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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 Manchester based Managing Director operating in the Information Technology space. If you think a Managing 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.
Jasper van der Luijtgaarden
Managing Director of Building Blocks
Jasper van der Luijtgaarden is the managing director at Dept.
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About Building Blocks: Building Blocks helps global companies solve complex problems using digital technologies.
Mark Duman
Managing Director of MD Healthcare Consultants
Mark is a rare blend of clinician, management consultant and patient advocate. He works with organisations to help them realise the full benefit of their services and products, especially through the often untapped potential of patients and the public. At The King’s Fund Mark promoted shared decision making, founded the Ask About Medicines campaign and authored ‘Producing Patient Information’. In the BBC he developed a range of behavioural change interventions to improve people’s health and lifestyle. Following roles in publishing and telecoms, Mark moved into consulting with clients including Cancer Research UK, Care Quality Commission, Pfizer and Microsoft. In addition to various advisory and mentor roles, he is a Non-Executive Director of the Patient Information Forum and a Director at Monmouth Partners. Mark is a long term condition patient (and advocate) who lives happily in Salford, England (despite being Scottish).
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About MD Healthcare Consultants: MD Healthcare Consultants
Richard Pennington
Managing Director and Co-Founder of FourNet
Richard Pennington is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of FourNet.
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About 4NET Information Technologies, FourNet: FourNet is a cloud and managed communications service company providing cloud, collaboration, and contact center solutions.
Frank Staiger
Founder, Managing Director of Via Studios
Frank Staiger is Managing Director and founder of Via Studios. He has over twelve years experience in online design, development and digital management with a growing and exciting client portfolio including both private and public sectors. He has worked with many art directors, studios, developers and clients during his career. Via is the engine room driving his unstoppable passion for the internet and the digital sector. What’s more, the experience he brings to projects mediates between excitement for new channels and a sound business sense of what will work to deliver on the bottom line. Before founding the company back in 1998, German-born Frank was working freelance for many years in the media industry, including production and team management for large magazine publications. He also worked in branding, graphic design, pre-production and typography for traditional advertising agencies across Manchester.
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About Via Studios: Online Design, Usability and Development
Alex Seewald
Founder, Managing Director of Openshadow Ltd
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About Openshadow Ltd: Mobile software development. Research and Development. Project Management.
Neil McMurdo
Managing Director of Godel Technologies
Neil McMurdo is the managing director at Godel Technologies.
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About Godel Technologies: Godel Technologies is an agile nearshore development company, working with clients to provide high performing software development.
William Doyle MRICS
Managing Director of Raildiary
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About Raildiary: Raildiary is a Manchester-based tech start-up
Daniel Keighron-Foster
Managing Director of Steamhaus
Daniel is our Managing Director and started Steamhaus in August 2015. Back in 2000 Daniel set up Melbourne Server Hosting and grew it to become one of the North West’s most respected and successful independent hosting companies. Melbourne’s specific focus was on customer service, resulting in the business consistently growing at a rate of 40% per year. Daniel ran Melbourne for a total of 12 years, through to its sale in 2012; at this point having a turnover of £3.5m and a team of around 40 staff. In 2012, after exiting Melbourne, Daniel decided to spend some time focusing on starting a family. His twins were born in 2014. They’ve kept him and his partner incredibly busy since. Really, really busy. Daniel realised early on in 2015 that the cloud and DevOps are where the future lies in regards to hosting. Before he knew it, Steamhaus was incorporated and he was leading a team of experts. When Daniel isn’t working or being a Dad, you’ll find him either at the gym or at his piano playing at the skill level of a five-year-old.
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About Steamhaus: Steamhaus is a cloud and devops consultancy that enables businesses to leverage the power of public cloud providers.
Lida Weng
Managing Director of OElite
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About CapitalStackers, OElite: OElite is an intelligent IT platform engineered to help SMEs administer websites, daily operations and more located in Bury.
Jonathan Ward
Managing Director of Breaking Free Online Limited
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About Breaking Free Online Limited: Breaking Free Online Limited is a digital health company focused on solutions for substance misuse.
Karl Gilbank
Managing Director of Insider Technologies
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About Insider Technologies: Insider Technologies Limited (ITL) is a UK-based software house and services company.
Bash Din
Managing Director of Zumzum
Bash Din has been serving as Managing Director at Zumzum since January 2007.
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About Zumzum: Zumzum helps business transform how their people work to become a real time business.
Bash Din
Managing Director of Zumzum
Bash Din has been serving as Managing Director at Zumzum since January 2007.
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About Zumzum: Zumzum helps business transform how their people work to become a real time business.
