave enjoys scuba diving and running.
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About Lamp Bristol: Lamp Bristol offers web development services for digital agencies.
Jonn Fredericks
Managing Director of Cypad
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About Cypad: Tablet-based meal ordering and kitchen management platform.
Richard Luxton
Director of Insitute of Bio-Sensing Technology
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About Insitute of Bio-Sensing Technology: Institute of Bio-Sensing Technology (IBST) works with the aim of creating partnerships to develop novel bio-sensing technology.
Andrew Brown
Managing Director of Communication Stem
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About Communication Stem: Communication Stem is a globally recognised reputation for helping businesses with their delivery of productivity & recreational assurance.
Andrew Brown
Managing Director of Communication Stem
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About Communication Stem: Communication Stem is a globally recognised reputation for helping businesses with their delivery of productivity & recreational assurance.
Mike Kerley
Managing Director of Cloudwired
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About : Business technology consultancy and managed services provider based in the south west of England.
