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 Founder operating in the Enterprise space. If you think a Founder 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.
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.
Tony Abouzolof
Co-Founder &Managing Director of Syncron
Tony Abouzolof is one of the founders of Syncron. Tony Abouzolof has more than 20 years of experience in developing and implementing global supply chain planning solutions. Over the years, it has enabled many leading organizations, such as BAE Systems, Al Futtaim, and Electrolux, to formulate global logistics strategies and carry out the implementation of large-scale supply chain solutions. Tony Abouzolof is a lecturer for many European events; He is known for his leading positions and views on various aspects of international supply chain management. Tony Abouzolof holds a M.Sc. from Cranfield Institute of Technology.
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About Syncron: Syncron empowers the world’s leading manufacturers to maximize product uptime and deliver exceptional after-sales service experiences.
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.
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.
Tim W Cummins
Chief Software Architect & CoFounder of Swoogo
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About Swoogo: Swoogo is a fast-growing event management software company.
David Vernon
Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer of Ecrebo
David is responsible for driving customer focus into all aspects of Ecrebo’s business to ensure retention, satisfaction and loyalty. David has a track record of establishing new operations, leading teams and executing major projects from inception to delivery. As Ecrebo Co-Founder, David also has significant experience with managing processes and platforms. Prior to founding Ecrebo, David had more than 10 years’ experience in management and finance for leading fund management companies including De Putron and Amiri Capital.
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About Ecrebo: Ecrebo is a point of sale marketing platform.
Simon Corley
Co-Founder & CFO of CloudApps
Simon is a co-founder of CloudApps and is responsible for Finance, Administration & Operations and brings over 18 years of relevant experience to this role gained whilst working at Salesforce, Siebel Systems and Informix. Prior to founding CloudApps, Simon spent over 6 years at salesforce.com, joining in 2003 before its IPO. Simon has been a member of the European Management team since hire and initially was responsible for the company’s Finance and Administration for EMEA. In 2007 Simon was promoted to Vice President, Operations for EMEA, and in 2009 to Vice President of Strategy for International Sales. Simon’s focus was to optimise sales performance through targeted go-to-market strategies, coverage models, and evaluation of sales execution. Prior to joining Salesforce, Simon spent 6 years at Siebel and 5 years at Informix within the European Finance functions, providing infrastructure support to enable explosive growth in their sales teams. Simon is a Chartered Accountant who gained his professional qualification with Deloitte and Touche in London in 1990. He has a BSc in Geography from King’s College, London University. Simon is married with two children and lives in Hampshire, UK.
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About CloudApps: CloudApps increases sales performance by motivating more of your high-value, winning sales behaviours
Omer Dawelbeit
Founder of OfficeMA Timesheet
A high caliber IT professional, technology Evangelist and Entrepreneur. Founder @ http://www.officema.co.uk. Founder @ http://www.myworldapp.co.uk. Developer @ http://ecarf.io
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About OfficeMA Timesheet: Provider of cost effective cloud based time tracking and reporting for individuals and teams.
