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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 United Kingdom based Advisor operating in the Big Data space. If you think a Advisor 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.
Lindsey Armstrong
Advisor of XANT.ai
Lindsey Armstrong joined InsideSales.com in March 2015, bringing nearly 30 years of experience in global technology sales leadership and management. Lindsey is guiding the company into its next phase of growth and global expansion, starting with Europe. She is responsible for establishing operations abroad and hiring an executive team. Before joining InsideSales.com, Lindsey spent more than four years with Salesforce, where she built growth engines in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), as well as Latin America and Asia-Pacific. She previously held numerous executive positions with Oracle, Veritas and Symantec, driving substantial growth in international revenues and scaling capabilities across multiple countries. Lindsey is a proven, world-class executive with a track record of excellence. During her time with Veritas, which was acquired by Symantec in 2005, EMEA revenues skyrocketed from $20 million to more than $2 billion. Lindsey serves on the board of directors for SalesHood and Bluewolf.
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About : XANT.ai provides solutions that accelerate revenue by enabling sales teams to build a better pipeline and close more deals.
Geoff Sutton
Advisor of FLXone
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About : FLXone is a data management platform for customer-centric marketing
Dougal Brech
Advisor of Cablato
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About : Cablato develops and deploys broadcast quality video personalisation technology for OTT & addressable TV industries.
Ed Vaizey
Advisor of NEC Corporation
Ed Vaizey MP was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with responsibility for digital industries on 15 July 2014. He is the Conservative MP for Wantage and Didcot.
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About : NEC Corporation is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit businesses and people around the world.
Stephen Roberts
Co-founder & Chief Scientific Advisor of Mind Foundry
Stephen Roberts is the Royal Academy of Engineering / Man Group Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Statistical Society, the Institute of Physics and the Alan Turing Institute. Stephen is Director of the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance and founding-Director of the Oxford Centre for Doctoral Training in Autonomous Intelligent Machines and Systems (AIMS). He has published widely, having some 350 publications which have accrued over 20,000 citations. Stephen’s interests lie in methods for machine learning, data analysis & AI in complex problems, especially those in which noise and uncertainty abound. His major research works include the application of machine learning to huge astrophysical data sets (for discovering exoplanets, pulsars and cosmological models), biodiversity monitoring (for detecting changes in ecology and spread of disease), smart networks (for reducing energy consumption and impact), industrial sensor networks (to better acquire and model complex events & to monitor the condition of equipment) and finance (to provide better insight into time-series, risk and trading actions and to fuse knowledge from large numbers of unstructured information streams).
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About Mind Foundry: Mind Foundry is an Oxford University company that has developed an AI platform to solve the world’s most important problems.
Michael Osborne
Co-founder & Chief Scientific Advisor of Mind Foundry
Mike Osborne is the Dyson Associate Professor in Machine Learning at the University of Oxford. Back in 2013, he co-authored a highly-cited paper (with economist Carl Frey) that used machine learning to estimate that 47% of US jobs are at risk of being automatable through advances in artificial intelligence and robotics. This work was born of Mike’s interests in the practical use of machine learning to enable automation, while ensuring that such advances are made in sympathy with societal needs. Mike’s technical expertise in Bayesian optimisation and probabilistic numerics underpins recent advances in automated and interpretable machine learning pipelines. His algorithms have been deployed in industrial and scientific applications ranging from battery monitoring, pigeon navigation and self-driving cars. As co-director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Technology and Employment, his research on the future of work has resulted in both sustained coverage in almost all major media venues (e.g. his being interviewed on BBC Newsnight, a cover feature in the Economist) and policy impact (including presenting oral evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee).
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About Mind Foundry: Mind Foundry is an Oxford University company that has developed an AI platform to solve the world’s most important problems.
Vince Molinaro
Executive Advisor of B-Yond
Vince Molinaro brings more than 25 years of professional experience in engineering, product management, marketing, sales and operations to his role as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales at Juniper Networks. He joined Juniper in 2009, and led the strategy and go-to-market execution for the company’s global service provider business. Prior to joining Juniper, Molinaro held senior leadership positions at a number of technology companies including Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Alcatel-Lucent and Internap Network Services. He has extensive domestic and international experience having lived and managed large organizations throughout Europe and the U.S.
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About B-Yond: B-Yond is an AI-based startup that develops network automation solutions.
Mark Arayeenia
Chief Strategy Advisor of HealRWorld LLC
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About HealRWorld LLC: Social impact company with big data and technology platform on global sustainable SMEs.
Alpesh Patel
Strategic Advisor, UK Government of Hafta
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About : Hafta is creating the world’s largest repository of psychometric data.
Costis Kompis
Advisory Board Member of DMR
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About : DMR owns proprietary AI technology that adds intelligence to unstructured data from any source and language, to produce invaluable insights.
Sir Peter Thompson
Investor and Advisor of RAIS
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About : The Customer Intelligence Business – helping D2C brands grow the value of their customers faster.
Hans Beck
Advisor of ERN
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About : ERN offers a real-time big data analytics platform called “LOOOP”.
Mehdi Mahfoud
Advisory Board Member – MScPM, PRINCE2, MPM, CSMA of MyTrustedWill
Mehdi has a Masters Degree in Project Management from the famous 6 stars Lancaster Management School in UK. He holds an Engineering degree in Petroleum with 11 years of extensive Project Management experience and Business Consultancy in UK, MEA and North Africa region. Mehdi is a PRINCE2 Certified Practitioner, CILC – Certified Coach, MPM and Certified Strategic Management Analyst. Before launching his own private business: Tassili Training Center, Mehdi was the Special Advisor to H.E. Ambassador of South Korea to Libya on Economy and Public Diplomacy Strategy. He is a Dev. Consultant and Advisor for various governmental bodies and the President of LY-Chapter of the American Academy of Project Management.
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About : Because. You’ll be truly missed. Always keep your family and loved ones in touch with you, even after you pass away.
Vilosh Brito
Advisor of Impact Zone Digital Agency, LLC
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About : Our specialties are web design and development, search engine optimization (SEO), and informatics, including digital stewardship.
Bob Eisenberg
Advisor of X-IO
Bob’s career spans 35 years principally running IT organizations in the manufacturing, retail and High Technology space. In 1996 he made the jump to an entrepreneurial role and founded NaviSite; a highly differentiated MSP funded by CMGI. As CEO, NaviSite achieved all of its operational goals over the next four years resulting in a successful IPO in October 1999 raising 89M. Following NaviSite Bob spent three years in the Private Equity sector with Boston based Alta Communications as an Entrepreneur in Residence. Specific duties were to assess and advise on potential investment deals, provide guidance to portfolio companies on all operational and strategic goals and sit on the Boards of several companies. Following the Alta experience Bob was recruited to assess Venture backed Colubris Networks a wireless networking company based in Waltham Ma. The company was underperforming in a robust market place however within 9 months the company completed a turnaround resulting in a sale to Hewlett Packard. Currently Bob is working again in the Private Equity space on projects relating to mergers and acquisitions of cloud companies in addition to working as an active board member on charitable projects that are of personal interest to him and his wife.
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About : X-IO is a storage industry related company delivering unmatched price or performance, reliability, and scale for enterprise and more.
Dale Ford
Advisor of X-IO
As the Chief Executive Officer and co‐founder of Hawk Ridge Systems, Dale Ford steers the company toward market leadership, technology innovation, service excellence and profitability. With over 20 years in sales and technology management, Dale co‐founded Hawk Ridge Systems in 1996. As the leading solutions provider of 3D design and manufacturing solutions, Hawk Ridge Systems is recognized as one of the largest Dassault Systèmes strategic business partners, and has been awarded the #1 worldwide SolidWorks leadership position in three of the last six years. With over 160 employees in North America, Hawk Ridge Systems has 16 offices and training centers in the United States and Canada. Serving over 12,000 customers in all major business verticals, marquee customers include Medtronic, IGT, Electroimpact, Terrex, Google and Apple. Dale began his career at SciCan Corp. as a research and development engineer and then moved on to RAND Worldwide as an Engineering manager in Canada before starting Hawk Ridge Systems. He holds an engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, and is a licensed professional engineer in Canada. Dale is a native of Ontario, Canada, and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to start Hawk Ridge Systems in the mid‐90s.
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About : X-IO is a storage industry related company delivering unmatched price or performance, reliability, and scale for enterprise and more.
Alastair MacWillson
Advisor of X-IO
Dr. Alastair MacWillson was formerly the Global Managing Partner within Accenture’s global technology consulting business and, for 11 years in this role, has worked with business and government leaders around the world on critical issues relating to technology strategy and risk, operational performance and management, cyber and information security, and critical infrastructure protection. He also served on the leadership council of Accenture’s technology service line. Prior to joining Accenture in 2002, Dr. MacWillson was the global leader of the technology consulting practice in PricewaterhouseCoopers. During his time with PwC he also had responsibility for the PwC technology venture fund, which had $50m invested in new business activities, and was also the founder and interim global CEO for beTRUSTed, a managed service e-security business of PwC which, after divestment, subsequently became CyberTrust. Over the past 22 years Dr. MacWillson has lead technology transformation and security projects for major organizations such as World Bank, SWIFT, DTC, CBT, LSE, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, NASA, QinetiQ, BP, Shell, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Ericsson, BT, as well as intelligence, security and defense departments of the UK, US, European, Australian and Indian Governments. He has advised clients on information and cyber security in the nuclear research and nuclear energy sector and has worked on projects for the UKAEA and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Dr. MacWillson has acted as an adviser to a number of governments on technology strategy critical infrastructure protection, cyber security and counter terrorism and has sat on related committees for the US and UK governments, the European Commission and the United Nations. Prior to moving into consultancy in 1990, Dr. MacWillson worked in government service and held senior advisory positions on security and risk related strategy with the UK Foreign Office and, through secondment, with the US State Department. During his government career, Dr. MacWillson completed tours of duty in the Middle East, Moscow and Washington DC as well as working for shorter periods in a variety of other countries. With over 23 years of experience in information technology, security and applied cryptography, Dr. MacWillson is internationally recognised as an expert in the field. As such, he is a frequent speaker and commentator on technology and security issues and his insights have been featured by some of the top media outlets such as the BBC, CNN, The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. He is also a visiting lecturer on security and technology and has presented on many programmes with MIT, Georgetown, RHUL, Stanford, Surrey universities and the LBS. During his career Dr. MacWillson has published many articles and papers on technology and risk and has authored journals on cyber and information security, risk, cryptography and cyber terrorism, as well as a widely selling textbook on Hostage Taking Terrorism (McMillan 1992). Dr. MacWillson has a B.Sc. in Physics, Postgraduate Diplomas in Computer Science and Digital Imaging, a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics, a D.Phil. in Cryptographic Science and a Management Diploma from IMD in Lausanne.
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About : X-IO is a storage industry related company delivering unmatched price or performance, reliability, and scale for enterprise and more.
Melissa El-Milgny Overbeek
Advisor of X-IO
Melissa El-Milgny Overbeek has 20 years of experience in international sales and channel management strategy at various global IT and networking companies. She has successfully directed large channel organizations in Europe, Japan and Asia Pacific, and developed channel and distribution strategies to deliver channel leverage in these markets. Melissa started her career at Ingram Micro, a large IT distributor, in Belgium where she held various management roles and acquired a deep knowledge of channel and distribution leverage and P&L. From there, she was recruited by Cisco Systems to manage some of their global distributors and system integrators and would eventually manage their overall distribution and commercial channels for Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Melissa successfully held this position until she was reassigned to APJC, where she leveraged her experience to manage and develop the overall distribution and commercial channel landscape. She was based in Tokyo, Japan, for three years, and Singapore for another two years. Melissa retired from Cisco at the end of 2010 to focus on her family and children after a career of extensive traveling. She is originally from Belgium and holds a BA in Business and Economics from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. In addition to English, Melissa speaks French, Dutch, Italian, German and good notions of Japanese.
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About : X-IO is a storage industry related company delivering unmatched price or performance, reliability, and scale for enterprise and more.
Masa Watanabe
Strategic Advisor of Streamhub
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About : Video analytics to build your best audiences
Masa Watanabe
Strategic Advisor of Streamhub
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About : Video analytics to build your best audiences
Dan Singerman
Advisor of Cahootsy Limited
Dan has worked in web based software development since 1996 at all levels from developer to CTO. His open source software is used by hundreds of web sites, including Microsoft.com. Dan was Head of Digital Software Development for Trinity Mirror, then realised newspapers were a dinosaur industry heading for extinction, and moved into startups where he has been CTO at multiple companies. Dan is a seasoned start up CTO advisor on products and technology.
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About : Cahootsy connects like-minded enthusiasts to share opinions, offers and best buys.
