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 Brighton 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.
Mark Bayne
Sr. Director of WW Sales Engineering of Cato Networks
Mark Bayne is the Sr. Director of WW Sales Engineering and Director of Sales Engineering, EMEA at Cato Networks at Cato Networks.
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About Cato Networks, Cato Networks: Cato Networks is a provider of a SASE platform that converges SD-WAN and security into a cloud-native service.
Richard Leonard
Senior Sales Director of Parsable
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About Parsable: Parsable offers a connected worker platform for industrial workers with modern digital tools to improve productivity, quality and safety.
Federico Lucifredi
Product Management Director of Red Hat
Federico Lucifredi is the Product Management Director for Ceph Storage at Red Hat and a co-author of O’Reilly’s “Peccary Book” on AWS System Administration. Previously, he was the Ubuntu Server product manager at Canonical, where he oversaw a broad portfolio and the rise of Ubuntu Server to the rank of most popular OS on Amazon AWS. A software engineer-turned-manager at the Novell corporation, he was part of the SUSE Linux team, overseeing the update lifecycle and delivery stack of a $150 million maintenance business. A CIO and a network software architect at advanced technology and embedded Linux startups, Federico was also a lecturer for over 200 students in Boston University’s graduate and undergraduate programs, and simultaneously a consultant for MIT implementing fluid-dynamics simulations in Java.
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About Linux New Media, O’Reilly, Red Hat, SOFAR Acoustics: Red Hat is a multinational software company engaged in providing open-source software products to the enterprise community.
Federico Lucifredi
Product Management Director of Red Hat
Federico Lucifredi is the Product Management Director for Ceph Storage at Red Hat and a co-author of O’Reilly’s “Peccary Book” on AWS System Administration. Previously, he was the Ubuntu Server product manager at Canonical, where he oversaw a broad portfolio and the rise of Ubuntu Server to the rank of most popular OS on Amazon AWS. A software engineer-turned-manager at the Novell corporation, he was part of the SUSE Linux team, overseeing the update lifecycle and delivery stack of a $150 million maintenance business. A CIO and a network software architect at advanced technology and embedded Linux startups, Federico was also a lecturer for over 200 students in Boston University’s graduate and undergraduate programs, and simultaneously a consultant for MIT implementing fluid-dynamics simulations in Java.
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About Linux New Media, O’Reilly, Red Hat, SOFAR Acoustics: Red Hat is a multinational software company engaged in providing open-source software products to the enterprise community.
Geoff Thompson
Director of Testing Services of Planit Testing
A multi award winner and co-author of a best selling software testing book, Geoff leads the Planit UK team by example. Geoff is a high profile and active figure in the global software testing industry, founding the UKTB and TMMi Foundation. He is currently Secretary of the ISTQB, Chairman of the UKTB and Vice Chairman of the BCS SIGiST. Geoff brings over 30 years of extensive global management experience and consultancy expertise to his role and is key to driving Planit’s rapid expansion in the UK market.
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About Planit Testing: Planit Testing is a leader in Quality Assurance, providing organisations.
Nick Jacobs
Technical Director of WinMan ERP Software
Nick Jacobs wants to live in a world where software has no bugs and computers do what they are told. Based in Brighton within his role as WinMan Technical Director his core focus is to oversee the development and product roadmap of WinMan ERP Software. From building revolutionising applications to stunning websites he has a wealth of experience in HTML, JavaScript, JQuery, CSS, T-SQL and Visual Studio. When he’s not improving WinMan, you can find him in the sky flying his Cessna light aircraft or catching up on the latest episodes of Peppa Pig with his two sons.
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About WinMan ERP Software: WinMan ERP Software is a highly scalable and leading class business solution for a broad range of manufacturing,
Alex Smith
Director, Consulting Services of Sovos
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About Sovos: Sovos specializes in tax compliance and business-to-government reporting software.
Anna Higgins
Strategy Program Director of Sovos
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About Sovos: Sovos specializes in tax compliance and business-to-government reporting software.
Andy Spencer
Director, Consulting Services of Sovos
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About Sovos: Sovos specializes in tax compliance and business-to-government reporting software.
Keith Clarke
Director of FP&A – EMEA Region of Sovos
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About Sovos: Sovos specializes in tax compliance and business-to-government reporting software.
Daniel Counsell
Director/Founder of Realmac Software
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About Realmac Software, Realmac Software: Realmac is a software platform that develops applications for Mac and iOS operating systems.
Ben Dykes
Director of Make Real Ltd
As one of the founding partners, Ben has spent over 10 years overseeing the big picture and plans for our client partners. With a strong commercial head and a technical background, Ben brings the strategic thinking required throughout the life of a successful project. Following an Industrial Design BA from the University of Teesside, Ben started his career in the world of Military Flight Simulation as an engineer at Evans and Sutherland, one of the most pioneering computer graphics companies founded in the 1960’s. Working on a wide range of industry-leading image generator and display system technology, this experience would prove invaluable as Make Real grew as a specialist VR & Immersive business.
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About Make Real Ltd: Make Real make state-of-the-art immersive learning experiences for use at work, at home and on the move.
Robin Scott
Director of Make Real Ltd
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About Make Real Ltd: Make Real make state-of-the-art immersive learning experiences for use at work, at home and on the move.
Craig Curchin
Production Director of Swift Social
Founder of Swift Social Ltd
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About Swift Social, Swift Social: Smart and Easy Twitter Management. The ultimate tool for natural growth, content curation and driving traffic
Luke Ballantyne
Co-Founder, Director of WhotNow
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About WhotNow: WhotNow is the app that rewards you for going out.
Nick Kuh
Director of Engineering – React Native / React of Automation Squared
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About Automation Squared: Automation Squared is a software development company.
