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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 President operating in the Business Intelligence space. If you think a President 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.
Darren Crowder
Vice President and Head of Solution Engineering of TIBCO
Darren Crowder is the vice president and head of solution engineering at TIBCO.
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About TIBCO: TIBCO unlocks the potential of real-time data for business to make faster, smarter decisions.
Louis Cointepas
Vice President, Americas Customer Success & Market Development of Signal AI
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About Signal AI: Transforming decision making for business leaders through augmented AI
Dan Harrington
Executive Vice President, Consulting & Support Services of Teradata
Dan Harrington is executive vice president of consulting and support services for Teradata, reporting to Vic Lund. He is responsible for leading the global consulting organization focused on helping customers architect, implement and manage the analytic ecosystem, including Teradata products on premises, in the cloud, and open-source technologies. In addition, he guides the customer services organization as they deliver world-class support to customers around the globe, and the development of analytical business solutions. Dan has experience in all facets of the business, including sales, services, marketing and engineering and has held multiple leadership roles, including head of Teradata’s international sales and services organization, research and development and worldwide marketing. Dan started his career with NCR Corporation in 1985 in Dallas, Texas as a sales person, eventually becoming district sales manager for major commercial accounts. In 1991, he was appointed director of marketing for the U.S. communications industry. In 1993, he took on responsibility for NCR’s global expansion into the communications industry as assistant vice president for Worldwide Communications Industry Marketing. In 1994, he became vice president, Teradata Product Management, and in 1995 he was appointed vice president, Worldwide Teradata Marketing, where he helped successfully guide the company’s growth in data warehousing. Three years later he was named vice president, Worldwide Marketing for Teradata’s computer business. His European assignment began in 1999 when he was appointed area manager of Teradata Northern Europe and subsequently Dan became vice president of sales for Teradata Europe. During his assignment, the region achieved major growth in sales, profitability and new strategic customers. In 2005, he returned to the U.S. to head up Teradata’s Global Customer Services business and continued to hold positions of increasing responsibility. Based in Rancho Bernardo, CA, Dan earned a Master’s degree in business management and graduated with distinction from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Angelo State University, graduating summa cum laude.
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About Teradata, Teradata: Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale.
Lance Miller
Assistant Vice President of R&D Marketing of Teradata
Lance Miller is Assistant Vice President, R&D Marketing, for Teradata where he is responsible for marketing all services. Mr. Miller’s is a subject-matter expert in several areas of the software industry including: databases, data warehouses, decision support (DSS/EIS), data visualization, CRM, and very large database technologies. Before joining Teradata, Lance was Chief Technology Officer (CTO), CIO, and VP, Software Development for Customer Insight Company, CIO for Woodward-Clyde, VP Software Development for Cray, and VP Software for Solbourne. Lance holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the U.S. Air Force Academy and an MBA (Strategic Marketing) from Chadwick University.
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About Teradata: Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale.
Natasha Christie-Miller
CEO / President of Ascential Plc
Natasha Christie-Miller is CEO of Plexus, the digital intelligence and live events business that formed by the coming together of EMAP, 4C and Planet Retail. Natasha started her career in sales and led the commercial teams on consumer brands such as Elle, Red, and the Emap parenting portfolio before taking on the role of Publishing Director of Drapers, the fashion industry bible at Emap B2B in 2005. She then became Managing Director for the Retail portfolio in 2007 and was appointed CEO of EMAP in 2010. As chief executive of Plexus, Natasha manages 19 product lines that include market leading brands HSJ, Planet Retail, Glenigan, Retail Week, and Groundsure.
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About Ascential Plc: Ascential is a global information company that enables smart decision-making for business.
Philip Thomas
President of Ascential Plc
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About Ascential Plc: Ascential is a global information company that enables smart decision-making for business.
Malik Saadi
Vice President and GM, Strategic Technology of ABI Research
Malik Kamal-Saadi is head of Strategic Technology Group at ABI Research focussing on transformative technologies and Innovation across various industries including Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, and other emerging industries. Before Joining ABI Research Malik was a Principal Analyst at Informa Telecoms and Media, covering a wide range of topics including Devices, Networks & Infrastructure, and Multimedia Services. In his role Malik is involved in a number of activities including thought leadership, product planning, market forecasts, and market analysis. He has planned, authored and co-authored many studies in various areas including Future Mobile Handsets, Mobile Application Platforms and Operating Systems, Mobile Broadband Networks and Devices, Mobile Web Applications Development, Converged Networks and Devices, Mobile VoIP, Mobile Access at Home. Malik is a frequent speaker and chair at international conferences, as well as a regular press commentator.
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About ABI Research, ABI Research: ABI Research is a market-foresight advisory firm providing strategic guidance on the most compelling transformative technologies.
Tim Bardell
Head of Consulting and Vice President of NTT DATA UK
Tim Bardell is the Head of Consulting and Vice President at NTT DATA UK.
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About NTT DATA UK: NTT DATA UK is a consulting and IT service provider to manufacturing, banking public sector, telecom, and financial services.
Ed Lloyd
Executive Vice President, Global Head of Sales of encompass
Over the past decade, Ed has led sales and served as a member of the Executive Management Teams at a number of organisations in the Know Your Customer and Governance Risk & Compliance space. Ed managed the New Business Sales and Account Management teams covering EMEA and Asia Pacific for these firms, delivering new business sales growth and increasing the brands’ footprints in new logos and new geographies, that helped take two of them to successful sale, one to a FTSE 100 company, the other to Private Equity.
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About encompass: encompass robotically automates information and news discovery for KYC requirements for onboarding, event-driven refresh and remediation.
Keith Waterman
President and Co-Founder of BankBI
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About BankBI: BankBI is a Business Intelligence and Analytics for financial institutions.
Clifford Hall
Senior Vice President of Business Development of Ryan
Mr. Hall has more than 40 years of experience in the development and management of Centers of Excellence. Before his retirement as a senior manager with the Air Force, Mr. Hall was responsible for the Air Force Materiel Command’s (AFMC) Software Factory, where all legacy systems and interface gateways for critical networks and applications were managed. With extensive experience in both public and private sector, Mr. Hall has developed and led organizations charged with the management of millions of dollars in military IT assets. He has executive leadership in software development/maintenance, network architecture, data architecture, software re-use, software conversion, business process reengineering, and program management. Mr. Hall holds an AS in Electronics from Alabama A&M University, a BS in Computer Science from Capital University, and a MS in Natural Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
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About Ryan: Ryan is one of the fastest growing and most experienced Information Technology and Business Intelligence organization in today’s market.
