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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 Cambridge based Manager operating in the Software space. If you think a Manager 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.
Kathleen Voelbel
Project Manager of Microsoft
Kathleen has been a part of the Exchange High Availability team as a Program Manager since March 2016 and is loving the challenges and opportunities of working on O365. Prior to Microsoft, Kathleen worked in the Defense sector as a System Engineer.
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About Microsoft: Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
Edward Thomson
Principal Program Manager of Microsoft
Edward Thomson is a Program Manager for Git in Microsoft Visual Studio Team Services. Previously, he was a software engineer, building version control tools at Microsoft, GitHub and SourceGear. He is the co-maintainer of the libgit2 project, an author of books and video training about using Git, and the co-host of All Things Git, the podcast about Git.
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About Microsoft: Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
Ely Kahn
Principal Product Manager of Amazon Web Services
Ely Kahn was the Co-Founder and VP of Business Development for Sqrrl. Previously, Ely served in a variety of positions in the Federal Government, including Director of Cybersecurity at the National Security Staff in White House, Deputy Chief of Staff at the National Protection Programs Directorate in the Department of Homeland Security, and Director of Risk Management and Strategic Innovation in the Transportation Security Administration. Before his service in the Federal Government, Ely was a management consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton. Ely has a BA from Harvard University and a MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Ely currently serves as the Principal Product Manager of Amazon Web Services.
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About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Chris Massey
Product Manager of The Access Group
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About The Access Group: The Access Group is a software consultancy and developer company that provides fully integrated business management software.
Ben Emmett
Technical Product Manager of Redgate Software
Ben is a technical product manager for Redgate’s developer tools. He spends his days digging into what makes applications grind to a halt, what makes them bloat and fall over, and what it takes to build something fast and scalable. When he’s not doing that, he’s probably messing with some electronics, cooking, or playing the violin.
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About Redgate Software: Redgate is the leading provider of software for professionals working on the Microsoft data platform.
Marc Light
Manager Data Science of Facebook AI
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About Facebook AI: Facebook AI offers technology and engineering services like theory, algorithms, applications, software and hardware infrastructure.
Enzo Raso
Senior Product Manager of Citrix Systems
Enzo Raso is a senior product manager for Citrix XenServer in the Citrix Core Infrastructure Group. He has overseen delivery of every Citrix XenServer release since 6.2, and is responsible for customer outreach, product strategy and roadmap formulation. Prior to joining Citrix, Enzo spent five years as head of R&D with Betfair, the world’s biggest betting exchange. He holds a bachelor of science degree in mathematics.
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About Citrix Systems: Citrix offers a unified platform to secure, manage, and monitor diverse technologies in complex cloud environments.
Abdelrahman Mahmoud
Senior Product Manager of Affectiva
As a Senior Product Manager at Affectiva, Abdo Mahmoud leads product strategy and development of the company’s Automotive AI and Emotion SDK. He collaborates with Japanese and European OEMs and Tier I suppliers on building the first ever deep learning based in-cabin sensing platform. He has 5+ years experience building Emotion AI product where he helped evolve emotion recognition from niche technology to leading AI that is transforming industries. Prior to product management, Abdelrahman held a unique position at Affectiva where he worked both on the engineering and the Applied AI teams, developing the core facial expression recognition technology and porting it to multiple platforms including mobile, Windows and Linux. Mahmoud holds a Bachelor degree in Computer Science from The American University in Cairo.
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About Affectiva: Affectiva is a developer of an emotion-recognition software designed to analyze subtle facial and vocal expressions.
Matt McKeon
Technical Lead Manager of Verily
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About Verily: Verily develops tools and devices to collect and analyze health data to research and manage diseases.
Niamh Gallagher
Marketing Manager of Undo
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About Undo: Undo allows some of the biggest software companies to improve the quality of their products and fix customer issues quickly.
Danielle Belgrave
Principal Research Manager of Microsoft Research
Danielle Belgrave is a Machine Learning Researcher in the Healthcare AI Division at Microsoft Research Cambridge. She also has a (tenured) Research Fellowship at Imperial College London and received a Medical Research Council Career Development Award in Biostatistics (2015 – 2018). Her research focuses on integrating expert scientific knowledge to develop statistical machine learning models to understand disease progression over time, with the goal of identifying personalized disease management strategies. She has experience of applied machine learning for personalized health both within the pharmaceutical industry and academia.
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About Microsoft Research: Microsoft Research conducts basic and applied research in computer science and software engineering.
Georgina Robertson
Senior Campaigns and Communications Manager of Speechmatics
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About Speechmatics: Global experts in deep learning and speech recognition
Anthony Whitaker
ICT Strategy and Special Projects Manager, NHS Midlands and East of Pintrack Ltd
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About : Pintrack Ltd is a tech company focused on software development.
Greg Hollingworth
Operations Manager, Different Strokes of Pintrack Ltd
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About : Pintrack Ltd is a tech company focused on software development.
Greg Hollingworth
Operations Manager, Different Strokes of Pintrack Ltd
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About : Pintrack Ltd is a tech company focused on software development.
Ruth Bardot
Public Relations Manager of DadShed
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About DadShed: DadShed is enabling the data within buildings to be ‘easily’ accessible for marketplace opportunities.
Richard Young
User Experience Manager of DadShed
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About DadShed: DadShed is enabling the data within buildings to be ‘easily’ accessible for marketplace opportunities.
Hannuman Bull
Product Deployment Manager of Cumulus Digital Systems
Hannuman is a Product Deployment Manager. Prior to helping start Cumulus, he was a Senior Integration & Test Engineer at Shell TechWorks, Shell’s Skunk Works-style technology center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hannuman worked on the initial prototype integration and testing for the Smart Torque System and continues to lead mechanical development of test apparatus and hardware deployment systems. Before joining Shell, Hannuman held various project engineering and R&D positions in the academic, oceanographic, oil & gas, and defense industries. When he isn’t working, you can find him at the gym or enjoying time outdoors with his daughter. Hannuman earned his B.S. in Ocean Engineering from Florida Atlantic University, and is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) from the Project Management Institute.
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About Cumulus Digital Systems: Cumulus Digital Systems is a startup building an Internet of Tools-powered platform to make industrial facilities safer.
Hannuman Bull
Product Deployment Manager of Cumulus Digital Systems
Hannuman is a Product Deployment Manager. Prior to helping start Cumulus, he was a Senior Integration & Test Engineer at Shell TechWorks, Shell’s Skunk Works-style technology center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hannuman worked on the initial prototype integration and testing for the Smart Torque System and continues to lead mechanical development of test apparatus and hardware deployment systems. Before joining Shell, Hannuman held various project engineering and R&D positions in the academic, oceanographic, oil & gas, and defense industries. When he isn’t working, you can find him at the gym or enjoying time outdoors with his daughter. Hannuman earned his B.S. in Ocean Engineering from Florida Atlantic University, and is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) from the Project Management Institute.
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About Cumulus Digital Systems: Cumulus Digital Systems is a startup building an Internet of Tools-powered platform to make industrial facilities safer.
Stuart Baker
Senior Product Manager of Granta Design
Stuart is a Senior Product Manager responsible for Granta’s Enterprise Integration products. As a product management leader, Stuart has two decades of experience developing engineering software and has a keen interest in technical partnerships and the interoperability of Granta’s portfolio with third-party systems.
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About Granta Design: Granta helps engineering enterprises to manage and apply vital information about engineering materials.
Philip Handschin
Technical Account Manager of VNC Automotive
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About VNC Automotive: World leaders in transport entertainment and connectivity software
Peter Easton
I.T Infrastructure and Support Manager of TriSys
Peter has extensive experience within the IT industry, across hardware, software and operating system support. Mainly customer facing, Peter is responsible for the day to day running of the Technical Support Helpdesk and IT Infrastructure. Prior to TriSys, Peter worked for a major internet service provider, heading up an international “Expertise Centre” providing a “One Stop Shop” for the development, installation, delivery, training and support of specialist technologies across EMEA and APAC regions.
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About TriSys: TriSys Business Software has been providing CRM solutions to the recruitment industry.
Marin Orlosky
Outreach Manager of PopSleuth, Inc.
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About PopSleuth, Inc.: PopSleu is a personalized consumer product line that creates a feed of new releases from artists an individual likes.
