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 Suffolk based CEO’ operating in the Software 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.
Patrick Petitti
Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Catalant
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About Catalant: Catalant is a software company that provides global enterprises with software solutions to access business expertise on demand.
Henry Catchpole
Founder & CEO of Inform Direct
Henry is the Founder and CEO of Inform Direct – an online tool that helps business owners and their accountants manage the records of 1,000s of companies. Prior to that Henry ran Suffolk Life for over a decade before it was acquired by Legal & General. Henry built Suffolk Life Group from an 8 employee team with £3 million in assets under management to a 200 person team with £3.5 Billion under management.
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About Inform Direct: Easy to use Online Company Records Management for companies in the UK.
Chris Pont
CEO of IJYI
Chris has been obsessed with problem solving and delivering solutions from a young age. He has an extensive background in IT consultancy for Aviva, Willis Group, BT, SEGA and British Gas, with a focus on technology and process to deliver customer value. In 2014, Chris co-founded IJYI alongside John Nicholson to combine their passion for software delivery and their expertise for tooling, process and culture. IJYI has grown to an extensive team of Project Managers, Solution Architects, Developers, Quality Engineers and Support Analysts, with clients based across the UK.
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About Boston Digital, IJYI: IJYI specialise in bespoke software development, systems thinking and DevOps consultancy.
Marlon Bowser
CEO of HTK
Marlon co-founded HTK in 1996, following 5 years at BT Labs working on some of the first commercial applications of advanced speech technology. With a first-class engineering degree from UMIST, Marlon is an active advisor to regional growth of the ICT Sector and proud to be a Suffolk Business Ambassador.
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About HTK: HTK Horizon is a SaaS platform for loyalty program management and CRM
Marlon Bowser
CEO of HTK
Marlon co-founded HTK in 1996, following 5 years at BT Labs working on some of the first commercial applications of advanced speech technology. With a first-class engineering degree from UMIST, Marlon is an active advisor to regional growth of the ICT Sector and proud to be a Suffolk Business Ambassador.
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About HTK: HTK Horizon is a SaaS platform for loyalty program management and CRM
