Best Startup
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 Reading based CEO’ operating in the Information Technology space. If you think a CEO’ 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.
Andrew Yeoman
Co-Founder and CEO of Concirrus
Andy is the founding CEO of Concirrus and since then has led the company’s strategy to solve a problem in the insurance industry – how to harness the power of big data and artificial intelligence to improve loss ratios. Andy has driven the vision and product roadmap of the company built a solid customer base and reputation for the business. In 2019 Andy was voted the second most influential person Worldwide in Marine Insurance. Prior to Concirrus Andy had extensive experience in telematics, big data, and insurance in start-ups, turnarounds, and M&A. He’s passionate about discovering new business models that technology can unlock for the insurance market and their customers.
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About Concirrus: Concirrus support digital transformation of the specialty insurance industry using the latest developments in technology.
Stuart Bartlett
CEO of Bluegrasscoms
Stuart started life in advertising sales working in London selling for a magazine Marketing Week. Having accrued some debts due to a hectic nightlife (so he says) he moved to Reading and began working for a small Motor Factor. That developed into a business opportunity that at 23 he perhaps wasn’t planning, but he and a friend purchased the motor factor from the receiver. They then turned the business into a specialist company selling French Car Parts nationally. By 1998 the company had a turnover of £12 million, Stuart then purchased a German parts wholesaler. In 2000 the company was sold and became GSF Car Parts Ltd. This merger resulted in a £55 million 48 site national motor factor chain. From 2000 until 2007 Stuart was the Commercial Director in charge of Sales & Marketing for the group. In 2008 the entrepreneurial spirit kicked in again and Stuart formed Bluegrasscoms with the sole purpose of growing sales exclusively on behalf of OEM’s. With Stuart’s insight and amazing knack of judging the market Bluegrasscoms has grown sustainably and now offers a full range of consultancy services exclusively to OEM’s. In Stuart’s spare time he coaches his eldest sons rugby team and ferries his youngest all over the country to tennis tournaments. When not doing that he is doing whatever his wife instructs him to, generally as with many others, whatever he is doing it is not enough.
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About Bluegrasscoms: Bluegrasscoms is a leading automotive business consultancy and service provider.
Richard Pursey
Founder & CEO of SafeToNet
A proven businessman having started and sold 4 technology companies and an insurance business. He was also a Board member of an NHS trust where he learned about social care and welfare issues but his biggest success came in the disaster recovery and risk management industry where he developed software to profile and predict the operational and risk behavioural patterns of businesses. It’s those same behavioural patterning techniques that are used in SafeToNet today.
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About SafeToNet: SafeToNet makes the digital world safer for children to explore and enjoy.
Andrew Yates
Founder & CEO of Artesian Solutions
What does Andrew do at Artesian? I am responsible for helping shape our strategy and engagement plans. Our vision is to change the world through the provision of *the* must have app for B2B sales professionals so I have a busy agenda! I am operationally focused and aim to spend as much of my working day with customers, colleagues and our investor community. About Andrew I started as a sports scientist and did a post grad in marketing – I wanted to play rugby for England but only made it as high as England Students. By chance I was asked to join a grad-program which changed my life and opened the door to the most exciting industry on the planet – software! I have been lucky to work with some fantastic mentors: @ SCG learning from Frank O’Rourke; @ Misys learning from Kevin Lomax; @ Cognos learning from Chris Coan, Peter Beard and Ron Zambonini; @ Eyretel learning from Nick Discombe; @ Then learning from Chris Sykes [building my first software business]; @ Aprimo learning from Bill Godfrey; and @ Artesian we have Dr. Steve Garnett as our Chairman and a cast of super talented executives who teach me new things everyday. Outside Artesian it’s all about family and all things petrol.
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About Artesian Solutions: Artesian is the company intelligence service which is changing the way B2B sales people work.
Jonathan Gill
CEO of Panaseer
Jonathan Gill leads RSA’s EMEA organisation. He manages an international team that serves the security needs of customers in a wide variety of industries across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Jonathan has more than 25 years’ experience in global enterprise security leadership, with a proven track record of creating customer success and executing sales strategies that drive incremental business growth. He has previously served as Executive Vice President for Global Sales at Veracode, following leadership and sales roles at CA, Arcot and IBM. Jonathan holds a degree in economics and geography, is a fitness enthusiast, and particularly enjoys road cycling. He is also a keen amateur photographer and lives with his wife and two children in Berkshire within the United Kingdom.
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About Panaseer: Panaseer helps businesses make informed, risk-based security decisions.
Nick Scully
CEO of Sword GRC
Nick has overall responsibility for all of Sword Active Risk’s operational activities. Nick has over 25 years Industry experience having worked in senior roles at such companies as Computer Associates, SAP, and Lawson Software. He has a BA in History from the University of Wales.
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About Sword GRC: Sword GRC is a software solutions company that specializes in risk, compliance, governance, audit & policy management services.
Dan Hydes
CEO & Co-Founder of IgniteData
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About IgniteData: IgniteData is the company shaping the future of clinical trials through its innovative digital health platform, Archer.
