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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 Buckinghamshire based Director operating in the Software 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.
Michael Plimsoll
Industry Marketing Director of Adobe
Michael Plimsoll is a seasoned innovative marketer focused on driving efficiencies and improved return on investment through the better use of data and content in Marketing. He has an extensive background in data driven marketing, content management, cross-channel marketing and digital advertising. Michael currently works in the Product & Industry Marketing team at Adobe. In this role he helps Adobe’s customers across EMEA to better achieve their marketing objectives through deep industry insight and best practises, as well as ensuring they are maximising their use of Adobe solutions. Prior to Adobe, Michael held various client side and agency roles at companies such as BSkyB, Ogilvy and Wunderman; working on accounts such as American Express, Microsoft, IBM and BT.
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About Adobe: Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions.
Victoria Reddington
Director of Partner Strategy, EMEA of VMware
Victoria Reddington is a Director of Partner Strategy, EMEA at VMware.
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About VMware: VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that powers complex digital infrastructure.
Russell Poole
Managing Director, UK and The Nordics of Equinix
Russell joined as UK managing director in April 2000, bringing with him nine years of experience in the UK telecommunications and internet industries. From 1998 to 2000 Russell was a director of MessageNet Ltd – an internet security and messaging security provider. Responsible for sales and operations, he also led the development of e:)scan – Europe’s first e-mail virus and content control service. In October 1999 MessageNet was acquired by Articon-Integralis AG.Between 1993 and 1998, Russell was the national sales manager for General Telecom – the business telecoms division of General Cable Plc. During this time he grew the business from four sales people and £3m annual revenue to 35 sales people in three locations and £25m annual revenue. Russell attended Nottingham University, where he read production engineering. Following twelve months travelling, he commenced his managerial career at Coca-Cola and Schweppes where he enjoyed a successful career as a national account manager.
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About Equinix: Equinix is an internet company that provides data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations.
Nick Sears
Regional Sales Director – Northern Europe of CipherCloud
In his role as Regional Director for Northern Europe at CipherCloud, Nick brings over 20 years technology experience to help customers to deliver on their cloud transformation journeys in a secure way, by protecting sensitive data and meeting industry or regional regulations. Prior CipherCloud, Nick has held senior sales and business development positions with technology vendors focused on web security, compliance, and unified communications, including NextPlane, Actiance (formerly FaceTime), and Finjan Software.
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About CipherCloud: CipherCloud is a cloud security company that provides a platform that delivers data protection, compliance, and control.
Harpal Gill
Director of Business Development, London of PeerNova
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About PeerNova: PeerNova’s mission is to empower firms to make confident and timely decisions using high-quality data.
Steve McEvoy
Alliance Director of Metapack
Steve rejoined MetaPack in 2007. He is responsible for all client facing team members inc Account Management, Service Management and Client Support. Since joining MetaPack in August 2002 Steve has held a number of positions that have grown with the company from Business Development to Partnership management. Steve has over twenty years experience providing IT solutions to the Retail market, the last fifteen of those have been eCommerce focused. Prior to MetaPack Steve has held a number of senior roles in Fujitsu, Post Software International.
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About Metapack: Metapack provides delivery management solutions that enable online retailers to increase user engagement and sales conversions.
Neil Hall
Managing Director, UK & Ireland of Computacenter
As Group Director of Business Enablement and Contractual Services, Neil is responsible for Contractual Services Sales and Solution Design, along with key business enablement functions such as governance, contract and bid marketing management. Neil joined Computacenter in 2001 as part of a TUPE process and has held management positions in the UK and Germany for more than twelve years.
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About Computacenter: Computacenter provides IT infrastructure services and solutions in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Belgium.
Mehram Sumray-Roots
Product Director of Expede IT Solutions Limited
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About Expede IT Solutions Limited: Expede is proud to be the home of ‘yada’ – the next generation of mobile event app allowing a true 360-degree view of all your events
Dave Froker
Managing Director of Focusrite
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About Focusrite: Focusrite is a global music and audio products group supplying hardware and software products used by professional and amateur musicians.
Paul Momtahan
Director of Optical Solution Marketing of Coriant
Based in the UK, Paul is responsible for the solution marketing of Coriant’s metro and long haul optical solutions globally. Prior to this he has held a number of product line management, technical sales and marketing roles focusing on packet-optical transport. Before joining Tellabs, Paul held a variety of product management and marketing positions at Neos/SSE Telecom, FORE Systems and Madge Networks. Paul has engineering and management degrees from Cambridge and Stanford universities.
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About Coriant, Infinera: Coriant is telecommunication company that operates as a supplier of dynamic metro-to-core transport solutions.
Martin Hiles
Managing Director of Smartway2
Originally qualified as an Electronic Engineer working in the Nuclear Medicine sector before moving to more Software orientated roles. Martin has 20+ years’ experience of working with Project Management, Cost Control Software, Asset Management and Resource Scheduling software in Marketing, Sales and Support roles. Martin founded BusinessSolve in 2003 and played a key role in the development of the company’s core products and services. He continued to lead the company through many years of growth and profitability, expanding its operations to North America in 2007 and Australia in 2009. Martin has co-founded Smartway2 with his former colleague Nigel Reading and again will be instrumental in the company’s growth and product evolution.
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About Smartway2: Smartway2 is a simple and intuitive way to book workplace resources whilst you’re on the move.
Gautam Mitra
Founder, Managing Director, and Chairman of Optirisk Systems
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About OptiRisk India, Optirisk Systems: Optirisk Systems a global reach that provides products and services for Optimisation and Risk Management solutions.
Piers Alington
Managing Director of Feedback Ferret
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About Feedback Ferret: Feedback Ferret make it easy for companies to improve your customer experience using text analytics.
Piers Alington
Managing Director of Feedback Ferret
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About Feedback Ferret: Feedback Ferret make it easy for companies to improve your customer experience using text analytics.
Alberto Pavan
Service & Infrastructure Director of IPS
Alberto has over 15 years of experience in the payment industry and joined IPS in 2015. At IPS, Alberto is responsible for the payment gateway infrastructure, ensuring that the services we provide meet the standard in terms of security and reliability. Prior to joining IPS, Alberto has worked for Verifone, a global leader in secure electronic POS solutions where he led the Italian application development centre.
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About IPS: IPS is helping merchants accept payments across multiple countries, in multiple currencies through a single platform.
George Korchinsky
Director of Procession
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About Procession: Procession is a UK-based and owned software house.
Derrick Cameron
Director – Coo of Procession
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About Procession: Procession is a UK-based and owned software house.
