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 CTO’ operating in the Software space. If you think a CTO’ 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.
Tom Reay
CTO of Flux Systems
Experienced Java developer with the drive to learn new technologies and languages quickly. Always playing an active part in improving the quality of a code base as well as finding better processes and practises, for example being an advocate of continuous delivery.
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About Flux Systems: Flux Systems develops software platform that keeps a track of payment receipts by automatically linking them to payment cards.
Carl Lightfoot
Director and CTO of MotorDocs
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About CarVue, MotorDocs: MotorDocs provides digital document management software products and solutions for the automotive industry.
Vivek Doraiswamy
Co-Founder / CTO of MeVitae
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About MeVitae: Deep tech company helping companies find talent smarter, faster and fairer without unconscious or algorithmic bias.
Steve Borthwick
Founder & CTO of Artesian Solutions
What does Steve do at Artesian? I am responsible for helping to shape and implement our strategic business goals through the design, development and roll-out of innovative and market leading software products. About Steve I have over 30 years’ experience in the software and IT services industries, prior to founding Artesian I was CTO of a MRM software start-up “Then-UK” which was successfully acquired by US firm Aprimo. Prior to Aprimo I was CTO of Palo Alto (USA) based analytics software vendor WhiteLight and helped design and develop a market leading multi-dimensional BI/analysis product which was later acquired by SunGard. Before WhiteLight I worked in a number of senior roles for Canadian software firm Cognos in the UK and Europe, both in the product consulting and product development groups. Outside of being a student of the art of making great software and my family I have a wide range of interests which include collecting fine wine, playing guitar and keeping fit.
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About Artesian Solutions: Artesian is the company intelligence service which is changing the way B2B sales people work.
Al Taylor
Co founder & CTO of cloudDNA
Al is a Co-founder of cloudDNA, the UK’s only dedicated Citrix cloud networking consulting practice and the first global Citrix partner to achieve the Networking for Data Centers Specialist accreditation. With over a decade of experience in real world NetScaler and CloudBridge deployments, he has directly helped organisations of all sizes deliver new levels of service to millions of users worldwide. A technical evangelist, blogger and presenter, Al packs his sessions with relevant information and use cases, all delivered with his infectious passion for technology. Some of it technical, some of it commercial but all of it relevant in today’s challenging IT service delivery environments.
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About cloudDNA: cloudDNA is a Citrix Cloud Networking specialist consultancy practice based in Maidenhead, UK.
Al Taylor
Co founder & CTO of cloudDNA
Al is a Co-founder of cloudDNA, the UK’s only dedicated Citrix cloud networking consulting practice and the first global Citrix partner to achieve the Networking for Data Centers Specialist accreditation. With over a decade of experience in real world NetScaler and CloudBridge deployments, he has directly helped organisations of all sizes deliver new levels of service to millions of users worldwide. A technical evangelist, blogger and presenter, Al packs his sessions with relevant information and use cases, all delivered with his infectious passion for technology. Some of it technical, some of it commercial but all of it relevant in today’s challenging IT service delivery environments.
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About cloudDNA: cloudDNA is a Citrix Cloud Networking specialist consultancy practice based in Maidenhead, UK.
Jianbo Mao
Founder & CTO of ebpSource
As Chief Technical Officer, co-founder Jianbo has been responsible for overseeing many of the world’s leading and most successful e-billing reference application deployments across the financial services, payments, telecoms, government, utility and outsourcing sectors. Formerly Director of Technical Client Services at CheckFree, Jianbo has also held senior technical roles with Tandem Computers, Compaq and Rubus Consultancy. Jianbo holds an MSc in Computing from North Eastern University, China.
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About ebpSource: ebpSource is the most experienced team in the international electronic billing and payment industry.
Jianbo Mao
Founder & CTO of ebpSource
As Chief Technical Officer, co-founder Jianbo has been responsible for overseeing many of the world’s leading and most successful e-billing reference application deployments across the financial services, payments, telecoms, government, utility and outsourcing sectors. Formerly Director of Technical Client Services at CheckFree, Jianbo has also held senior technical roles with Tandem Computers, Compaq and Rubus Consultancy. Jianbo holds an MSc in Computing from North Eastern University, China.
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About ebpSource: ebpSource is the most experienced team in the international electronic billing and payment industry.
