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 COO’ operating in the Product Design space. If you think a COO’ 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.
Daniel Sagi
COO of Kape Technologies
COO at Crossrider
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About Kape Technologies: Kape Technologies is an online distribution and digital product hub.
Carl Uminski
COO & Co- Founder of Somo
Carl is an internet industry pioneer with over 16 years’ experience creating new products, platforms and executing scalable growth strategies for businesses across the globe. Carl’s impact on the mobile industry was recently acknowledged by The Drum, who named him the most influential person in mobile.As COO & Co-Founder, Carl takes hands on leadership for the delivery of all Somo’s products and advertising businesses, splitting his time between our international offices. Carl has a unique knowledge of the mobile industry ranging from technical challenges to the commercial opportunities for brands to succeed in mobile. He has advised and executed for over 60 international brands on their mobile strategy, working with the leaders of companies including Audi, Groupon, Zynga, Fidelity Investments & BP. Prior to founding Somo, Carl was co-founder at Overture Europe, the company to pioneer the multi-billion dollar pay-per-click advertising industry into Europe. As CTO, he was integral in leading the business to success in 15 European countries, and its eventual sale to Yahoo! for $1.63 billion in 2003. A leader in search and social networking, he was headhunted to the Silicon Valley, where he created the Yahoo! One Search mobile platform, working with some of the world’s largest mobile brands. Previously, Carl was responsible for running real-time systems such as aircraft parking, flight information and security at seven British airports including London’s Heathrow Airport.
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About : Somo, part of the CI&T family (NYSE: CINT), is a leading digital product agency, delivering digital ambitions at pace and scale.
Bibi Nelson
COO & Co-Founder of Bare Conductive
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About Bare Conductive, LAIIER: Bare Conductive is a design and technology company that uses printed electronics technology to integrate electronics into the environment.
Keith Roberts
CTO & COO of SquadLocker
Keith has spent the past 20 years working in various areas of technology; areas of focus have been product development, network operations, and information security. Most of Keith’s career has been spent working with technology startups, but has experience working in financial services, communications, and healthcare IT. When Keith isn’t building the ‘next best thing’ he can be found playing with his kids, coaching one of their teams, or enjoying one of Rhode Island’s beaches or hiking trails.
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About SquadLocker: SquadLocker customizes team gear and apparel, on time and to the highest quality standard.
Chris Connell
Partner / Chief Operating Officer of Conjure
Chris Connell, is co-founder and CEO of Mixer. He is also a partner at Conjure a smartphone digital agency based in London, that specialise in native application development for high profile brands and clients.
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About Conjure, Mixer: Conjure is a London based digital experience company developing daring, original applications for emerging technology platforms.
Yuriy Gnatyuk
Co-Founder & COO of KindGeek
Yuriy Gnatyuk is a Co-Founder and serves as the Chief Operating Officer at KindGeek.
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About KindGeek: KindGeek is a software development company that helps entrepreneurs with product development and technical aspects of their projects.
Chris Gardner
Founder, COO and Joint Managing Director of Atelier
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About Atelier: Atelier provides custom property finance solutions that are designed in collaboration with developers.
Padraig O’Kelly
Chief Operating Officer of TeraView
Padraig joined TeraView in February 2006 with well over 25 years’ experience within various high technology industries. Prior to joining TeraView he held various posts during a 14 year span at Applied Imaging, a medical device manufacturer, including Managing Director of its UK subsidiary as well as Corporate Vice President of Product Development. At various times he was also responsible for Manufacturing, worldwide sales and product support within the Company. He spent 10 years in GEC-Marconi in a wide variety of roles including Business Development and Project Management within its Simulation division. His career started at Ferranti Ltd where he was responsible for mathematical modeling of inertial navigation systems.
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About TeraView: TeraView develops terahertz instruments which can generate, detect and manipulate radiation to characterize a wide range of materials.
Tom Denning
COO of Beyond
COO at Beyond.
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About Beyond: Beyond is the Career Network, helps millions of professionals find jobs and advance their careers.
Susan Murphy
COO of Future Gov
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About Future Gov: Future Gov is a digital and design company that provides public services.
