Best Startup
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 CTO’ operating in the Electronics space. If you think a CTO’ 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.
Charles Lewinton
Chief Technology Officer of Buddi
Charles has been working in the Electronic Monitoring industry for the last 12 years with a focus on bringing new technology to the field in both software and hardware products. He has a background in large scale software development with a focus on reducing operational costs using innovate software combined with smart hardware. He has led on the roll out of various international electronic monitoring and other government projects, focusing on the technical project management areas and challenges. Charles has been with buddi now for 2 years and has been able to help shape both software and hardware solutions for buddi’s market leading products.
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About Buddi: Buddi is an innovative, high-growth and british technology company that develops location and health monitoring technologies.
Pruthvikar Reddy
Co-founder & CTO of Carv
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About Carv: Carv is the first wearable dedicated to skiing that speaks to you as you ski, serving as a digital ski coach.
Paul Walton
Founder/CTO of Boundary
Paul Walton is the Founder and CTO of Boundary.
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About Boundary, Oodls, Prodsight, Seed Haus: Boundary is an IoT Home Security company providing a smart burglar alarm system that can be controlled over mobile devices.
Dennis Curry
Executive Director and Deputy CTO, Technology Fellow of Konica Minolta
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About Konica Minolta: Konica Minolta is an Innovative Company and continues to create inspiring products and services in the field of imaging.
Brendan O’Reilly
CTO of O2
Brendan is Telefónica UK’s Chief Technology Officer, with over 15 years’ experience in Mobile Telecoms. Brendan has accountability for O2’s strategy, design, planning, test, delivery and operation of the entire mobile and fixed network, messaging and wifi supported by his team of more than 600 professional engineers. Brendan has held a number of senior roles in the Networks Leadership Team over the past seven years, with achievements including leading the development of O2’s network share partnership with Vodafone in June 2012. He is also experienced in detailed planning and delivery of radio and transmission networks. Delivering the best experience to O2’s customers is at the heart of how Brendan works and knows his people are key to achieve this. Brendan also has a strong focus on his people encouraging development and self-learning across all of Networks.
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About O2: O2 provides services such as non-voice services, including text, media messaging, games, music, and video, as well as data connections.
Peiman Hosseini
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer of Bodle Technologies
Peiman is a founder and Chief Technology Officer of Bodle. As a postdoctoral researcher at Oxford, he demonstrated the use of ultrathin functional materials in electro-optical applications, setting up Bodle Technologies with Harish to commercialize this invention. He was a member of the RAEng Enterprise Hub in 2014 and has won numerous awards for this technology including the Printed Electronics R&D Academic Award. Pei leads the technology development and with the other management team members helps define business and development strategy.
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About Bodle Technologies, Bodle Technologies: Developing SRD® technology for a low-power display of vivid colours that doesn’t look washed out in bright conditions
Tom Carter
CTO and Co-Founder of Ultraleap
Tom started exploring ultrasound technology during a study in the final year of his Master’s degree in Computer Science at the University of Bristol. He further developed the initial concept to form the basis of his PhD studies, during which time he published numerous papers and filed various patents. Recognising the technology’s commercial viability, Tom founded Ultrahaptics in November 2013. Ultrahaptics has developed a unique technology that enables users to receive tactile feedback without needing to wear or touch anything. The technology uses ultrasound to project sensations through the air and directly onto the user. Users can ‘feel’ touch-less buttons get feedback for mid-air gestures, or interact with virtual objects.
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About Ultraleap: Ultraleap is working to create the most remarkable connection between people and technology.
Alan Flower
Senior Vice President – CTO EMEA & Global Head, Cloud Native Labs of HCL Technologies
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About HCL Technologies: HCL Technologies is a global IT services company, working with clients in the areas that impact and redefine the core of their businesses.
Jon Curnyn
Chief Technology Officer of Switchee
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About Switchee: Data analytics and IoT business serving large social landlords
Keith Stenson
CTO Cloud Services of Switchee
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About Switchee: Data analytics and IoT business serving large social landlords
Mitch Ebdon
CTO of essDOCS
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About essDOCS: essDOCS enables paperless trade; focusing on digitizing paper-heavy shipping, trade and logistic processes.
Keith Strickland
Co-CEO / CTO of Plessey Semiconductors Ltd
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About Plessey Semiconductors Ltd: Plessey is a British high-tech company operating in the field compound semiconductors.
Chris Hilton
Chief Technology Officer of Protean Electric
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About Protean Electric: Protean Electric is a global automotive technology firm.
Kamran Yazdanjoo
CTO and Head of Global Products Development of Spire Payments
Kamran has over 25 years international experience in executive leadership positions within card payments. Before joining Spire, Kamran served on the Board of Directors of Cubic Transportation Systems Limited as Director of Open Payments. Prior to this, Kamran was the Vice President of Global R&D at VeriFone Inc. with responsibility for products and services. In this role he led a global organization across Asia, Europe and North America. He also served on the Board of Directors at VFI Pvt Ltd from 2003 to 2009 and had a lead role in a number of key business transformations at VeriFone. Kamran holds a BSC Honours degree in Mathematics and a post graduate Master of Science degree in Optimization and Computing.w
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About Spire Payments: Spire Payments is one of the fastest growing European POS solutions provider.
Matthew Bramble
Chief Technology Officer of Altec Lansing
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About Altec Lansing: Altec Lansing designs, manufactures, markets, and supports advanced audio solutions for PCs and related technologies.
Rodrigo Menegazzo
CTO of Squawka
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About Squawka: Squawka is a digital media company focused on using stats & data viz to fuel content for fans
Andrew Bowley
CTO of Smart Apprentices
As Chief Technology Officer Andy Bowley heads up our technical team, having previously run a fast paced technology business unit for a global brand, Andy has built his team handpicked from the best of breed. At Smart Apprentices we have an experienced and mature development team, many of whom are experts in their field and are often asked to speak and blog at technology forums. Outside of work Andy enjoys Tough Mudder, Wolf Running and Half Marathons.
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About Smart Apprentices: Smart Apprentices is an award winning, innovative suite of technologies platforms purposely designed for approved training providers.
Peter O’Connor
Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Verdel Instruments
Peter O’Connor has a PhD in 1995 from Cornell University under the mentorship of Prof. Fred W. McLafferty. 2-Year postdoc at the FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics in Amsterdam. 2-year scientist position at IonSpec, a small FTICR mass spectrometry start-up company in Irvine, CA. 10 years developing his academic career at the Boston University School of Medicine, in Boston, Massachusetts. 10 years as a full professor of mass spectrometry at the University of Warwick. PBO has spent 28 years of his career working on instrumentation research in FTICR mass spectrometry.
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About Verdel Instruments: Verdel Instruments has developed new two-dimensional mass spectrometry (2DMS) technology.
David Eves
CTO of amBX
David Eves is a CTO at amBX.
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About amBX: amBX is a software company engaged in the development of lighting control technologies.
Jeremy Fielding
CTO of VRGO
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About VRGO: VRGO is a connected chair that provides hands free movement within VR.
