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 Developer Platform 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.
Gary Chandler
Chief Technology Officer of QiO Technologies
Gary joined QiO from Rolls-Royce, having spent 25 years developing real-time safety-critical control systems for aero-engines. As a keen strategist and innovator, Gary was a key leader in the adoption of ‘Lean Product Development’ and the ‘Internet of Things’ within Rolls-Royce, deeply engaging with the associated culture change. From both a Chief Engineer and a Functional Head perspective, Gary has loved working in teams that are delivering customer value with exciting technology products.
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About QiO Technologies: Advanced analytics and artificial intelligence software that enables increased operational efficiency, productivity, safety and new revenues
Lewis Hemens
Co-founder and CTO of Dataform
Lewis Hemens is a Co-founder and CTO at Dataform.
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About Dataform: Dataform manages data pipelines in data warehouse.
Ben Jensen
Founder and CTO of Surrey NanoSystems
Ben’s background is in the development of novel reactors used in Nanomaterials growth. Prior to founding SNS he was responsible for developing new technologies used in the hard disk drive industry and in sputter processing. He leads technical development of Vantablack coatings, and is involved with commercial engagement in new technology sectors from defence to luxury goods. Personally, I’m an explorer, creative thinker and solver of problems at the nano and commercial scale. Someone with serious commercial sense and a great ability to develop new business and close deals, especially in a start-up environment where competition and gaining traction are tough.
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About Surrey NanoSystems: Surrey NanoSystems manufactures nanoscale materials for use in engineering and product applications.
Adam Jennings
Co-Founder, CTO of AppSecTest
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About AppSecTest: AppSecTest has developed the ASAnalyzer technology
Robert Simion
CTO & Co-founder of EnzBond
Robert holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Oxford University. He has more than 8 years of research experience with main focus on computational and organic chemistry. Robert has published several peer-reviewed papers and has consulted for companies within biotechnology.
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About EnzBond: In-silico development of enzymes for pharma
Duncan Pauly
Co-Founder and CTO of Edge Intelligence Software
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About Edge Intelligence Software: Edge Intelligence has developed a distributed analytics platform built for edge computing and hybrid cloud environments.
