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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 Manager operating in the Big Data space. If you think a Manager 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.
Ruomeng Wang
Research and Analysis Manager: Fintech Intelligence Service of IHS Markit
Ruomeng Wang is a senior analyst covering fintech and blockchain intelligence service at IHS Markit. Her reports and analysis include coverage of: blockchain opportunities in telecoms and media, the payment strategies of leading operators, technology and media platforms; payments and financial inclusion in emerging markets. She is a regular speaker at industry conferences and widely quoted in coverage of fintech and mobile financial services by leading news organisations including Forbes, CNBC, Reuters and Mobile World Live.
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About IHS Markit: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
Alzbeta Fellenbaum
Research Manager, Telecomunications of IHS Markit
Alzbeta Fellenbaum is a Senior Analyst in IHS Technology’s Broadband Media and Operators teams covering broadband access data and content trends. In her role, she closely follows and advises on internet service providers’ strategies and monitors technical and regulatory developments across the industry. Since 2013, Alzbeta has been managing the Broadband Coverage in Europe project conducted by IHS Technology on behalf of the European Commission analyzing availability of broadband access technologies in 31 European countries. Prior to joining IHS in July 2012, Alzbeta worked as an Audience Research and Market Insights Coordinator at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a U.S. broadcasting organization based in Prague, analyzing media environment data of RFE/RL broadcasting regions (spanning the Balkans, Russia, Ukraine, Caucasus, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq). Alzbeta holds M.A. degrees in International Relations and American Studies from Charles University in Prague and studied at the University of Miami and Georgetown University.
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About IHS Markit, Omdia: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
Alzbeta Fellenbaum
Research Manager, Telecomunications of IHS Markit
Alzbeta Fellenbaum is a Senior Analyst in IHS Technology’s Broadband Media and Operators teams covering broadband access data and content trends. In her role, she closely follows and advises on internet service providers’ strategies and monitors technical and regulatory developments across the industry. Since 2013, Alzbeta has been managing the Broadband Coverage in Europe project conducted by IHS Technology on behalf of the European Commission analyzing availability of broadband access technologies in 31 European countries. Prior to joining IHS in July 2012, Alzbeta worked as an Audience Research and Market Insights Coordinator at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a U.S. broadcasting organization based in Prague, analyzing media environment data of RFE/RL broadcasting regions (spanning the Balkans, Russia, Ukraine, Caucasus, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq). Alzbeta holds M.A. degrees in International Relations and American Studies from Charles University in Prague and studied at the University of Miami and Georgetown University.
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About IHS Markit, Omdia: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
Rafi Zelikowsky
Senior Manager & Business Performance EMEA of Tableau
Rafi leads a team of Sales Operations Analysts at Tableau Software, the world’s leading visual analytics and business intelligence software. Prior to this role, she spent 5 years building out the European-wide Product Consulting team at Tableau from 6 to 34 individuals. Now, her passion is to bring Tableau’s mission of helping people see and understand their data to the company’s internal analytics and business practices. Originally from Los Angeles, Rafi moved to London to complete her one-year Masters at the London School of Economics over seven years ago.
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About Tableau: Tableau helps global organizations unleash the power of their most valuable assets: their data and their people.
James McClung
Account Manager – Higher Education of DataDirect Networks
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About DataDirect Networks: DDN is the leading provider of data management and storage solutions for AI and analytics.
Myriam Hokayem
Marketing Communications Manager EMEA of True Fit
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About True Fit: True Fit provides an intelligent data platform created for fashion retailers to find online stores.
Hichem Belouizdad
Senior Sales Manager of Liftoff
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About Liftoff: Liftoff is a mobile app marketing and retargeting platform which uses post-install data to run true CPA-optimized campaigns.
Zoe Vance
Senior Product Manager, RabbitMQ for Cloud Foundry of Pivotal
Zoe Vance is a Product Manager of RabbitMQ and Redis for Pivotal Cloud Foundry. Previously she was Director of Product of a Y Combinator startup creating a tool for developers to create APIs from any website, and prior to that she worked for McKinsey & Co. Zoe holds a MSc from Imperial College in CS and a BS from Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering. In her spare time, Zoe likes to read fiction and nerd out on economics podcasts.
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About Pivotal: Pivotal is a software company that provides digital transformation technology and services.
Chisara Nwabara
R&D Technical Program Manager of Pivotal
Chisa is a Service & Product Specialist experienced in helping enterprises across diverse industries and stages of development improve their operational performance and capabilities through the application of evidence-based programme management methodologies. As Pivotal’s Research & Development Technical Program Manager in London, she works across various product teams to make feedback loops and communication more effective through the use of experimentation, process engineering and service design. As Pivotal’s EMEA Diversity and Inclusion Co-Lead, Chisa supports the EMEA region in continuously improving Pivotal’s organisational culture to be more psychologically safe and equally opportunistic for Pivots. This work also entails building bridges between Pivotal and local communities, as well as being a representative face in public spaces where Chisa works to be visible to peers and those looking for role models that she found where lacking in the earlier stages of her tech career.
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About Pivotal: Pivotal is a software company that provides digital transformation technology and services.
Ben Wilcock
Principal Product Marketing Manager for Spring of Pivotal
Ben Wilcock is a Senior Solutions Architect for Pivotal Labs and helps Pivotal’s Fortune 500 clients to go cloud-native using the Pivotal Application Service (PAS) and Pivotal Container Service (PKS). Ben has a passion for CQRS, event sourcing, microservices, cloud, and mobile applications. He’s also an established technology blogger whose articles have featured in DZone, Java Code Geeks, InfoQ, The Spring Blog and more.
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About Pivotal: Pivotal is a software company that provides digital transformation technology and services.
Samuel Coe
Product Manager of Experian
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About Experian: Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society.
Sophie Harpur
Product Manager of Split Software
Sophie is passionate about making the complex world of experimentation accessible to everyone with core engineering, growth, design and product principles in mind. As Product Manager at Split, her goal is to help companies across a wide range of industries experiment and rollout software in the safest and most effective way. Before Split, she held several positions at Skyscanner, spending her last year as the Growth Experimentation Manager.
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About Split Software: Split Software is a feature delivery platform that powers engineering teams to build impactful products.
Sarah Leviseur
Product Manager of Attest
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About Attest: Attest is a consumer research platform that delivers consumer data that drive predictable and repeatable growth to businesses.
Carl Hunt
Senior Manager of KPMG International Limited
Carl Hunt is the Director at KPMG
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About KPMG International Limited, KPMG UK: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
Mark Kendall
Business Development Manager of NEC Corporation
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About NEC Corporation: NEC Corporation is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit businesses and people around the world.
Chloe Pascal
Senior Marketing Manager – UK, Ireland & International of Nosto
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About Nosto: Nosto is an e-commerce platform providing product recommendations based on individual behavioral data.
Samantha Ward
Senior Project Manager of INSHUR
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About INSHUR: Commercial auto digital insurance
Andy Orriell
Customer Relationship Manager and Head of Training of Chorus Intelligence
Andy brings 18 years of experience within law enforcement in intelligence and analysis. He has worked for Cheshire Police, the National Crime Squad and the Serious Organised Crime Agency. In 2007 he returned to Cheshire Police as a Senior Analyst with the overall responsibility for a large team delivering tactical and operational support in both the covert and overt arenas. Andy also has extensive training experience having been involved with the design and delivery of multiple projects nationally on behalf of the UK’s College of Policing, with which he maintains associate status. Andy has recently been engaged within Conflict, Security and Stabilisation funded projects, working on behalf of British Embassies in the Middle East delivering training to national law enforcement agencies.
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About Chorus Intelligence: Chorus Intelligence provides technology that allows authorities to investigate crimes using mobile phone records.
Rob Bishop
IT Infrastructure Team Manager of RSA Insurance Group
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About RSA Insurance Group: RSA is a multinational insurance group.
Suzy Carter Kent
Customer Success Manager of Adestra
Suzy has over 5 years digital marketing experience, now specialising in email. Suzy is dedicated to helping clients achieve their marketing goals and empowering clients to realise the full potential of the MessageFocus platform and their wider marketing technology ecosystem.
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About Adestra: Adestra is a trusted provider of First-Person Marketing solutions for global and growing brands.
Natalie Green
Marketing and PR Manager, UK of Loqate GBG
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About Loqate GBG: The world’s leading location intelligence specialist
Russell Bulley
Technical Support Manager of Vertiv
Russell started as an apprentice electrician, rising through industrial electrical systems and engineering management. With a short spell in research and chip manufacturing, was followed with an extensive period within the UPS and M&E world of critical services. Well versed in the electrical and mechanical demands of clients around the world, both from a service and supply aspect within legacy and new data centres, Russell comes with a wealth of knowledge and experience.
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About Vertiv: Vertiv designs, builds and services critical infrastructure that enables vital applications for data centers, communication networks.
Martin Downey
Software Development Manager of Datactics
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About Datactics: Datactics is a low-code self-service data quality and matching software designed for non-technical users in banking, finance and government.
Martin Downey
Software Development Manager of Datactics
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About Datactics: Datactics is a low-code self-service data quality and matching software designed for non-technical users in banking, finance and government.
Kathie Bishop
General Manager of Digital Innovation Group
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About Digital Innovation Group: Digital Communications & Technology Group
Paul Monroe
Co-founder & Business Manager of SMAP Energy
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About Cambridge Energy Data Lab, Enechange, SMAP Energy: A data analytics solutions provider for energy retailers
Paul Monroe
Co-founder & Business Manager of SMAP Energy
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About Cambridge Energy Data Lab, Enechange, SMAP Energy: A data analytics solutions provider for energy retailers
