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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based COO’ operating in the Cloud Data Services space. If you think a COO’ 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.
Neil Woodcock
Chief Operating Officer of Tarmin, Inc.
Neil Woodcock Chief Operating Officer Leveraging 28 years of leadership experience and a wealth of business and technology expertise, Neil Woodcock joins Tarmin as the Chief Operating Officer where he will be responsible for global operations. Neil will be directing all Tarmin corporate strategy, including overseeing infrastructure, streamlining processes and building a global organizational culture aligned with Tarmin’s aggressive growth projections. Prior to joining Tarmin, Neil spent 28 years at IBM serving in various capacities. Neil holds a degree in Engineering from the University of Leicester and management certifications from Henley College of Management.
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About Tarmin, Inc.: Tarmin delivers GridBank Data Management Platform the premier Data Defined Storage solution.
Neil Larkins
Co-Founder & COO of Egress Software
Neil Larkins co-founded Egress Software Technologies in 2007 and currently serves as Chief Operations Officer, playing an instrumental role in shaping the strategic direction of the business, with particular emphasis on product and service development. Neil possesses a thorough understanding of the information security market and has helped Egress build a reputation on technological excellence. Working with both corporate and public organisations, he has helped deliver cutting-edge solutions that meet specific requirements for secure data exchange and collaboration, as well as compliance. Prior to Egress, he held executive management positions at Reflex Magnetics, Pointsec Mobile Technologies and Check Point Software Technologies. Neil serves as Chief Technology Officer, playing an instrumental role in shaping the strategic technical direction of the business, through product and service development. A regular speaker at information security and technology events, Neil has a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Manchester.
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About Egress Software: Egress is a software company that specializes in human layer security designed to prevent accidental and intentional data breaches.
Ian Hammond
COO of GeoSpock
Ian has a strong background in technology and business operations at both small and large scale, bringing 15+ years of experience from leadership roles in telco, media, and technology organizations as well as the UK public sector. He spent 5 years living in the Netherlands where he led a global team as SVP of Technology Operations at TomTom, responsible for delivering and supporting global digital services to millions of consumers as well as B2B services to some of the world’s largest companies. Most recently Ian held C-level positions within central government and a UK based procurement technology SME. Ian joins the GeoSpock management team to build and lead the operations function, delivering and supporting solutions for GeoSpock customers.
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About GeoSpock: GeoSpock builds GeoSpock DB, the unique space-time analytics database that delivers rapid insights at a fraction of the cost.
Ian Hammond
COO of GeoSpock
Ian has a strong background in technology and business operations at both small and large scale, bringing 15+ years of experience from leadership roles in telco, media, and technology organizations as well as the UK public sector. He spent 5 years living in the Netherlands where he led a global team as SVP of Technology Operations at TomTom, responsible for delivering and supporting global digital services to millions of consumers as well as B2B services to some of the world’s largest companies. Most recently Ian held C-level positions within central government and a UK based procurement technology SME. Ian joins the GeoSpock management team to build and lead the operations function, delivering and supporting solutions for GeoSpock customers.
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About GeoSpock: GeoSpock builds GeoSpock DB, the unique space-time analytics database that delivers rapid insights at a fraction of the cost.
Dave Manning
COO of Giacom World Networks
Dave joined Giacom in 2017 and leads the operations teams with a highly energetic and driven approach to successfully meet the demands of a cloud-first environment. With more than 20 years of experience in strategic and operational management, Dave has strong commercial acumen and drives an exceptional customer experience at Giacom through his commitment and passion.
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About Giacom World Networks: Giacom World Networks is a cloud IT and communications solutions provider.
Emma O’Malley
Chief Operating Officer of Causeway Technologies
Emma O’Malley is the Chief Operating Officer at Causeway Technologies.
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About Causeway Technologies: Causeway Technologies is a provider of software solutions to the construction industry.
Bill Scott
COO of Easel TV
Bill Scott is one of the founders of Easel TV – the multi-screen video software company – with a vision to enable broadcasters, content owners and brands to build high quality televisual experiences using low-cost web components, fast; helping to shape the future of television. Easel TV’s clients include NBCUniversal, Virgin Media, All3Media, Curzon Cinemas and TiVo. Prior to starting Easel TV, Bill created and led the IBM Digital Media Consulting & Systems Integration practice, which delivered a variety of interactive TV, IPTV and Digital Media projects over 9 years. Bill has 25 years’ experience of managing IT projects to deliver business value, working at end-user organisations delivering internal applications, for software houses delivering commercial products and for professional services firms delivering client projects.
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About : The complete B2B SaaS streaming media (OTT) service for the Media, Entertainment and Brands.
Bill Scott
COO of Easel TV
Bill Scott is one of the founders of Easel TV – the multi-screen video software company – with a vision to enable broadcasters, content owners and brands to build high quality televisual experiences using low-cost web components, fast; helping to shape the future of television. Easel TV’s clients include NBCUniversal, Virgin Media, All3Media, Curzon Cinemas and TiVo. Prior to starting Easel TV, Bill created and led the IBM Digital Media Consulting & Systems Integration practice, which delivered a variety of interactive TV, IPTV and Digital Media projects over 9 years. Bill has 25 years’ experience of managing IT projects to deliver business value, working at end-user organisations delivering internal applications, for software houses delivering commercial products and for professional services firms delivering client projects.
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About : The complete B2B SaaS streaming media (OTT) service for the Media, Entertainment and Brands.
Emma Nicol
Chief Operating Officer of Kin and Carta
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About Kin and Carta: Kin + Carta is a global digital transformation business that advises, creates, and connects marketing and customer experience.
Edward Heappey
COO & Senior Consultant of Cloud Systems Group
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About Cloud Systems Group, Cloud Systems Group: Cloud Systems Group providing IT Services to a wide variety of Clients located around the globe.
Philip Ashworth
Chief Operating Officer of PatientSource Ltd.
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About : Cloud based clinician designed electronic patient records
