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 Product operating in the Hardware space. If you think a Product 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.
Jim Veevaert
VP Product of ROLI
Jim Veevaert currently serves ROLI as vice president of product. For over 20 years, Jim has brought legendary gaming franchises to market including Halo 3, Half-Life, and Counter-Strike. He co-founded Jerry Bruckheimer’s games division, and was the founding GM for Zynga’s Seattle studio
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About ROLI: ROLI is a London-based music technology company that produces musical instruments and software products.
Yu Kyung Lee
Senior Product Designer of ROLI
Yu kyung Lee currently serves ROLI as senior product designer. Yu holds a master’s degree in product design from Royal College of Art.
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About ROLI: ROLI is a London-based music technology company that produces musical instruments and software products.
Peter Griffith
Chief Product and Design Officer of Kano
Peter Griffith is the chief product and design officer at Kano Computing. Prior to this, Peter has worked at Microfost as a GM of Head of Phones Design and Head of Mobile Phones Industrial Design. Peter holds a bachelor’s degree in furniture design from Nottingham Trent University and a master’s degree in school of design from the Royal College of Art.
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About Kano: Kano provides a system of kits and coding platform that enables users to develop apps, games, and music.
Mike Greening
Product Director of CityFibre
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About CityFibre: CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings plc is the UK’s largest independent provider of fibre infrastructure in secondary cities
Charlie Carpenter
Chief Product Officer of Joy
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About Joy, Prodigi: Joy is the first Smart Photo Album – an all-in-one hardware, software and cloud solution for families to organize and relive their memories.
Jamie Palmer
Director Product Management of Cisco
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About Cisco: Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other technology services and products.
Graeme Proctor
Product Manager of Parker Hannifin
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About Parker Hannifin: Parker Hannifin is the world’s leading diversified manufacturer of motion.
Kevin Fowler
Integration Product Line Manager of Airbus (Commercial Aircraft)
Over 30 years of experience in Aerospace and Defence including Operations, Automation and advanced aircraft assembly automation, ICT and Extended Enterprise, Paperless manufacturing. More than 25 years’ experience in working transnationally – transatlantic, European and India collaborations. Patents granted for novel solutions for the design and build of Aerostructure assembly tools using low cost re-useable components. Solutions were applied on major European and US military aircraft projects. Awarded Visiting Professorship at Salford University UK and lectured at Cambridge University MSc courses. Successfully developed and implemented a 3D model based engineering processes including integration of requirements analysis and design solutions and manufacturing capability implementation with the required supporting infrastructure. Provided co-ordination support for the recently completed European Commission FoFdation project. Corporate Innovation Catalyst for ICT, Smart Factory Extended Enterprise and Global Collaboration.
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About Airbus (Commercial Aircraft): Airbus is a commercial aircraft manufacturer that sets the standard for the aviation industry thought its customer focus and more.
Michael Willmott
Head of Product of Beryl
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About Beryl: The UK’s leading micromobility company
Eliza Becton
Co-Founder | Head of Product of Bevi
Eliza Becton is our CEO and product lead.Her background is in user-experience design at various startups,with end-to-end experiences from ideation to market research to prototyping. Eliza graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) with a Masters in Industrial Design, and from Yale University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering.
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About Bevi: Bevi is a smart water dispenser that customizes flavored and sparkling beverages on demand.
Timo York
Product Development Lead of ADV
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About ADV: ADV is a patient venture investment engine, designed to back generation-defining digital tech companies.
Jim Fowler
Composer & Music Production Supervisor of Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI)
Jim has been making music and sounds for theatre, film, animation and games since 2002. Recent work includes orchestrating Jessica Curry’s acclaimed score for Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture and composing for LittleBigPlanet Back to the Future. His Big Band score for Diggs Nightcrawler was nominated for four G.A.N.G Awards, a Music and Sound Award and a Hollywood Music in Media Award and Book of Spells (a part of the Harry Potter franchise) won the Develop Audio Achievement award in 2013. Jim has written for internationally touring theatre productions, Shakespeare’s Globe and independent films, as well as video games. His music has appeared in BAFTA winning games including SingStar and LittleBigPlanet PSP.
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About Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI): Sony Computer Entertainment engages in the research and development of hardware and software related to PlayStation platforms.
James Harris
Product Manager of ZyXEL
James Harris is a product director at Zyxel Communications responsible for the service provider division of the business. He has worked in the industry for the past 16 years specialising in internet access and wireless technologies and their respective markets. In his personal time James enjoys mountain biking and spending time with his wife and three children.
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About ZyXEL: ZyXEL Communications Corp., founded in 1989, is the world-class networking company providing innovative and reliable Internet solutions.
Tom Ballhatchet
Product Design Manager of Eskesso
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About Eskesso, Yoto: Eskesso is smart sous vide cooking appliance and cloud platform.
Saurabh Kedia
VP of Product Marketing of iYogi
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About iYogi: iYogi provides online technical support services for a range of computing and communication devices.
