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This list showcases the top Cambridgeshire based VP’ operating in the Software space. If you think a VP’ 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.
Sami Salomaa
VP, Business Development and Planning & VP, Commercial and General Counsel of Secondmind
Sami is an applied mathematics engineer with more than twenty years experience building innovative and complex business models at the crossroads of finance and technology. Originally from Finland, Sami has spent much of his life as an expat around the world. He heads our initiatives in the financial sector. In his spare time, he prefers to build solid things that solve simpler problems, like huge natural light sky panels to help his family cope with winters in the far north.
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About Secondmind: Machine learning for automotive innovators
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John Redford
Co-founder, Chief Architect & VP Perception of FiveAI
John Redford is a Co-Founder, VP Perception, and Chief Architect at FiveAI. He co-founded and was VP Software at Element 14 Inc, a DSL chipset company bought by Broadcom in 2000 for $640M where he continued to lead the DSP and high-performance software development. Previously John was CTO at Acorn Computers and is a graduate in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge.
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About FiveAI: FiveAI provides a software platform designed for providing a solution in urban mobility in public transport to complex urban environments.
Ben Peters
Co-Founder and VP of Product of FiveAI
Ben Peters is a Co-Founder and VP of product at FiveAI.
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About FiveAI: FiveAI provides a software platform designed for providing a solution in urban mobility in public transport to complex urban environments.
Paul Grabscheid
Vice President of Strategic Planning of Intersystems
Since 1986, Paul Grabscheid has used his expertise in database and application development tools and technologies in a variety of product planning and marketing roles at InterSystems. Prior to that, he served as director of marketing for Mathematica, a database and 4GL software company, helping to expand the company’s worldwide presence. When the company was acquired by Martin Marietta he served as director of marketing for that firm’s Information Technology Division, overseeing marketing efforts for a number of system software, application software, and computer services product lines. Grabscheid’s background also includes consulting work involving the development of decision support systems for state governments. He holds a master’s degree from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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About Intersystems: InterSystems is a vendor of software and technology for high-performance database management, integration, and health information systems.
Heather Richards
VP Product Strategy and GTM, KM of Verint Systems
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About Verint Systems: Verint Systems provides Actionable Intelligence solutions for enterprise workforce optimization and security intelligence.
Ricardo Herreros-Symons
VP, Sales of Speechmatics
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About Speechmatics: Global experts in deep learning and speech recognition
Will Williams
VP Machine Learning of Speechmatics
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About Speechmatics, Speechmatics: Global experts in deep learning and speech recognition
Will Williams
VP Machine Learning of Speechmatics
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About Speechmatics, Speechmatics: Global experts in deep learning and speech recognition
David Hargreaves
VP Software of DisplayLink
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About DisplayLink: DisplayLink is a hardware and software company specializing in multi-monitor and zero client computing.
Steve Clarke
CTO and SVP Engineering (IoT) of Wyld Networks AB
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About Wyld Networks AB: Wyld Networks enables affordable low power IoT connectivity through LEO satellites.
