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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 Virtual Reality 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.
Isabella Pighi
Vice President of Data of MelodyVR
Xoogler with extensive experience in product management, data management, and data science.
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About MelodyVR: MelodyVR is a destination for music in virtual reality.
Lisa Clark
Vice President – Contact Centre PM of 8×8
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About 8×8: 8×8 offers secure and reliable cloud-based, enterprise-class business phone systems, unified communications, and contact center solutions.
Steve Cliffe
CEO & President of Ultraleap
Steve has 30 years of experience in the technology industry encompassing significant exposure to global markets, senior management positions and commercial roles. He joined Ultrahaptics from Plessey Semiconductor, where he was Business Development Director. Prior to that role, he was CEO at Provision and Xintronix. He also brings extensive commercial experience to the role from previous appointments. He was VP of Sales and Marketing at eoSemi and Sales Director at Dialog Semiconductor.
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About Ultraleap: Ultraleap is working to create the most remarkable connection between people and technology.
Colin Yellowley
Founder & President of Igloo Vision
Colin is a co-founder of Igloo, and now runs its US operations. He previously had more than ten years’ experience of working in multimedia, web design and film production. Having originally launched Igloo on the contemporary arts circuits, he successfully steered the company into the simulation and visualisation sector, and continues to play a central role in its product development.
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About : Igloo Vision is the shared VR company. We create 360° immersive solutions and all of the enabling technologies.
Hervé Fontaine
Vice President – Enterprise and Business Development of HTC Vive
Vice President Virtual Reality B2B and Business Development at HTC. Hervé leads the development of HTC’s new Virtual Reality business, HTC Vive, in the professional segment as well as business development activities with large software partners and start-ups in Europe. From virtual showrooms for car brands, VR solutions for engineers or architects, to VR based teaching platforms for learning through experience in VR, virtual reality offers boundless opportunities to enhance the way we work with colleagues located across the world, learn or entertain ourselves with friends even when they are thousands of kilometres away. Hervé joined HTC in 2012 leading European sales for HTC smartphone business. He previously worked for Sony Group where he held various Sales and Marketing leadership positions at Sony Ericsson’s European Headquarter as well as in China as well as for France Telecom (Orange) in France and in Japan.
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About HTC Vive: HTC Vive is a virtual reality headset developed by HTC and Valve Corporation.
Bartek Wlodarczyk
Chief Executive Officer & President of SKY ENGINE
Bartek Włodarczyk is the Chief Executive Officer & President at Sky Engine.
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About SKY ENGINE: Evolutionary AI Platform for the Deep Learning in Virtual Reality with Synthetic Data for any Computer Vision applications
