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 Kent 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.
Stuart Kent
Group Program Manager of Microsoft
Stuart is a Group Program Manager at Microsoft working on services and tools to help developers be more productive. Current areas of focus include approaches to identify and remove technical debt from code, and a new feature in Visual Studio Online to search code and components across an enterprise. He has also worked on, and remains responsible for, Code Map and CodeLens features in Visual Studio. He lives in the UK, working with teams in Cambridge, Redmond and Hyderabad. Before joining Microsoft in 2003, Stuart was an academic and consultant. He worked with IBM and others on the UML and MOF standards, and was active in software modeling and visualization research.
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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.
John Lee
Senior Manager Client Training and Development – Bing Ads of Microsoft
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About Microsoft, Trusted Sale: Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
Mike Nayler
District Manager, Government & Defence of Dell EMC
Mike Nayler is a District Manager, Government & Defence at EMC.
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About Dell EMC: DEll EMC manufactures information management and storage software systems.
Kendrick Coleman
Technical Product Manager of VMware
Kendrick Coleman is a reformed sysadmin and virtualization junkie. His attention has shifted from hypervisors to cloud native platforms focused on containers. In his role as a Developer Advocate for {code} by Dell EMC, he works with a team to write solutions for running persistent applications in containers, build a community, and publish all things open source. He is a Docker Captain and frequently blogs about storage and containers. His free time is spent sharing bourbon industry knowledge hosting the Bourbon Pursuit Podcast.
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About VMware: VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that powers complex digital infrastructure.
Andrew Cresswell
Senior Product Manager of Citrix Systems
Andy is the Citrix release product manager for XenApp and XenDesktop for current releases across the products, both on-premises and cloud versions. He is also the PM for Studio, AppDNA, App-V and Workspace Environment Manager. Relatively new to Citrix, Andy brings 12 years’ experience from a Citrix customer view and has a large portfolio of experience with many technologies supporting virtualized computing.
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About Citrix Systems: Citrix offers a unified platform to secure, manage, and monitor diverse technologies in complex cloud environments.
Andrew Cresswell
Senior Product Manager of Citrix Systems
Andy is the Citrix release product manager for XenApp and XenDesktop for current releases across the products, both on-premises and cloud versions. He is also the PM for Studio, AppDNA, App-V and Workspace Environment Manager. Relatively new to Citrix, Andy brings 12 years’ experience from a Citrix customer view and has a large portfolio of experience with many technologies supporting virtualized computing.
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About Citrix Systems: Citrix offers a unified platform to secure, manage, and monitor diverse technologies in complex cloud environments.
Justin Hein
Product Manager of Rose Rocket
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About Rose Rocket: Rose Rocket is ERP software for trucking companies.
David Barker
Principal Product Manager of Acxiom
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About Acxiom: Acxiom is a SaaS-based company providing enterprise data analytics to fuel data-driven results.
Dustin Bensing
Launch & Customer Service Manager of SkuVault
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About SkuVault: SkuVault is a cloud-based inventory and warehouse management system that helps eCommerce retailers unlock the potential of their inventory.
Beverly Rawlings
Product Manager of NetLaw
Beverly has a strong background in both estate planning and document automation. She gained this experience in top law firms in Central Kentucky. She has been with NetLaw since the beginning, starting her contribution to the company with the development of document templates and our user-facing “SmartGuides”. She has quickly progressed over the last four years to become an integral part of the product team, using her administrative, technical and legal skills to foster collaboration, camaraderie, and excellence in the delivery of our service.
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About NetLaw: Digital Estate Planning
Simon Bostock
Regional General Manager of Equal Experts
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About Equal Experts: Equal Experts’ agile practitioners combine technical excellence and business pragmatism to deliver simple bespoke software solutions
William Ward
National Sales Manager of Diesel Laptops
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About Diesel Laptops: Diesel Laptops provides diagnostic software and hardware for commercial truck,, automobile, and off-road industries.
Brad Engel
Product Manager of Red e App
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About Red e App: Red e App is a real-time private mobile messaging platform for enterprises that lets them send secure internal communications.
Leslie Erwin
Customer Support Manager of Red e App
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About Red e App: Red e App is a real-time private mobile messaging platform for enterprises that lets them send secure internal communications.
Leslie Erwin
Customer Support Manager of Red e App
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About Red e App: Red e App is a real-time private mobile messaging platform for enterprises that lets them send secure internal communications.
Jenna Loop
Technical Operations Manager of Red e App
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About Red e App: Red e App is a real-time private mobile messaging platform for enterprises that lets them send secure internal communications.
Anthony Antonicello
International Business Development Manager of Delivra
Anthony Antonicello joined RevGenius as Member in 2021.
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About Delivra, LeaseQuery.com, RevGenius: Email Marketing & Marketing Automation Platform
Jon Hall
Principal Product Manager of BMC Software
Based in the UK, Jon has worked in Service Management for over 20 years, focusing primarily on the development and alignment of tools and practices. He joined BMC in 2008, where he is currently Principal Product Manager for BMC Helix ITSM. A moderniser, user experience devotee, and DevOps advocate, his work on the alignment of DevOps and Service Management has been cited by leading DevOps figures such as Gene Kim. Jon is a contributing author for the new ITIL 4 framework and a regular presenter at conferences spanning ITSM, DevOps and IT Asset Management.
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About BMC Software: BMC Software is a business service management platform offering cloud and IT management solutions for businesses.
Sean Herbert
Country Manager of baramundi software AG
Sean Herbert is responsible for customer engagement in the UK. Experienced in developing strong relationships with clients in various countries from small businesses to global enterprises, he is well aware of the varying challenges IT departments face today keeping their infrastructure up-to-date, safe and under control. Specialised in efficient methods for endpoint management and security, he has an in-depth knowledge of the baramundi Management Suite and how it can be used to address the ongoing problems faced by IT departments today.
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About baramundi software AG: baramundi software AG develops and markets server and PC management software solutions for enterprises.
