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 United Kingdom based Founder operating in the Telecommunications 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.
Harry Briggs
Managing Partner & Founder of OMERS Ventures
Harry is a partner at OMERS Ventures, previously at Balderton Capital & BGF Ventures- and the youngest investor in the inaugural Forbes “Midas List Europe”, thanks to investments such as The Hut Group, GoCardless, Touch Surgery and Revolut. Prior to Balderton, Harry co-founded Firefly Tonics, a healthy energy drink brand that sells in over 30 countries, sold to Private Equity in 2012. Harry started his career at McKinsey & Co., the strategy consultancy, in London and New York.
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About OMERS Ventures: OMERS Ventures is a transatlantic multi-stage investor in growth-oriented, disruptive technology companies
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William Saad
Co-Founder & COO of IHS Towers
Willam is responsible for shaping IHS’s long-term technology vision and driving innovation across the company.William has 18 years’ experience in the telecommunications industry. He has played a key part in the development and roll-out of Nigeria’s telecom sector, including building the first turnkey sites that marked the beginning of the country’s GSM revolution. Before establishing IHS, William was the Operations Director at CELIA Motophone Nigeria Limited. His responsibilities included designing, implementing and operating Motophone GSM, PNL and V-SAT networks in Nigeria. His achievements at CELIA include successfully implementing in 24 months the planned network expansion for one million subscribers. Before joining CELIA, William served as project manager at Lintel SAL where he designed and implemented GSM projects and was a Site Survey and Implementation Engineer at Libancell. William has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Communication Engineering from the American University of Beirut.
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About IHS Towers: IHS is a mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider.
Greg Mesch
Founder & CEO of CityFibre
With over 25 years of telecom, internet and technology-based experience behind him and five companies successfully built from start-up phase, Greg is an expert when it comes to business plan development, management team building and the capital formation of high growth, fibre optic based telecom companies. Greg had extensive involvement in the founding of Esat Telecom, assisting them in raising all their early stage capital, their core product positioning and network implementation. Esat was later sold to BT for over €1 billion. He went on to make the founding investment in Versatel Telecom NV. Versatel operated in Holland, Belgium and Germany building one of the largest fibre based infrastructures in those markets. He was instrumental in the development of its business plan, recruiting the core management teams and raising over €1.5 billion in capital. Versatel was sold for over €2 billion to Tele2.
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About CityFibre: CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings plc is the UK’s largest independent provider of fibre infrastructure in secondary cities
Dana Pressman Tobak
Founder, CEO and Managing Director of Hyperoptic
As joint founder and Managing Director of Be Un limited, the record-breaking 24 Meg broadband provider of 2005, Dana took the business from start to launch in just six months. By placing the consumer at the heart of success (Be customer support continues to win awards to this day) and generally refusing to take no for an answer, Dana has been building successful global businesses for over 20 years. Co-founder and director of Hyperoptic, Dana brings expertise in commercial agreements, financial business practice and purchasing, and an unshakeable vision for Hyperoptic’s success.
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About Hyperoptic: Hyperoptic is a fiber-based internet service provider.
Martin Arumemi
Co-Founder & Managing Director of EE
Arumemi-Ikhide is the MD and Founder of EE. He also serves as the MD of Hansworth Ltd and General Manager of Engineering for Rockson Engineering. In both Hansworth and Rockson Engineering he is responsible for the leadership, execution and construction of the 4 NIPP power plants in FGN. He has lead the firm to the successful commissioning of the first phase of the 1074MW Alaoji CCGT plant. He is also progressing the completion of the 225MW Omoku, 225MW Gbarain and 338MW Egbema OCGT also based in FGN. Prior to joining Hansworth, Dr Arumemi-Ikhide worked for GE Power and Water for more than seven years as a Senior Project Manager, overseeing the execution of several landmark projects. At GE he was the Project Manager for two combined cycle plants that were using GE 9FB based in Spain and Turkey notably. Whilst at GE, he was on the fast track of the firm’s world renowned leadership programme. Dr Arumemi-Ikhide holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering from Warwick University. He also holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from University of Birmingham. He possesses and is attending a number of business management executive courses including leadership programme from Boston University and is currently completing a leadership programme at Oxford University Business School.
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About EE, Rockson Engineering: EE is a telecommunications company that provides 4G mobile and fixed fiber broadband services to personal and business customers.
Timothy Creswick
Founder / CEO of Vorboss
Timothy is the Founder and Director of Vorboss Limited, a specialist, high-performance cloud service provider based in the City of London in the United Kingdom. Vorboss is the UK’s most interconnected, fully autonomous cloud service provider. We operate AS25160 (see http://bgp.he.net/AS25160 for independent data) which is an independent service provider network. Vorboss is a founding member of the SPN Alliance.
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About Vorboss: Vorboss believe that these crucial decisions should be made with a technical expert, rather than someone driven by margins.
Jamie Harwood
Founder and NED of Comparison Technologies
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About Comparison Technologies, Placed App: Comparison Technologies is a multi-channel price comparison enabler in home services.
Ashley Friedlein
CEO & Founder of Guild
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About Ably Realtime, Cambridge Judge Business School, Centaur Media Plc, Econsultancy, Founders4Schools, Guild: Guild is the platform for professional communities and networking.
Charles Dunstone
Founder and Chief Executive of Carphone Warehouse
Charles Dunstone is a Founder at Carphone Warehouse plc.
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About Carphone Warehouse, Freston Ventures, TalkTalk, Xmarksthespot.com: Carphone Warehouse is a telecommunications retailer that sells mobile phones, tablets, wearables, phone accessories, and SIMs.
Nigel Chadwick
Founder and CEO of Stream Technologies
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About Stream Technologies: Stream Technologies is a pioneer in machine-to-machine communications and the Internet of Things.
Pankaj Kulshrestha
Co Founder & Director of Eastcastle Infrastructure
Pankaj Kulshrestha joined Eastcastle Infrastructure as Co Founder & Director in 2020.
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About Eastcastle Infrastructure: Eastcastle Infrastructure is a company specializing in Africa’s telecoms tower sector.
Peter Lewis
Co-Founder & Director of Eastcastle Infrastructure
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About Eastcastle Infrastructure: Eastcastle Infrastructure is a company specializing in Africa’s telecoms tower sector.
Takwana Tyaranini
Co Founder of SENDITOO
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About SENDITOO: Send airtime to any phone in the world
Ibrahima S K Soumano
Founder & CEO of SENDITOO
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About SENDITOO: Send airtime to any phone in the world
Alexander Fitzgerald
Founder and CEO of Cuckoo
Former HM Treasury official, helped Bulb grow and interested in economics and defence.
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About Cuckoo: Cuckoo is a broadband services provider used to simplify broadband for users.
David Williams
Founder Chairman and CEO of Arqit Limited
David Williams is a Founder at Arqit company.
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About Arqit Limited: Arqit develops a quantum encryption platform.
Carmen Palacios-Berraquero
Co-Founder, Co-Inventor, and CEO of Nu Quantum
Carmen Palacios-Berraquero is the co-inventor of Nu Quantum technology and currently serves the company as Chief Executive Officer. Carmen is a national award-winning physicist and leader of pro-equality action in science and beyond.
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About Nu Quantum: Nu Quantum is a quantum networking start-up building the entanglement fabric essential to scaling quantum computers.
Matthew Applegate
Chief Technical Officer & Co-Founder of Nu Quantum
Matthew Applegate is the co-inventor of Nu Quantum technology and currently serves the company as CTO. Matthew is a computer scientist, mathematician, and industry expert turned quantum physicist.
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About Nu Quantum: Nu Quantum is a telecommunications company that develops end-to-end quantum cryptography systems.
Eli Katz
Founder & CEO of XConnect Global Networks
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About ITSPA, XConnect Global Networks: XConnect provides interconnection services driving the adoption of IP-based multimedia communications.
AF_initDataCallback({key: \’ds:1\'” alt=”” class=”wp-image-14850″ width=”154″ height=”152″/>David Leftley
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Bloc Ventures
David has more than 30 years global technology industry experience in start-ups and multi-nationals as an engineer, manager, director and investor. From 1983 he worked as a design engineer in the defence industry, specialising in radar and airborne electronic countermeasures, first at Cossor Electronics and then at Racal Defence. In 1987 he moved into the TV and film industry, working for Abacus Cox and then Vistek on the design of the world’s first digital TV production technology. In this time he progressed to become R&D Manager and later became General Manager. In 1996, as CTO he founded Digital Vision UK for DV AB of Sweden, a world leader in video compression, transmission and post production technology, securing contracts with the BBC, several Hollywood studios and customers as far afield as China. In 1999 DV AB successfully went to an IPO. In 2009 he joined Vodafone’s corporate venture team as head of its European activity, closing numerous investments in Mobile Health, Clean Tech, Infrastructure and Financial Tech services. In this time the fund ranked in the top 5 CVCs, achieved an IRR of 27% and in 2012 received an industry award for its exit of portfolio company Amobee for $321M. In 2010 David was ranked in Wired Magazine’s top 100 innovators’ list. He represented Vodafone on the boards of nine portfolio companies. In April 2013 David departed Vodafone to establish Bloc Ventures with Bruce. He has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Aston Birmingham, and is a Chartered Engineer.
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About Bloc Ventures: Bloc Ventures is an early-stage Deep Tech investment company. Pitch to Bloc here: https://blocventures.com/pitching/
Douglas Gilmour
Founder & Managing Director of Mobius Networks
Douglas Gilmour Founder and Managing Director 30 years in the high tech industry and formed Mobius in 2003. The driver of Mobius strategy and all of innovative processes that have contributed to Mobius’s reputation as the most reliable and innovative mobile comms supplier in the sector. A TSA Board member.
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About Mobius Networks: Mobius is the UKs first integrated data airtime provider.
Seb Henkes
Founder of Sabio
Sebastian Henkes serves as Managing Director and Director at Sabio Limited. Sebastian Henkes has been instrumental in driving the Sabio Limited’s development over the last 15 years, and successfully delivering year-on-year organic growth for the business.
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About Sabio: Sabio is an innovative unified communications and contact center services company.
Andrey Insarov
CEO and Founder of Intis Telecom
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About Intis Telecom, IT.com: Powerful SMS software with web-based interface and gateway API to help you grow your business with mobile messages
Paweł Sieczkiewicz
Co Founder & CEO of Telemedi
Graduate of Warsaw University of Technology, experienced project manager (web/mobile apps), php programmer. Founder of an SSF software house. 2x champion of Poland in kickboxing.
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About Telemedi: Trusted partner in digital healthcare
Andy Odgers
CTO and Founder of Quortus
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About Quortus: Quortus enables flexible, agile mobile communications networks that provide a foundation for innovative services.
Chris Erven
CEO and Co-Founder of KETS Quantum Security
Chris Erven(CEO & Founder) has been thinking about the commercial application of quantum encryption for over 12 years since he started building these systems experimentally. He has commercial start-up experience with QuSpin Inc., in Canada and is currently Deputy Director of the Quantum Technology Enterprise Centre at the University of Bristol.
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About KETS Quantum Security: KETS Quantum Security is developing a range of future-proof, cost-effective technologies for quantum-secured communications.
Philip Sibson
CTO and Co-Founder of KETS Quantum Security
Philip is arguably the world leader in integrated photonic systems for quantum communications. He is the lead developer behind the world’s first chip-to-chip QKD demonstration and the main inventor on both of KETS’ patents. He is a QTEC alumni fellow and a key contributor to the UK’s Quantum Communications Hub.
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About KETS Quantum Security: KETS Quantum Security is developing a range of future-proof, cost-effective technologies for quantum-secured communications.
Jake Kennard
Technical Sales Director and Co-Founder of KETS Quantum Security
Jake has 10 years of applied integrated quantum optics and industrial research experience. He is passionate about taking KETS’ technology to market and has quickly developed a multi-award winning pitch. A former post-doctoral researcher at the University of Bristol’s Quantum Engineering Technology Labs, he is an expert in integrated quantum photonics and communications and a key contributor to the UK’s Quantum Communications Hub.
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About KETS Quantum Security: KETS Quantum Security is developing a range of future-proof, cost-effective technologies for quantum-secured communications.
Mostafa Afgani
Co-Founder and CTO of pureLiFi
Mostafa is a respected hardware and firmware engineer. A chief architect of VLC hardware platforms over the past three years, Mostafa holds three patents and has filed for two more in the VLC field. Prior to co-founding pureLiFi he developed sensitive signal anomaly detection hardware for Agilent and held a research position at DoCoMo labs, Munich, Germany. Mostafa has BSc and MSc degrees in electronics from Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany and a PhD in communications and signal processing from the University of Edinburgh.
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About pureLiFi: pureLiFi develops technology for communication networks that integrates data and lighting utility infrastructures.
Brendan Gill
CEO & Co-Founder of Opensignal
Prior to co-founding OpenSignal in 2010, Brendan spent over 10 years building solutions to help people understand and improve mobile service and experience. In 2007, he was part of the team that launched RepeaterStore, which provides signal boosting solutions to improve wireless cell and data reception in buildings, homes and vehicles. Brendan was named in the Telecoms Business Power100 in 2017. He holds a Physics degree from Oxford University.
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About Opensignal, PlentyWays, Waveform: Opensignal is a mobile analytics company.
Sam Westwood
Co-Founder of Opensignal
Sam has over 10 years of experience working within telecoms, including co-founding RepeaterStore, a mobile signal solutions provider improving signal in homes and offices. At OpenSignal, Sam has lead the creation of the company’s suite of enterprise products and built an innovative high-concurrency architecture, capable of handling large quantities of data. Sam is an OpenSignal co-founder and holds a Physics degree from Oxford University.
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About Opensignal, PlentyWays: Opensignal is a mobile analytics company.
Shahram Mossayebi
Founder & CEO of Crypto Quantique
Shahram founded Crypto Quantique in 2016. His goal is to solve real world cybersecurity problems around the IoT by combining quantum technologies and modern cryptography. Shahram holds a PhD in Post-Quantum Cryptography
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About Crypto Quantique: Crypto Quantique offers hardware based cyber-security solution for authentication and encryption in a wired local network.
Tughrul Arslan
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of Sensewhere
Tughrul Arslan has held the Chair of Integrated electronic Systems at the University of Edinburgh. Arslan is an internationally recognized researcher in the design of low power systems and reconfigurable technology. He has been involved in two Proof of Concept projects concluded with a successful formation of 2 companies. He is co-inventor of a number of Sofant patents. Since 1989 he has carried out research into low power system architectures, ranging from circuits to sensors, and reconfigurable technology. He has authored more than 300 journal and conference articles.
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About Sensewhere, University of Edinburgh: Sensewhere provide hyper-local indoor positioning technology and applications for mobile devices.
Zankar Sevak
Co-Founder and Vice President of Sensewhere
Zankar Sevak serves as Vice President of Engineering at sensewhere Limited. Zankar Sevak is responsible for designing and developing the main GNSS application and support software for GNSS devices. He is the Principle Inventor of sensewhere proprietary Assisted GNSS technology and has worked at sensewhere for three years.
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About Sensewhere: Sensewhere provide hyper-local indoor positioning technology and applications for mobile devices.
Damian Hanson
Co-Founder of CircleLoop
Damian Hanson joined Mission Labs as Director & Co-Founder in 2016.
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About CircleLoop, Mission Labs: A Cloud-based phone software for business.
David Hague
Co-Founder of CircleLoop
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About CircleLoop, Mission Labs: A Cloud-based phone software for business.
Pat Carroll
Founder and Executive Chairman of ValidSoft
Pat Carroll is a Founder and Executive Chairman at ValidSoft.
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About ElephantTalk Communications, ValidSoft: ValidSoft develops a secure, accurate, precise, and fastest commercial voice biometric engine.
Alexander Korff
Co-Founder & Executive Director of ValidSoft
Alexander Korff is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at ValidSoft.
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About ValidSoft: ValidSoft develops a secure, accurate, precise, and fastest commercial voice biometric engine.
Nakul Haridas
Co-Founder & MEMS Technology Manager of Sofant Technologies
Nakul Haridas is responsible for the research of Sofant future technologies in accordance with market needs. Nakul brings with him experience in the MEMS technology and antenna design. Nakul is a co-founder of Sofant and co-inventor on Sofant’s patents. He has industry experience having worked for Micro World Software, Phoenix Telecom Pvt. Ltd, National Panasonic India, Terna EDA Centre.
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About Sofant Technologies: Sofant Technologies offers Smart Antenna and tunable RF solutions for next generation mobile and wearable devices.
Daniel Gill
Founder and CEO of Augnet
With wide industry knowledge and insight, both as an Angel investor and as a Telco industry insider, Daniel Gill started Augnet with an ambitious plan to disrupt and revolutionise the SMS sector. Since founding the company, he has raised investment from a range of seasoned investors, including lead investor the venture capital firm Triple Point. His leadership of Augnet follows a decade with Skype and Microsoft, where he led a high-performance team and spearheaded a number of ground-breaking business development initiatives in the telecoms space. With his leadership Augnet is on track to revolutionise the way things are done in the SMS space.
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About Augnet: Augnet is a London-based technology start-up set to revolutionise the SMS and messaging space.
Adam Durant
Founder & CEO of SATAVIA
Adam Durant is CEO and Founder of Satavia. Prior to founding SATAVIA, Dr. Durant worked as a professional scientist and held posts at the University of Cambridge and Norwegian Institute for Air Research. Dr. Durant has grown Satavia to achieve global recognition in the Tällt Ventures Disrupt 100 list in 2017 and was selected to participate in the 2017 SVC2UK CEO Summit held at Buckingham Palace. In addition, he has taken SATAVIA to the finals of Pitch@Palace 6.0; Mass Challenge 2016; and Copernicus Masters 2016. He has also won over £1.5m grant funding since 2015 from Innovate UK, Aerospace Technology Institute, and the European Space Agency for Satavia.
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About SATAVIA: SATAVIA simplifies decision-making for smarter, greener aviation
Keir McConomy
Founder of SellCell.com
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About SellCell.com: Smartphone & Electronics Trade-In Price Comparison Site
Paul McGuire
Co-Founder & CEO of tru.ID
Paul McGuire is the Co-founder & CEO at tru.ID. Serial Entrepreneur – previously founded two leading international transaction platform businesses. Now at JustInvesting, building the online transaction platform for the next-generation of Angel investing – moving venture investing online, to the benefit of Investors, Entrepreneurs and the whole economy. Prior to JustInvesting Paul co-founded Paymo, later acquired by BOKU, and led the company to become one of the leading mobile payments platforms, available in over 50 countries. Prior to Paymo, Paul co-founded mBlox, the world’s leading mobile transaction network, where he led the company’s sales and marketing organizations, guided the company’s expansion into the European market, and led M&A efforts to acquire six companies. Before founding several start-ups in the telecommunications sector, Paul began his career in management consulting at Booz Allen Hamilton.
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About tru.ID: tru.ID is reinventing mobile authentication for today’s world through a modern developer platform.
David Floyd
Co Founder & Director of Bullitt Group
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About Bullitt Group: Bullitt Group offers go-to-market solutions for brands that wish to extend into mobile or audio products.
Colin Batt
Co Founder of Bullitt Group
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About Bullitt Group: Bullitt Group offers go-to-market solutions for brands that wish to extend into mobile or audio products.
Jordan McRae
Founder and CEO of Mobilus Labs
Jordan McRae is an inventor, engineer, and entrepreneur. He is currently the Founder and CEO of Mobilus Labs where they’re developing a wearable hands free / ear free voice platform using cutting edge innovations in bone conduction technology, voice recognition, and digital signal processing.
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About Mobilus Labs: Mobilus Labs is a tech startup with the mission to provide frictionless voice communications.
Douglas Orr
Founder and CEO of Novastone Media Ltd.
Douglas Orr, CEO and Founder of Novastone, has over 20 years of entrepreneurial background including multiple successful exits to companies such as GfK and Sungard. Douglas has founded world-renowned businesses with operations spread over many European countries and created revolutionary new technology in both the retail and financial industries.
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About Novastone Media Ltd.: Bridging the gap between advisors and clients via messaging centred solutions
Steve Tyrrell
Co-Founder and Sales Director of FourNet
Steve Tyrrell is the Co-Founder and Sales Director of FourNet.
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About FourNet: FourNet is a cloud and managed communications service company providing cloud, collaboration, and contact center solutions.
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.
Michael Jervis
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of FourNet
Michael Jervis is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of FourNet.
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About FourNet: FourNet is a cloud and managed communications service company providing cloud, collaboration, and contact center solutions.
Francis Jennings
Co-Founder and Operations Director of FourNet
Francis Jennings is the Co-Founder and Operations Director of FourNet.
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About FourNet: FourNet is a cloud and managed communications service company providing cloud, collaboration, and contact center solutions.
Vassilis Seferidis
Co-Founder & CEO of Zeetta Networks
Vassilis has more than 25 years of experience in the Telecom and Consumer Electronics (CE) industries mainly in Strategic Business Planning and Development roles. Before co-founding Zeetta Networks, Vassilis was VP of European Business Development for Samsung Electronics responsible for driving revenue growth and strategic development of the company’s Consumer Electronics business in Europe. Prior to Samsung, he held senior management positions with British Telecom, Toshiba Information Systems, Philips Electronics, and British Standards Institute. During 2006-2009 he was the CTO of QIO Systems Inc., a pioneer in wearable electronics based in New York City. Vassilis holds a BSc and MSc from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, a PhD in Electronic Systems Engineering from Essex University and an MBA from Cass Business School, University of London. In 2011 he was included in Euro50, a list of Europe’s 50 most influential people in Broadband &Telecoms industries.
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About Zeetta Networks: Zeetta Networks simplifies the monitoring, management and automation of complex ICT networks
Reza Nejabati
Co Founder, Director of Zeetta Networks
Reza is currently a Senior Lecturer in Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol, UK. Prior to moving into academia he worked in project management and network architecture roles with leading telecom vendors. Reza has over fifteen years of experience in the field of telecommunication and computer science and has been actively involved in SDN and Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) standardisation. He has made important and pioneering contributions to the research fields of Optical Networking, Software Defined Networking, Network & Data Centre Infrastructure Virtualization, Grid Networking and Large Scale Future Internet Experimentation. He has co-/authored over 150 peer reviewed papers and three SDN standardisation documents.
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About University of Bristol, Zeetta Networks: Zeetta Networks simplifies the monitoring, management and automation of complex ICT networks
Daniel Allen
CEO & Founder of Sipcom
With a proven entrepreneurial track record, Daniel is an acknowledged business leader and innovator in the Communications and Collaboration services market. An experienced board level executive for over 18 years, Daniel was Sales Director for a Sunday Times Fast Track 100 company in 2005 & 2006 and was a finalist in the NatWest sponsored Entrepreneur of the Year and Fastest Growing Company in 2010. Daniel held senior positions with a number of leading technology providers before forming Sipcom in 2006. In 2018, Daniel was also recognized as one of the Top 40 under 40 Jewish Entrepreneurs in New York by the Young Jewish Professionals Organisation. In 2020, Daniel also led Sipcom to its inclusion in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100 – the list for Britain’s fastest growing technology companies.
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About Sipcom: Communications and collaboration on any scale.
Kieran Ball
Co-Founder of Prison Voicemail
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About Prison Voicemail: Prison Voicemail is a social venture that uses technology to improve communication between prisoners and their families.
Andrew Brogden
Founder & CEO of StayPrivate
Andrew Brogden is the co-founder and CEO of StayPrivate Ltd, the market-leading provider of secure email and file-sharing solutions. As well as establishing StayPrivate, Andrew has built and been involved in building several successful businesses across financial services and IT.
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About StayPrivate: Founded in 2014, StayPrivate provides secure communication across the open internet.
Rob Reid
Founder & COO of StayPrivate
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About StayPrivate: Founded in 2014, StayPrivate provides secure communication across the open internet.
Cathy White
Founder & Director of CEW Communications
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About CEW Communications: CEW Communications is a specialist that partners with tech and digital businesses to help them scale.
Simon Banks
Founder & Director of CSL DualCom
Simon Banks is a Founder & Group Managing Director at CSL DualCom.
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About CSL DualCom: CSL DualCom, based in the UK, provides dual signaling alarm systems and other security installations.
Imogen Wethered
CEO & Co-Founder of Qudini – Retail Choreography
Imogen Wethered is Founder & CEO at Qudini.
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About Qudini – Retail Choreography: Retail Choreography solutions to transforming customer experience, operations and data for retailers and banks.
Roger Wilson
Chairman and Founder of Adept Technology Group Plc
Roger has worked in telecommunications since 1993. In addition to being the first Managing Director for Telewest’s residential consumer business in the UK he spent 3 years in Poland successfully building a business for American investors. He was Managing Director of the European Competitive Telecommunications Association until January 2006.
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About Adept Technology Group Plc: Adept Technology Group is one of COMMS Integrators offering best-in-class breed solutions from any UK network, customized to your needs.
David Holman
Director and Co-Founder of Armour Communications
David Holman, Director and Co-Founder of Armour Communications has held a variety of sales and general management positions within international organisations in the IT and security industry. David has been a Non-Executive Director for a number of start-up companies in the security industry more recently, CEO and co-founder of Becrypt, where he was instrumental in growing the business to £10m revenue and profitability. David has sat on various Government/industry committees including CIPCOG (chaired by the Cabinet Office) to promote the importance of security products.
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About Armour Communications, ExactTrak: Armour Communications provides government-grade encryption for secure communications.
Andy Lilly
Director and Co-Founder of Armour Communications
Andy Lilly, Director and Co-Founder of Armour Communications has a proven track record of delivering challenging, leading-edge research and development solutions into global markets. Having held leadership positions at multi-national organisations as well as VC-funded start-ups, Andy has been instrumental in delivering military-grade secure communications systems as well as solutions suitable for use in commercial environments for over 25 years. As of April 2018, Andy has been elected as Chairperson of the Secure Chorus Technical Standards Committee.
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About Armour Communications: Armour Communications provides government-grade encryption for secure communications.
Barry Ross
CEO & Founder Director of e2E Engineering
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About e2E Engineering: e2E was initially established in 1999 to provide communications engineering and technical consultancy services
Renato Andrade
Founder of Acqua Telecom
World Citizen: Born in Rio de Janeiro, raised in Los Angeles and experience living in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Atlanta, New York, Sao Paulo, Madrid, Warsaw, Rome, Monaco, Beijing, Dubai, Paris, Toulouse, Mexico and currently in London. Passions: Surf, Flamengo, trekking and chocolate milk. Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish and French. Telecom expert with over 20 operator’s Start Ups worldwide, pioneer in VAS and currently CEO & Founder of Acqua Telecom.
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About Acqua Telecom, Acquafintech: MVNO and Telecom Consultancy, 5G Experts, Fintech Support, Mobile Financial Services.
Tony Greaves
Founder of Core Communication Group
Tony has over 25 years experience in the fixed and mobile telecoms industry, and he has held a number of executive positions including Board Member for O2, BTCellnet and Airwave, and CEO of Dolphin Telecommunications. Tony founded Core Communications in 2003; since inception Core has grown at a rapid rate, as recognised by inclusion in the Sunday Times/Microsoft TechTrack 100 of the UK’s fastest growing technology companies. Tony led Core’s purchase of ADComms in 2011.
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About ADComms, Core Communication Group: Core Communication Group is a supplier of pre-paid SIMs and mobile accessories.
Meir Moalem
Founder and CEO of Sky and Space Global
Meir has a B.Sc. in Physics and Computer Sciences (with honours) and an M.A. from the Diplomacy and National Security executive program (with honours). Currently he is working on his PhD in national security and space programs in Tel Aviv University, Israel. Meir has also received the Israel National Defence award in 2009.
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About MultiModis, Sky and Space Global: Sky and Space Global provides affordable voice, data and instant messaging services to Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime.
Tom Walls
Founder & CEO of CIQUAL
Tom brings over 25 years of senior leadership experience in the telecommunications industry to the CIQUAL team. Prior to founding CIQUAL, Tom was a Vice President and GM at Agilent Technologies, managing the Operational Support Systems Business, growing the business to Number 1 in the market. Tom’s wide experience covers non-executive director roles, M&A deals and divestitures. From 2002-2007, Tom was a member and advisory director of the TeleManagement Forum.
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About CIQUAL: CIQUAL offers Session Insight, a system that delivers a real-time, dynamic view of mobile broadband service and user experience.
Mark Richer
CEO and Founder of StarLeaf
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About StarLeaf: StarLeaf is the cleanest business tool for teams to effortlessly connect using messaging, meeting and calling.
Sean Schwarz
Founder and Managing Director of RAFT Recruitment
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About RAFT Recruitment: RAFT Recruitment is a recruiting firm that places executives, software, machine learning, and robotics engineers.
David Marsden
Co-Founder and Acquisitions Director of The Technology Group
David Marsden is the co-founder and acquisitions director of The Technology Group. He is a former managing director at Admiral Solutions Ltd.
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About The Technology Group: The Technology Group is a managed communications provider that specializes in voice over IP, video, chat, and collaboration technologies.
Jonathan Marsden
Co-Founder and CEO of The Technology Group
Jonathan Marsden is the co-founder and CEO of The Technology Group. Prior to joining The Technology Group, Jonathan served as a director at Admiral.
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About The Technology Group: The Technology Group is a managed communications provider that specializes in voice over IP, video, chat, and collaboration technologies.
Louis Hall
CEO and Founder of Cerillion
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About Cerillion: SaaS charging, billing and CRM solutions provider, primarily to the telecoms industry
Scott McEwan
CEO and Co-Founder of Boston Networks
Scott co-founded Boston Networks in 2000 following a number of years in Networking & Building Services Operations, Sales & Engineering. From the outset, Scott has played a key role in the development of Boston’s diverse client base and the management of the growing staff base. As Chief Executive, Scott has driven the company’s growth and transition to an all-encompassing Smart Building, Fire & Security and Managed Service provider. Spearheading the company, Scott ensures the strategic direction is highly focused, efficient and successful. Ultimately responsible for the company’s performance and operational integrity, Scott ensures that his Senior Team is fully supported and that Boston Networks remains at the forefront of the market.
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About Boston Networks: Boston Networks design, manage and maintain multi-site infrastructures to drive businesses and connect people, places, and devices.
Raj Sark
Founder of Connect-In Ltd
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About Connect-In Ltd: Connect is a Company Overview Innovatively Scottish technology-driven product development.
Vincenz Klemt
Co-Founder of Connect-In Ltd
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About Connect-In Ltd: Connect is a Company Overview Innovatively Scottish technology-driven product development.
Vincenz Klemt
Co-Founder of Connect-In Ltd
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About Connect-In Ltd: Connect is a Company Overview Innovatively Scottish technology-driven product development.
Simon Stanley
Founder and Principal Consultant of Earlswood Marketing Limited
Simon Stanley is Founder and Principal Consultant at Earlswood Marketing Ltd., an independent market analyst and consulting company based in the U.K. His work has included investment due diligence, market analysis for investors, and business/product strategy for semiconductor companies. Simon has written extensively for Heavy Reading and Light Reading. His reports and Webinars cover a variety of communications-related subjects, including LTE, Policy Management, SDN/NFV, IMS, ATCA, 100/400G optical components, multicore processors, switch chipsets, network processors, and optical transport.Prior to founding Earlswood Marketing, Simon spent more than 15 years in product marketing and business management. He has held senior positions with Fujitsu, National Semiconductor, and U.K. startup ClearSpeed, covering networking, personal systems, and graphics in Europe, North America, and Japan. Simon has spent over 30 years in the electronics industry, including several years designing CPU-based systems, before moving into semiconductor marketing. In 1983, Stanley earned a Bachelor’s in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from Brunel University, London.
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About Earlswood Marketing Limited: Earlswood Marketing Limited is an independent market analyst and consulting company based in the UK.
Tony Fish
Founder/Managing Director of AMF Ventures
I focus on how the future of corporate governance, decision making and judgement will be affected by complex data at the board. My focus leads me to imagine a board meeting in 2025, and the implications and unintended consequences. Tony thrives in complex, ground-breaking & uncertain environments; bringing proven judgement and decision-making skills with cross-sectorial experience. He has a track record of sense-making and foresight; his enthusiasm and drive are contagious & inspiring – definitely a maverick and unintentional rule breaker. He has founded, co-founded, sold and listed many businesses but remains passionate about new ways of creating value which has the capability of scaling fast, are at an early stage and creates value for many people.
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About AMF Ventures, Mashup Event: AMF Ventures was founded in 2002 by Tony Fish. AMF Ventures work on a variety of intellectually challenging assignments conducted in a
Joseph Boyle
CEO & Co Founder of Salt Communications
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About Salt Communications: Salt is the first company to provide a holistic solution for closed encrypted communications between modern smartphone users.
Martin Debnam
Founder and Owner of 8point8
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About 8point8: 8point8 Group is a multifaceted company.
Paul Gill
Founder & Director of Orsto
Paul Gill is Founder & Director at Orsto.
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About Orsto: ORSTO Ltd is a British Private Ltd company backed by 84 International Investors.
Ed Rogers
Founder & Managing Director of Bristol Braille Technology
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About Bristol Braille Technology: Bristol Braille Technology is building Canute, an affordable full-page Braille eBook reader.
David Adams
CoFounder and CTO of Chime Advisors
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About Chime Advisors: Disrupting the expert network industry
Mark Hay
Founder, CEO, and CTO of Melrose Labs
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About Melrose Labs: Communication services inception, development and operation. Enabling and optimising communications. #CPaaS #SaaS #UCaaS #APIs
Roger Gosine
Founder & Managing Director of RMG Professional
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About RMG Professional: Taking Digital technologies to market: strategy, partnering and go-to-market consulting andi
Charles Curry
Founder & Owner of Chronos Technology
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About Chronos Technology: Chronos delivers the solutions, the components, the knowledge and service assurance tools.
Virginia Norris
Founder & Director of Aisle 8
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About Aisle 8: Aisle 8 is the communications consultancy.
Lauren Stevenson
Founder & Director of Aisle 8
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About Aisle 8: Aisle 8 is the communications consultancy.
Paul Broadhurst
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Technetix
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About Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE), Technetix: Technetix is designing, manufacture, source and supply critical broadband technology and solutions to major cable operators worldwide.
Brian Fuchs
Co-Founder & CTO of The Mobile Collective
Brian Fuchs is a Co-Founder & CTO at The Mobile Collective.
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About The Mobile Collective: The Mobile Collective brings people together to work on exciting new mobile and web projects. We believe in the power of collaboration.
Sharon O’Dea
Co-Founder of Lithos Partners
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About Lithos Partners: Lithos Partners are an international digital communications and collaboration consultancy
Sion Buckler
Founder of Wave
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About Wave: Wave offers software designed to transform single-board computers into smart home hubs which can make internet and energy freer.
Zhuoqun Li
CEO and Founder of ZifiSense
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About ZifiSense: ZifiSense is a telecommunications company.
Dani Zoldan
Founder of Voila Telecom
An entrepreneur since 19 years old, I am most passionate and comfortable when navigating in uncharted waters and have applied that mindset to my numerous business ventures. While in college, I founded the online music company Eargazmic.com. Merging my love of music and computers (we called it computers back then, not technology), I created a website where independent bands and musicians can use the website to promote and sell their music. Each artist had their own web page which consisted of photos, a bio, upcoming tour dates and links to purchase MP3’s. I ended up dropping out of New York University to focus on the business full-time but ultimately closing the business in 2003. In 2004, when phone carriers starting utilizing voice over internet protocol (VoIP) and routing their traffic over internet lines instead of phone lines, I decided to experiment with that technology and built an IP connection from my apartment closet (that’s closet, as in where you put clothes) to Trinidad & Tobago and successfully was able to make long distance phone calls but paying local (Trinidad) prices. This experiment launched Titan International, which ultimately became a big player in selling wholesale long distance services to phone companies. Verizon, China Telecom, TATA Communications and many phone companies around the world relied on our services. Not stimulated by the telecom business so much anymore, in 2008 I purchased Stand Up NY, the famous comedy club on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Stand Up NY made its name in the 80’s and 90’s with many of the world’s best comics known to frequent the club including Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Robin Williams, Louis CK and Jon Stewart. I purchased the club with one of my best buddy’s Gabe Waldman (also an aspiring comic), hired Steve Lewis, (the infamous New York club operator/designer) and gave Stand Up NY a major makeover. Today, the club is home to many current A-listers including Amy Schumer, Michael Che, Pete Davidson and Judah Friedlander. In 2013, with my co-founder Jon Fatigate, we created Stand Up NY Labs, a comedy incubator. We successfully launched several hit podcasts including Tuesdays with Stories, Race Wars, The Jtrain podcast and In the Conversation which can can be found on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play and SoundCloud. In 2015 DGital Media, an audio engagement company invested in our company and currently ad-rep our network. At the end of 2016, Stand Up NY launched Skitish Media which creates short, funny, and shareable video content for brands and media agencies. I currently reside on the Upper West Side with my wife Billie, an orthodontist and three children – Bradyn, Sydney and Ryder.
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About Stand Up NY Labs, Voila Telecom: Voila Telecom is a leading global wholesale voice provider.
Brandon Ackroyd
Founder & Head of Customer Insight of Tiger Mobiles
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About Tiger Mobiles: Tiger Mobiles is an online comparison company specializing in mobile phone networks and devices.
Ramesh Sharma
CEO and Founder of City Road Communications
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About City Road Communications: City Road is a PR firm that specializes in the use of analysis, data and expertly designed content to ensure a better media coverage.
Joseph Katsioloudes
Founder/COO of Glovdi Technological Innovations
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About Glovdi Technological Innovations: Glovdi Technological Innovations, a London based startup. Specialising in wearables of the future.
Peter Parkanyi
Founder of Ruuta
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About Ruuta: Your private cloud with a fast, reliable & secure Wi-Fi. Take control of your internet!
Matt Williams
Founder of heykoo – tell it as it happens
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About heykoo – tell it as it happens: The realtime multimedia communications platform
