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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 London based Director operating in the Security 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.
Simon Marsh
Marketing Procurement Director of Dell EMC
Simon has been at Dell EMC since 2010 as a procurement manager for indirect spend, and is now Marketing Procurement Director. Previously he was at BP.
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About Dell EMC: DEll EMC manufactures information management and storage software systems.
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Avi Corfas
VP, Latin America & Director, Central Europe of Skybox Security
Mr. Avi Corfas serves as Vice President of Sales – Asia-Pacific & Latin America at Skybox Security, Inc. Mr. Corfas served as Head of International Markets of Skybox Security, Inc. Mr. Corfas serves as Advisor of WorkLight Inc. He served as Vice President of worldwide Sales and Managing Director of Europe, Middle East & Africa of Skybox Security, Inc., since April 2004. He served as Vice President of Skybox Security, Inc. since April 2004. Mr. Corfas served as Executive
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About Skybox Security: Skybox Security is a global leader in security analytics for cybersecurity management.
Stephen Pusey
Member of the Board of Directors of FireEye
Stephen Pusey is a Member of the Board of Directors at FireEye since June 2015. Steve has a wealth of international experience as a senior customer facing business technology leader. Steve has over 35 years’ experience in the telecommunications industry in both the wireline and wireless sectors and in business applications and solutions. Steve served as the Group Chief Technology Officer of Vodafone Group Plc from September 2006 to August 2015 and was responsible for defining and leading their global technology strategy and operations for networks, IT and product development. Steve was also a Vodafone Group Plc Board Member from June 2009 to August 2015 and was a Vodafone representative Board Member within the Verizon Wireless partnership. As part of his former role at Vodafone, Steve also sat on or participated in a number of Telecoms and IT industry advisory panels including representing Vodafone for 3 years within the GSMA industry body. Prior to joining Vodafone Group Plc in 2006, Steve held the positions of Executive Vice President and President, Nortel EMEA, and spent several years with British Telecom. Steve is educated in communications and micro-electronics and has attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.
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About : FireEye is an intelligence-led security company that protects customers using innovative technology and expertise from the front lines.
Marc Waters
Managing Director UK&I of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Marc is the UK & Ireland Managing Director for Hewlett Packard Enterprise. He joined HP Company in November 1999 and was appointed Managing Director in July 2016. As UK&I Managing Director, Marc is responsible for all people and business operations. He oversees a technology portfolio that includes Hybrid Cloud, Edge solutions and comprehensive set of services capabilities. Previously Marc has held key positions including Vice President Enterprise Group, Services Sales Director, Chief of Staff and a number of Sales Management roles. Marc is a passionate supporter of UK business and actively engaged with both Government and the CBI. A practitioner of values based leadership he believes business is a force for good and places personal energy into supporting opportunities for young people. Marc holds a Masters in Business Administration from Henley Business School. He has five children and is interested in football, politics and economics.
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
Dirk Anderson
Director of Hybrid Cloud of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Dirk Anderson runs the UK&I Cloud business at HPE. Prior to joining HPE, Dirk was the Managing Director at RedPixie, a leading Azure consultancy that was acquired by HPE in 2017. As leader of the UKI Cloud business, Dirk heads-up a team of high end consultants and engineers who design, build and manage Cloud platforms and solutions for a variety of enterprise customers across various sectors.
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
Lola Fernandez-Redondo
Senior Associate Director of Jacobs
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About Jacobs: Jacobs leads the global professional services sector delivering solutions for a more connected, sustainable world.
Bharat Mistry
Technical Director – UK & Ireland of Trend Micro
Drawing upon his experience in all areas of security, Bharat works with CISOs providing industry subject matter expertise in the development of Information Security strategies linking in depth security defences to the business requirements. Bharat focuses on major global clients in the Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Financial Services, Telecommunications and Retail markets.
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About Trend Micro: Trend Micro is a global cybersecurity leader with enterprise and SMB security solutions for cloud, XDR, endpoint, email, and networks.
Rohit Krishnan
Director of Unbound
Investment Director at Unbound Ventures, a venture capital fund investing globally, providing substantial global scale, expertise and market reach to build the businesses of tomorrow. Previously I was the UK, European Market Lead for McKinsey’s ‘Growth Tech’ Practice (serving leading growth stage tech players, VCs, and growth PE). I’ve also been an entrepreneur from my engineering days, creating a bit-torrent for data centers, and an algo-trading product.
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About Unbound: Unbound focuses on fast-growing growth stage technology companies.
Ian Evans
Managing Director, EMEA of OneTrust
Ian Evans is vice president and managing director, EMEA, at AirWatch. He is responsible for growing AirWatch’s business in the European, Middle Eastern and African regions. Evans brings more than 20 years of experience in the software industry to AirWatch, with more than 10 years in direct and channel sales. He has been successful in helping companies achieve forecasted goals by structuring sales and operation processes and coaching sales teams to deliver multi-year, multimillion-dollar contracts.
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About OneTrust: OneTrust helps companies manage privacy, security, and governance requirements in a regulatory environment that constantly changes.
John Daly
Member of the Board of Directors of G4S
After an early career in sales and marketing with Schering-Plough, Pennwalt Corporation, Bristol-Myers Pharmaceuticals and Johnson & Johnson, joined British American Tobacco (BAT) in 1994. Held various executive leadership positions at BAT over the course of 20 years in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Most recent positions at BAT were Chief Operating Officer (from 2010 to 2014) and Regional Director for Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong (from 2004 to 2010). Non-executive director of Wolseley plc and Britvic plc.
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About : G4S is an international security solutions group, focused on BPO sectors where security and safety risks are considered a strategic threat.
Debbie Walker
Group Corporate Affairs Director of G4S
Debbie is Group Corporate Affairs Director, heading the corporate communications team which focuses on the group’s key audiences – media, government, employees and customers. Debbie is also responsible for the group’s CSR and human rights strategies. Prior to the merger between Group 4 Falck and Securicor, Debbie held a number of senior marketing and communications roles within the Securicor group from 1993 to 2004. Debbie is also vice chairman of the CBI South East Regional Council (the representative body for all CBI member companies based in the South East of England and the Thames Valley), having previously served as chairman for two years.
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About G4S: G4S is an international security solutions group, focused on BPO sectors where security and safety risks are considered a strategic threat.
Jonathan Beddoes
Director of Engineering of Avast
Jonathan began his entrepreneurial career at school aged 17 when he founded a web-hosting company which sold within its first year of trading. After developing an early taste of business success, whilst at university Jonathan co-developed a popular music software application that was downloaded by over 30,000,000 people. For his post-graduate studies, Jonathan was the youngest person ever to complete a Masterclass in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School in Belgium. Following academia, Jonathan joined Zugo in 2008 (a leading search solutions platform and aggregator) that became a cornerstone of distribution for major search engines (most notably Microsoft Bing). In late 2012, Jonathan exited from Zugo and subsequently co-founded Techtopia, a technology incubator located in the heart of ‘silicon village’ in North West London. Today, Jonathan remains a director of Techtopia, a product visionary, angel investor and an ambassador for the Internet industry.
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About Avast, Conscious 2, Twine: Avast is a security software development company that protects people from threats on the internet.
Jonathan Beddoes
Director of Engineering of Avast
Jonathan began his entrepreneurial career at school aged 17 when he founded a web-hosting company which sold within its first year of trading. After developing an early taste of business success, whilst at university Jonathan co-developed a popular music software application that was downloaded by over 30,000,000 people. For his post-graduate studies, Jonathan was the youngest person ever to complete a Masterclass in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School in Belgium. Following academia, Jonathan joined Zugo in 2008 (a leading search solutions platform and aggregator) that became a cornerstone of distribution for major search engines (most notably Microsoft Bing). In late 2012, Jonathan exited from Zugo and subsequently co-founded Techtopia, a technology incubator located in the heart of ‘silicon village’ in North West London. Today, Jonathan remains a director of Techtopia, a product visionary, angel investor and an ambassador for the Internet industry.
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About Avast, Conscious 2, Twine: Avast is a security software development company that protects people from threats on the internet.
Vikas Tripathi
Managing Director of Heliocor
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About Heliocor: Heliocor is a regulatory technology company.We are building a global anti fraud ecosystem based on our Robolitics and Dokstor SaaS products.
Janet Williams
Director & Principal Advisor of CybSafe
Janet helps us keep the bigger picture on Cyber Security. in perspective. Janet, a former Chief Police Officer in the Metropolitan Police Service, held the National Law Enforcement Portfolio for Cyber-Crime 2008 – 2012. She developed the first police E-Crime Unit and was the Law Enforcement Lead engaged in writing the first UK Cyber Security Strategy in the Cabinet Office. She was the government Law-Enforcement Lead for Cyber-Crime for the 2012 Olympic Games taking her place at COBR. And in 2013, as a Non-Executive Director of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, she helped develop the organisation’s cyber security strategy. She is currently the National Security Adviser to the Security Committee of Qatar, where she advises on the development of Qatar’s cyber security capability and response. Janet works to enhance SME cyber security across the UK through her work as President of the Cross-sector Safety & Security (CSSC) charity. She is also a member of the Information Assurance Advisory Council (IAAC).
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About CybSafe: A behavioural security and data analytics platform helps people make better security decisions, and improve their security behaviour.
Adenike Cosgrove
Director, International Product Marketing of Proofpoint
Adenike Cosgrove is a Cybersecurity Strategist at Proofpoint, where she drives International product marketing strategy. She provides expertise on key regional cybersecurity strategies such as people-centric security, risk management and data privacy. Prior to joining Proofpoint, Ms. Cosgrove was global product marketing lead for Email Fraud Protection at Return Path, a division acquired by Proofpoint in the summer of 2016. Earlier in her career, Ms. Cosgrove worked as a lead EMEA advisor to security and risk professionals for Forrester Research, where she developed a deep understanding of CISO challenges, and helped clients with their cybersecurity strategies.
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About Proofpoint: Proofpoint provides cloud-based email security, e-discovery, and compliance solutions for companies to protect sensitive business data.
Aarti Samani
Product & Marketing Director of iProov
Aarti is an experienced executive, who drives growth through product innovation, partnerships and operational efficiencies. She has led product and commercial functions in multinational as well as applied AI firms across financial services, fast growth consumer tech and healthcare. Aarti’s work has ranged from managing technology transitions in capital markets, to spearheading product development and launch of text input solutions, revolutionising the way consumers in emerging markets interact with their smartphones. She has most recently worked at SwiftKey (purchased by Microsoft) and Digital Surgery. Aarti holds a degree in Mathematics from University of Durham.
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About iProov: iProov develops face authentication technology for online identity verification by global banks and governments.
Joe Palmer
Technical Director of iProov
Joe is a skilled and experienced developer and project manager with a degree in Computer Science from UCL. His expertise lies in internet technology, and as co-founder and director of SoftForge he successfully delivered large and complex web-based e-commerce and secure information solutions for clients such as the NHS and Shell. Since 2012 he has led the development of iProov’s proprietary technology.
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About iProov: iProov develops face authentication technology for online identity verification by global banks and governments.
Andrew Newell
Research Director of iProov
Andrew joined iProov from University College London where he was a Research Fellow in both the Department of Computer Science and CoMPLEX. His PhD and subsequent published research focused on computer vision and pattern recognition. Since 2014 he has led iProov’s work on image processing.
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About iProov: iProov develops face authentication technology for online identity verification by global banks and governments.
Matthew Pearch
Commercial Director of iProov
Matthew’s career in telecommunications, IT and technology spans more than 25 years in Europe and Asia Pacific where he has been working in sales, marketing and managment roles for companies including Mars, Compuware and mBlox.
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About iProov: iProov develops face authentication technology for online identity verification by global banks and governments.
Saviz Izadpanah
CTO / Director of HighQ
Saviz joined HighQ in 2005 as CTO, responsible for leading HighQ technology strategy, product management and product development. Prior to HighQ, Saviz was the global head of Debt Capital Markets IT at Deutsche Bank where he was responsible for the program management of multiple applications including Deutsche Bank’s online debt order capture system “dbbonds” for the global DCM sales teams. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Saviz was part of the lead web development team at Barclays Capital. Saviz holds a Bachelors of Engineering in Computer Science and Technology from Imperial College of London.
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About HighQ: HighQ empowers leading law firms and corporate legal teams to transform the way they work and deliver legal services.
Paolo Tasca
Executive Director of UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies
Paolo Tasca is a FinTech economist specialising in P2P financial systems. An advisor on blockchain technologies for different international organisations including the EU Parliament and the United Nations, Paolo is founder and Executive Director of the Centre for Blockchain Technologies (UCL CBT) at University College London.
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About Goethe University Frankfurt, Griffith University, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Oyoba, Sogang University, UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies, University of Cape Town, University of Zurich: The impact of blockchain technologies on socio-economic systems.
Pip Witheridge
Founder & Director of Grove
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About Grove: Grove is unlock business success through the power of leading-edge cloud computing, custom software development, cybersecurity & analytics.
Adam Hadley
Project Director of Tech Against Terrorism
Adam Hadley is the Director of the Tech Against Terrorism Project, a project initiated by the UN Counter-Terrorism Directorate (UN CTED) in 2016. As part of the UN project, Adam leads a team of counter-terrorism specialists to develop tools and guidelines to help the global technology industry tackle the terrorist exploitation of the internet. Adam is also the CEO of London-based data science consultancy QuantSpark, and leads teams of data scientists and developers to derive insight from big data and develop analytical tools to solve strategic problems for government and private-sector clients. Adam has an academic background in combining approaches from computer science and counter-terrorism to analyse terrorist propaganda.
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About Tech Against Terrorism: Tech Against Terrorism is a UN-mandated initiative that helps tech companies prevent their platforms from being exploited by terrorists.
Andrew Musgrave
Business Development Director of Thales Group
Andrew Musgrave, Vice President IFEC UK and IRE Region, Thales InFlyt Experience, has more than 25 years in the aviation satellite communications industry. In his regional leadership role at Thales, he is responsible for customer account management as well as establishing and running in-flight entertainment and connectivity maintenance activities based at London Heathrow and London Gatwick airports. Mr. Musgrave has worked in a variety of business and program management roles delivering satellite connectivity solutions for cockpit and cabin to both OEM and military customers. Mr. Musgrave earned his BSc in Information Technology from Staffordshire University
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About Thales Group: Thales is a technology in the aerospace, transportation and defense and security markets.
Peter Rutland
Board of Director of CSC
Mr. Rutland is a partner and global cohead of financial services at CVC Capital Partners Limited (CVC). Prior to joining CVC in 2007, he was a principal at Advent International and served in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs. Currently, Rutland is a director of Avolon Holdings Limited (NYSE: AVOL). Mr. Rutland has a Master of Arts degree in economics and management from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from INSEAD. Age: 36
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About CVC Capital Partners: CSC is an IT services company providing technology-enabled business solutions and services.
Shah J. Rahman
Regional Director – Middle East, Africa & APAC of Silobreaker
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About Silobreaker: Silobreaker builds intelligence technology that makes sense of unstructured data on the web.
Mehrad Noori
Director, Global Programming of Comcast NBCUniversal
Mehrad Noori is Director, Global Programming, NBCUniversal International Networks (NBCUIN), based at the company’s international headquarters in London. In this position, Noori acquires and produces scripted content for NBCUIN’s portfolio of channels (including Universal TV, SYFY and 13th Street). He is also responsible for creating original immersive content for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). Noori most recently served as creator and executive producer on NBCUIN’s groundbre
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About Comcast NBCUniversal: A media and entertainment company.
Tanaz Gould
Consultancy Practice Director of Claranet
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About Claranet: Claranet is an expert in modernising and running critical applications and infrastructure.
Alex Deane
Senior Managing Director (Partner) Strategic Communications, Head of Public Affairs UK of FTI Consulting
Alex Deane is a Senior Managing Director (Partner) Strategic Communications, Head of Public Affairs UK at FTI Consulting.
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About FTI Consulting: FTI Consulting is a global business advisory firm.
Maureen Kerr
Managing Director of FTI Consulting
Maureen Kerr is a Managing Director at FTI Consulting and is based in London. Ms. Kerr specialises in advising companies in the media & entertainment, digital and marketing services industries. Her work covers new business entry strategy and implementation, mergers and acquisition (M&A) advisory, post-integration planning, business plan development and due diligence. Since joining FTI, Ms Kerr has led transactions and commercial due diligence projects for Private Equity funds and Corporates in the media sectors, comprising: film/tv rights, content production and distribution, broadcast services, advertising technology, multi-player network platform, information/data & Insights markets. Prior to joining FTI, Ms. Kerr lead business strategy and M&A for US-based Media Group working with the private equity group Apollo Global. From 2011, she headed up the M&A team at Fremantle Media, an international TV production and distribution group and lead a number of transactions in the USA and Europe in the areas of production, branded content and digital services. She co-founded MLJ Partners LLP in 2006, a business strategy and corporate finance advisory firm. Prior to forming MLJ, she was at United Business Media, a FTSE 100 company, where she held served in several capacities including M&A Director, reporting to the CEO. Ms. Kerr advised on all aspects of investment strategy and divestiture. She also led the integration planning efforts across all transactions. She began her career at KPMG Management Consultants, where she served as a consultant in the strategy, economics and marketing group.
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About Chelsea Apps Factory, FTI Consulting, MLJ Partners: FTI Consulting is a global business advisory firm.
Gemma Doyle
Managing Director of FTI Consulting
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About FTI Consulting: FTI Consulting is a global business advisory firm.
Joshua Atkins
Director of FTI Consulting
Josh joined FTI Consulting’s Energy and National Resources team in January 2019. He has deep knowledge of electricity and renewables markets having spent four and a half years at Energy UK leading on low carbon generation, investment and planning policy. Before that he worked in smart metering and on the Government’s electricity market reform programme. Outside his primary role, Josh has set up and run an LGBT+ network for the energy sector and a cross-industry working group addressing diversity in all its forms. Pride in Energy seeks to create a forum for LGBT+ people across the UK’s energy industry whilst the Equality and Diversity Forum aims to share and drive inclusivity best practice for companies and organisations operating within the industry.
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About FTI Consulting: FTI Consulting is a global business advisory firm.
Joshua Atkins
Director of FTI Consulting
Josh joined FTI Consulting’s Energy and National Resources team in January 2019. He has deep knowledge of electricity and renewables markets having spent four and a half years at Energy UK leading on low carbon generation, investment and planning policy. Before that he worked in smart metering and on the Government’s electricity market reform programme. Outside his primary role, Josh has set up and run an LGBT+ network for the energy sector and a cross-industry working group addressing diversity in all its forms. Pride in Energy seeks to create a forum for LGBT+ people across the UK’s energy industry whilst the Equality and Diversity Forum aims to share and drive inclusivity best practice for companies and organisations operating within the industry.
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About FTI Consulting: FTI Consulting is a global business advisory firm.
William McMullan
Director of Sales – eCommerce of Trustly
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About The Carlyle Group, Trustly: Pay directly from your online bank
Peter Fell
Technical Director, International of Anonos
Peter Fell is the international technical director at Anonos.
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About Anonos: Transform your data into a state-of-the-art asset, making secure, borderless innovation lawful.
Annabel Mekelenkamp
Operations Director of Superscript
Annabel Mekelenkamp is Operations Director at Superscript.
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About Superscript: Superscript provides business insurance designed specifically to meet the fast-changing needs of small businesses.
Aatish Pattni
Director, Security Solutions & Services – EMEA of Lumen Technologies
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About Lumen Technologies: Lumen Technologies is an IT company that integrates network infrastructure, cloud connectivity, security and enterprise-class services.
Charlie Hudson
Managing Director of Firemind
Entrepreneur – Creative, experienced innovator and leader of analytics with a plethora of skills to help C-level executives make informed decisions through the visualisation of insight nuggets buried in copious amounts of data.
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About Firemind, Firemind Ventures: AWS Advanced Partner specialising in professional cloud services, AWS strategy, data focused projects and AI/ML innovation.
Stewart Bertram
Director of Threat Intelligence & Professional Services of Digital Shadows
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About Deloitte, Digital Shadows, Digital Shadows: Digital Shadows identifies unwanted exposure, protect against external threats, and minimize digital risk.
Adrian Moore
Managing Director of Allied Universal
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About Allied Universal: Allied Universal provides security solutions.
Hadiya Masieh
Director of CENTRI
Hadiya Masieh is Director of CENTRI, an organization dedicated to addressing issues of Islamist radicalization amongst Muslim youth as well as educating and training organizations on the nature of radical groups, their theology and their practices. She is currently working on a unique piece of research commissioned by the UN on the subject of female radicalization. In addition, Hadiya works as a Community Cohesion Coordinator in London as part of the U.K. Counter Extremism Strategy for the Home Office.
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About Barnet Council, CENTRI, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, PopTech, UK Home Office: CENTRI provides advanced security for the internet of things.
Patrick Curry
Director – Innovation & Strategy of Sedicii
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About Sedicii: Sedicii verifies identity data between two organisations without exposing the underlying data.
Ronnie Smith
Corporate Finance Director of TiG Data Intelligence
Ronnie joined TIG as a Non-Executive Director in July 2016, he qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young in 1988. Ronnie has held a variety of finance roles in a number of listed and private equity backed UK and US businesses, including Sigma Aldrich Inc., ICN Biomedicals Inc., The Ritchie Group Plc and The Rope Company Group Limited. His experience covers a range of sectors including manufacturing, bioscience, distribution and telecoms. Ronnie has worked on a number of Pan-European roles that have involved cross-border M&A. Between 2006 to 2010 Ronnie was CFO at Spiritel plc, his appointment here brought significant M&A experience that was essential for executing their buy and build strategy. On leaving SpiriTel plc in November 2010, Ronnie teamed up with Alastair Mills to raise private equity and bank funding to complete the core acquisitions that launched Six Degrees Group where he held the role of CFO until April 2015 and then Corporate Finance Director until April 2017.
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About TiG Data Intelligence, TiG Data Intelligence: TIG is a provider of cloud services, unified communications, and infrastructure solutions.
Laura Zverko
Account Director of TiG Data Intelligence
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About TiG Data Intelligence: TIG is a provider of cloud services, unified communications, and infrastructure solutions.
Chris Fuller
Director, Solutions Engineering – Shape of F5
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About F5: F5 Networks provides application security and delivery tools.
Gary Newe
Technical Director of F5
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About F5: F5 Networks provides application security and delivery tools.
Chris Fuller
Director, Solutions Engineering – Shape of F5
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About F5: F5 Networks provides application security and delivery tools.
Benjamin Hosack
Co-Founder, Director and CCO of Foregenix
Benjamin Hosack is the CCO and co-founder of Foregenix.
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About Foregenix: Foregenix prevents, protects, investigates, and solves serious cyberthreats for large enterprises and SMEs all around the globe.
Colin Howes
Director Of Sales And Business Development of Crypto Quantique
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About Crypto Quantique, Lnkedin.pro: Crypto Quantique offers hardware based cyber-security solution for authentication and encryption in a wired local network.
Managing Director and Co-Founder of CISO International
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About CISO International: CISO International is Digital Platform to enable access to cost effective Information and Cyber Security Advisory and solutions.
Kirsten Connell
Managing Director of CyLon
Kirsten joined Seedcamp in early 2011 from E-Synergy where she managed Investment Readiness Programmes in London, Northern Ireland and continental Europe and sourced deal flow. At Seedcamp Kirsten is the epicenter of the Seedcamp network and leads the schedule of events throughout the year. Deciding what are the key cities to visit, what are the up and coming tech hubs of Europe and who are the founders they need to meet certainly keeps her busy. A large portion of Kirsten’s role involves interacting with local partners to grow Seedcamp’s network and outreach to the local start-up communities. Both are essential in ensuring they attract the best local start-ups. For the entrepreneurs out there looking to apply to Seedcamp, Kirsten is likely your first point of contact as the woman behind the application process. She also manages Seedcamp’s network of mentors and their annual sponsors. Kirsten grew up in the Netherlands and holds a BA (hons) degree in Business Management. Kirsten combines her charisma, superior organisational skills and passion for European tech to grow their platform and make it go.
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About CyLon: CyLon is the world’s leading cyber security accelerator and seed investment programme.
Jeremy Gould
Deputy Director of Digital Transformation of Ministry of Defence – UK
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About Ministry of Defence – UK: Ministry of Defence UK is the British government department responsible for implementing defence and headquarters the British Armed Forces.
Eddie Bell
Director of Machine Learning of Ravelin
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About Ravelin: Ravelin is a smart fraud detection and prevention platform that helps companies stop online payment fraud.
Joanne May
Director of Integrations of Ravelin
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About Ravelin: Ravelin is a smart fraud detection and prevention platform that helps companies stop online payment fraud.
Mark Allen
Director of Teebase UK ltd
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About Teebase UK ltd: Teebase designs and sells cyber security devices and services
Mark Allen
Director of Teebase UK ltd
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About Teebase UK ltd: Teebase designs and sells cyber security devices and services
Christian Mastrodonato
Director Of Engineering of Digital Catapult
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About Digital Catapult: Digital Catapult drives early adoption of advanced digital technologies to grow the country’s economy.
René Lagrèze
Managing Director and Co-founder of ilex international
René Lagrèze shares Laurent Gautier’s passion for IT technologies. He holds a Master’s degree in telecommunications and a post graduate diploma from the Saclay Nuclear Research Centre (one of 9 laboratories from the French Commission for Atomic Energy). In 1978, he works on the first major SMART card project initiated by BULL and Roland Moreno, the inventor of the smart card. He then joins BNP to lead the bank’s team in charge of designing the IBM based version of its agency system. In 1989, René creates ILEX with Laurent. He leads several consulting and presales missions for Philips and Digital Equipment Corporation and works on the Credit Agricole’s (largest French Bank) agency system’s middleware and telecom design. In 1996, René creates and leads the Ilex Health Care team which will design and write the middleware for the French Health Care multi OS / multi-platform Smart Cards (for patients and Health Care Professionals). René’s technical expertise and leadership has been a major asset and a key enabler in Ilex’s decision to develop its IT Security Software Suite in 2000. René is also an enthusiastic Marathon and Trail runner.
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About ILEX, ilex international: Ilex International is a European software vendor which specialises in Identity & Access Management solutions (IAM).
Deshini Newman
Managing Director – EMEA of (ISC)2
As Managing Director for EMEA, Deshini Newman leads the (ISC)² team across the region. Her responsibilities include developing and implementing strategy for the EMEA region and supporting the (ISC)² global vision and mission. Before Joining (ISC)2, Deshini held several education leadership roles, at Edexcel International, Pearson Group, and most recently Cambridge Assessment English, where she held positions as Global Manager of Strategy, Assistant Director, Global Business Development and Global Head of Higher Education and Adult Sector. Cambridge Assessment English has provided English language assessments and qualifications since 1913, and is part of Cambridge Assessment Group, Cambridge University (UK).
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About (ISC)2: (ISC)2 is the official organization that maintains and administers the CISSP certification exam.
Mary-Jo de Leeuw
Director of Cybersecurity Advocacy for Europe Middle East and Africa of (ISC)2
Mary-Jo de Leeuw honored as a Cybersecurity Excellence Award in 2018.
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About (ISC)2: (ISC)2 is the official organization that maintains and administers the CISSP certification exam.
Murray Pearce
Managing Director and Co-founder of Bright Cyber
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About Bright Cyber: Bright Cyber provides a cyber resilience solution with primary reliance on security assurance.
Kev Emery
Director of Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
Kev Emery is the Head of Optimization and Certification within the Chip Centre of Excellence at Discover. In this role, Kev is responsible for certification, outsourcing and managing various products within the Chip Centre of Excellence. Kev has spent nearly 15 years working in the payments Industry and has had various roles for payment schemes and technology vendors supporting Acquirers, Issuers and Merchants.
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About Underwriters Laboratories (UL): UL is a global independent safety science company offering expertise across five key strategic businesses: Product Safety, Environment,
Kev Emery
Director of Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
Kev Emery is the Head of Optimization and Certification within the Chip Centre of Excellence at Discover. In this role, Kev is responsible for certification, outsourcing and managing various products within the Chip Centre of Excellence. Kev has spent nearly 15 years working in the payments Industry and has had various roles for payment schemes and technology vendors supporting Acquirers, Issuers and Merchants.
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About Underwriters Laboratories (UL): UL is a global independent safety science company offering expertise across five key strategic businesses: Product Safety, Environment,
Ramesh Krishnasagar
Founder and Director of Coppercube Ltd
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About Coppercube Ltd: Specialists in Embedded software and Cyber security solutions
Aaron Aldrich
Director of Client Success of NaviSite
Aaron Aldrich is an IT visionary with extensive expertise in emerging technologies, programme and infrastructure management within regulated industries. Aaron began his career in the biotechnology sector as an Immunology Protein Scientist, where he co-developed the first FDA approved rapid chromatographic test for biological weapons detection, served as bio-warfare specialist to the Democratic National Convention and Los Angeles Police Department (2000, CA USA), and was a member of several Southwest Asia Theatre Medical Surveillance teams. After a short-lived career as a professional golfer, Aaron changed direction and leveraged his experiences to bridge the gap between the scientific community and the IT Service industry. From 2004 through 2014 Aaron led IT Service Delivery for Dendreon Inc, a Biopharmaceutical cancer research organisation. As Department Head, he managed teams supporting large scale enterprise application implementations, ITIL/ISO27001 best practice programme initiatives, quality validation programmes, and served as the IS technical lead on the regulatory team which received FDA approval for a first in class cancer vaccine. Following a brief sabbatical from technology, Aaron took on the challenge of transforming the NHS’ IT landscape. Leveraging emerging technologies from Dell/EMC, Microsoft and Citrix, Aaron was able to break down barriers plaguing the aging infrastructure and mind-sets of the NHS while ushering in the future of healthcare.
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About NaviSite: Navisite is a managed cloud service provider and renders database services, data analytics, compliance and platform services.
Sean McAvan
Managing Director of NaviSite
Sean McAvan is responsible for directing the growth of Navisite, LLC. through active development of channel and partner programs and building the direct channel through targeted new business development and marketing activities. Sean has over 15 years work experience in complex IT solution provision, with a proven track record in the Hosting and Cloud Computing industry. He has demonstrable skills in building and motivating teams to exceed targets, to increase client service levels and to both build new partnerships and to actively develop these for mutual gain. He has consistently been highly successful in the management of his business. Prior to his second tenure at Navisite, Sean was the Chief Commercial Officer at Global Nexus Telecom in the Bahamas and Vice President EMEA Sales for Datapipe.
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About NaviSite: Navisite is a managed cloud service provider and renders database services, data analytics, compliance and platform services.
Xavier de Solms
Business Development Director of HIAsecure
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About HIAsecure, Swytch: HIAsecure develops a cyber security solution using human intelligence.
Sara Mottus
Director of Human Resources of Wynyard Group
Sara joined Brady in June 2017 and leads HR for all of Brady PLC. She is of Swedish origin and has also spent time living and working in New Zealand before moving to the UK. She brings proven HR leadership experience gained within the B2B software space with global Jade Software Corporation and crime fighting software company Wynyard Group and security analytics business Cognevo. Sara brings strong experience in organisational design driving business performance through forward thinking talent acquisition and competence development strategies. Most recently she has developed her own HR consultancy for SMEs in growth mode when we were fortunate enough to attract her to lead our global HR function here at Brady. She is a well-rounded experience with a strong commercial understanding and is accustomed to partnering with leadership teams and delivering HR for comparable organisations with an international footprint.
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About Brady, Wynyard Group: Wynyard Group is a market leader in high consequence Crime Fighting, used by Law Enforcement and National Security Agencies.
Gwilym Lewis
Director of Appsecco
Gwilym has wide ranging experience in the software, marketing and technology sectors in Asia, the Middle East, the Americas and Europe having co-founded Kieon a specialist web application development company based in India and the UK that was sold to Communisis PLC in 2012. Gwilym has broad experience of providing strategic and technical consulting advice to companies, organisations and governments worldwide and a proven track record of success over many years, both in trouble-shooting and developing companies. Gwilym was nominated for London Business School’s Accomplished Entrepreneur Award in 2011.
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About Appsecco: Appsecco is an application security company providing solutions to cyber security problems.
Rafael Libardi
Founder & Executive Director of NoLeak Defence
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About NoLeak Defence: Noleak Behavior Recognition is an AI-based system to identify suspicious actions and behaviors from cameras
Andy Lilly
Director and Co-Founder of Armour Communications
Andy Lilly, Director and Co-Founder of Armour Communications has a proven track record of delivering challenging, leading-edge research and development solutions into global markets. Having held leadership positions at multi-national organisations as well as VC-funded start-ups, Andy has been instrumental in delivering military-grade secure communications systems as well as solutions suitable for use in commercial environments for over 25 years. As of April 2018, Andy has been elected as Chairperson of the Secure Chorus Technical Standards Committee.
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About Armour Communications: Armour Communications provides government-grade encryption for secure communications.
Sonal Hirani
Marketing Director of Forensic Risk Alliance
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About Forensic Risk Alliance: Forensic Risk Alliance is an international consultancy specializing in forensic accounting data analytics, and eDiscovery.
James McDowell
Director of Services of Encription
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About Encription: Encription is a U.K.-based cyber security consultancy.
James McDowell
Director of Services of Encription
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About Encription: Encription is a U.K.-based cyber security consultancy.
Marcus de Wilde
Business Development Director of ThreatInformer
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About ThreatInformer: ThreatInformer provide advanced security metrics tailored for cyber insurance underwriters.
Abi Hemingway
Partner, Producer, and Director of jackshoot
Having produced live online content since 2001, Abi Hemingway has become a leading online live broadcast producer. Working with industry leaders Jackshoot TV, she has produced complex online broadcasts for leading brands including BAFTA, the Royal Opera House, British Fashion Council, the BRIT Awards, the FA, Harrods and MTV – covering fashion, gaming, sports, corporate and cultural events. With the team at Jackshoot, they are the go-to team for awards ceremonies. Abi has also worked extensively in live music broadcasts with well over a hundred live recordings with artists including Kings of Leon, Muse and Madonna. Abi has exec-produced a multi-platform live music TV series (Live at indigo2), a global live-stream for Michael Jackson and large online multi-site events including World Ballet Day for four years. Her expertise and experience runs the gamut from technical to creative and editorial through to commercial – and she prides herself on creating strong teams who can always deliver high quality work with a smile, even when under pressure.
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About jackshoot: jackshoot is a highly skilled & experienced team that capture & deliver their clients content to any digital platform,offers reliable price
Ian Turnbull
Co-Founder, Director of Pentasec
With over 15 years in the industry as a consultant and managing teams across Europe for global enterprise, Ian brings a wealth of business, management and network security experience to the team. He is well respected and valued by his peers for proficiency in strategy, outsourcing / offshoring, and transformation. Ian has strong vendor and distribution ties driving forward the Pentesec Partnerships to ensure the business evolves with the challenges presented by ever changing security landscape.
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About Pentasec: Pentasec is a cyber security firm based in Peterborough, United Kingdom.
Mike Butler
Director of Think Cyber Security
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About Think Cyber Security: Think Cyber Security Ltd, a UK company developing products that reinvent the delivery of end-user security education and awareness training.
Michael Ingelog
Board of Directors of Basware
Board member, Investor and advisor with an expert area within Finance and Digitalisation. Former CEO for Credit Suisse in the Nordic region, and Head of Markets for Deutsche Bank in the Nordic. Extensive experience in regulation, capital markets and build up of high performing teams within the financial sector.
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About : Basware provides enterprise purchase to pay and financial management solutions.
Michael Bell
Sales Director of Restorepoint
Founder at Restorepoint
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About Restorepoint: Restorepoint is a pioneer in network configuration and change management.
William Addison
Founder , Director & COO of SeeQuestor Ltd
William Addison is the Founder & Director at Scientific Venture Partners.
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About DUGUUD, Qbiotix, Scientific Venture Partners, SeeQuestor Ltd: SeeQuestor is designed to increase the speed at which police and security teams analyse video as part of investigations.
Paul Spencer
Founding Director of Axial Systems
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About Axial Systems: Axial Systems is one of the UK’s leading solution providers and systems integrators in network, security and services.
David Wadsworth
Chief Financial Officer & Managing Director, UK of WMC Global
David Wadsworth oversees the WMC Global Group’s strategic financial direction as he plans, manages, and reports on group finances. His more than 40 years in financial management ensure the success of the group’s entrepreneurial endeavors. David brings extensive management and business development experience as a chartered accountant, having specialized in mobile technology, marketing and media, and property companies. His expertise in managing and resourcing business development for venture capital and investment finance groups enables him to evaluate markets and identify financial and business opportunities for the WMC Global Group—supporting its continued growth. In his role as managing director, David leads his team in opening new opportunities in the United Kingdom, as well as pursuing new opportunities and markets in Europe, and manages the effective delivery of products and solutions to clients. David earned his MA in History at the University of Oxford.
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About WMC Global: Worldwide Brand and Customer Protection At Scale
Paul Wilson
Director Of Operations of QUIKCLOUD
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About QUIKCLOUD: QuikCloud provides a secure managed backup solution to MSPs driven through an easy-to-use portal.
Will Butler
Group Marketing & Innovation Director of ERA
Will Butler is Group Marketing & Innovation Director at ERA Home Security Ltd. Through partnership with UniKey, Will has led ERA into smart locking, building on over 175 years of heritage securing Britain’s homes. He joined ERA through its 2012 acquisition of an architectural hardware business where he was Managing Director and had led a significant business transformation. Prior to this, Will spent 6 years in brand strategy and innovation consultancy, delivering projects for clients ranging from O2 and GlaxoSmithKline to Unilever and Mars. He has also established a successful consumer insight business. Will began his career as an Analyst in the Technology Practice at Russell Reynolds Associates, a global executive search firm. He has an MA in Modern History from Oxford University.
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About ERA: ERA Home Security has been designing and manufacturing locks.
Adam Monnery
Technical Director of Smartdesc – Charity IT Specialist
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About Smartdesc – Charity IT Specialist: Smartdesc is a charity and non-profit IT specialist that offers strategy, digital transformation, security, and data protection services.
Toby Stevens
Director of Enterprise Privacy Group – EPG
A leading figure in the privacy, identity assurance and information security communities, Toby has delivered innovative governance and risk management solutions in the UK, Europe, Far East and Australia for technology, government and financial services clients including the likes of Post Office, Vodafone and Visa Europe. As an experienced trouble-shooter for challenging identity and privacy strategies, his clients’ high-profile projects include Cross-Government Identity Assurance, the National Identity Scheme, E-Borders and Road User Charging. Toby is known for developing pragmatic and innovative privacy management solutions within commercially and technically complex environments, where his clients need to deliver best of breed risk management against tight deadlines, whilst remaining flexible to support business objectives. A regular conference speaker and media interviewee, he assesses funding applications for the Technology Strategy Board, sits on the RSA Europe Conference Programme Committee, and is a blogger for IT trade journal Computer Weekly.
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About Enterprise Privacy Group – EPG: The Enterprise Privacy Group (EPG) is an independent consultancy providing strategic thought leadership in privacy and identity assurance.
Jonathan Wharrad
EMEA Business Development Director of Moki
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About Moki: Moki enables digital interactions in physical environments with its leading mobile software platform.
Simon Wilkinson
Founder/Managing Director of Superpowered Email
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About Superpowered Email: Superpowered Email is an email security service provider that offers online user identity protection services to its users.
Stephen Macpherson
Director and SVP Global Sales of Macrium Software
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About Macrium Software: The Complete Disaster Recovery Solution
Stuart Nyman
Financial Director of Teknov8
Stuart Nyman is the financial director at TEKNOV8.
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About Teknov8: Teknov8 provides managed IT services to help businesses accelerate business activity and boost efficiency.
Geoffrey Hill
Director and inventor of Tutamantic
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Geoffrey Hill has been in the IT industry since 1990, when he wrote and sold C++ based solutions to measure risk in the commodities markets in New York City. Since then he has worked around the world, specifically New York, Sydney, Tokyo, San Francisco and London.
In the mid 2000s, He was the custodian of the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) initiative in the UK and then international Services organization as part of the Microsoft Security Center of Excellence.
From 2013 – 2018, he was working as the sole application security architect for Visa Europe, where he started Tutamantic Ltd, a cloud-based producer of software risk automation.
Geoff is the inventor of the Rapid Threat Model Prototyping (RTMP) methodology, which is used by many large organizations globally. This threat model methodology allows for quick manual modelling in Agile and DevOps environments.
As for hobbies… he -WAS- planning a SCUBA trip to Chuuk Lagoon, in the Federated States of Micronesia. But COVID-19 crushed changed those plans. He and his wife also expanded their family by one!
About Tutamantic: Tutamantic develops software that reduces security risks and weaknesses during the architectural and design stages.
Tony Smith
Managing Director of Fortinus Global
Global Border Management Consulant. Former Director General, UK Border Force and SRO for UKBA London 2012 Olympic Border Security Programme. Over 40 years experience in global border management and border security programs and operations.
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About Fortinus Global: Fortinus Global is a international consultancy company offering the very best advice available in border security, immigration.
Tony Smith
Managing Director of Fortinus Global
Global Border Management Consulant. Former Director General, UK Border Force and SRO for UKBA London 2012 Olympic Border Security Programme. Over 40 years experience in global border management and border security programs and operations.
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About Fortinus Global: Fortinus Global is a international consultancy company offering the very best advice available in border security, immigration.
Sandy Porter
Founder & Strategy & Business Dev Director of Avoco Secure
Sandy is an internationally respected security, privacy, identity and technology keynote speaker, panelist and expert advisor. He has promoted the development and deployment of user centric identity for online services in his roles as an Identity Commons Steward, Director of the Information Card Foundation, EU R&D assessor and Moderator and through the UK Government Cabinet Office (DSG) work groups.
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About Avoco Secure: Avoco Secure is an innovation company whose areas of focus are solutions for cloud identity, security, and privacy.
Sandy Porter
Founder & Strategy & Business Dev Director of Avoco Secure
Sandy is an internationally respected security, privacy, identity and technology keynote speaker, panelist and expert advisor. He has promoted the development and deployment of user centric identity for online services in his roles as an Identity Commons Steward, Director of the Information Card Foundation, EU R&D assessor and Moderator and through the UK Government Cabinet Office (DSG) work groups.
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About Avoco Secure: Avoco Secure is an innovation company whose areas of focus are solutions for cloud identity, security, and privacy.
