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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 Cheshire 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.
David Rasche
Chairman of the Board of Directors of GB Group
Appointed to the Board in September 2010. He was the founder of SSP Holdings Limited, one of the largest specialist insurance software houses in the world. David has over 40 years IT industry experience with over 35 years at board level in the software and services sectors. He is also Non-Executive Chairman of Onyx Group.
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About : GB Group offers a series of solutions that help organisations quickly validate and verify the identity and location of their customers.
Roger McDowell
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Servelec Group
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About : Servelec Group is a UK-based technology group, with significant intellectual property, providing software, hardware and services.
John Giles
Executive Director of Safeguard Global
John is an industry veteran with more than 40 years of experience in payroll outsourcing. After serving SafeGuard World as our original Chief Operating Officer, he continues to provide his expertise and guidance as Executive Director and Board Member. In this advisory capacity, he assists us in ensuring continued Service Excellence and Corporate Governance.
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About Safeguard Global: Safeguard Global is a provider of an innovative technology platform intended to efficiently manage payroll and outsourcing services.
Kevan Davey
Non Executive Director of Mitigate Cyber
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About Mitigate Cyber: Mitigate Cyber offers a range of cybersecurity solutions ranging from threat mitigation to testing, training, and more.
Will Clark
Investment Director of Enterprise Ventures
Will joined EV in 2011 as an Investment Director. He works from EV’s Liverpool office and is focused on the £30million North West Fund for Venture Capital, which provides support for entrepreneurs to build high growth companies in the form of risk capital for new and early-stage start-up companies located throughout the North West of England.He was previously a Director with 3i, based in the North West with responsibility for a £500million portfolio of investments across the UK. The earlier part of his career was spent with Ernst & Young as a member of its corporate finance team in Liverpool. Will has been working with growth and venture capital-backed companies in the North West region since 1989 and in that time has been involved in more than 100 transactions.
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About Enterprise Ventures: Enterprise Ventures is a Preston-based venture capital that provides early-stage finance to SMEs in England and Wales.
Richard Bailey
CTO/Development Director of Boldon James Ltd
Joining Boldon James in 1987 as a Software Developer Richard learnt the business from the ground up. A veteran in Software engineering, Richard drives product strategy and delivery of our Microsoft based messaging and data classification ranges.
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About Boldon James Ltd: Boldon James is a leader in data classification and secure messaging solutions.
Steve De Rycke
Technical Director of Concerto – Integrated Software Solutions
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About Concerto – Integrated Software Solutions: Concerto – Integrated Software Solutions is develops software for the facilities, property and asset management.
Ed Wright
Co-Owner and Technical Director of Fabric
Ed Wright is the co-owner and technical director at Fabric. Prior to joining Fabric, Ed served as an infrastructure manager at Ukash (Smart Voucher Limited).
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About Fabric: Fabric is an information technology company that provides Microsoft Dynamics and business IT support.
Adam Gallacher
Managing Director of RSK Orbital
Adam is a problem solver in the truest sense of the phrase and works closely with clients to build relationships, understand objectives and provide innovative solutions. A quick thinker that first looks to understand your core goals and objectives.
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About RSK Orbital: RSK Orbital provide aerial survey photography using UAV, helicopter or fixed wing depending on your requirements.
Patrick Thorpe
Managing Director of Spiro Control
Patrick has a career that spans more than 25 years working in industrial process control. He has specialist knowledge in the application of advanced process control to ethylene production and gas processing. He has also worked in a diverse range of industries including food, mining, energy, chemicals and polymers. Patrick trained as an application engineer with Exxon Chemical before moving to Predictive Control where he was involved in product development and application. Foxboro subsequently acquired Predictive Control’s technology and he led the integration with Foxboro’s distributed control system. He has also worked as an advisor with Aspen Technology. Prior to founding Spiro Control, Patrick co-founded Aptitude, a technology leader in advanced process control. In the role of operations director, he built a team of engineers located in the UK and India, leading the development of a commercial system identification software. Patrick holds a PhD in Chemical Engineer from Loughborough University.
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About Spiro Control: Spiro Control delivers process data analytics and real-time control applications embedded on edge devices that ingest real-time plant data.
Patrick Thorpe
Managing Director of Spiro Control
Patrick has a career that spans more than 25 years working in industrial process control. He has specialist knowledge in the application of advanced process control to ethylene production and gas processing. He has also worked in a diverse range of industries including food, mining, energy, chemicals and polymers. Patrick trained as an application engineer with Exxon Chemical before moving to Predictive Control where he was involved in product development and application. Foxboro subsequently acquired Predictive Control’s technology and he led the integration with Foxboro’s distributed control system. He has also worked as an advisor with Aspen Technology. Prior to founding Spiro Control, Patrick co-founded Aptitude, a technology leader in advanced process control. In the role of operations director, he built a team of engineers located in the UK and India, leading the development of a commercial system identification software. Patrick holds a PhD in Chemical Engineer from Loughborough University.
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About Spiro Control: Spiro Control delivers process data analytics and real-time control applications embedded on edge devices that ingest real-time plant data.
