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 Board Member operating in the Computer space. If you think a Board Member 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.
Doug Swanson
Strategic Advisor and Board Member of Malwarebytes
Doug Swanson is the Vice President of Development at Malwarebytes. Along with CEO and founder Marcin Kleczynski, Doug got his start in online anti-malware communities, helping to keep the malware forces of darkness at bay. He joined Malwarebytes in 2008 and built most of the original technology in Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, including the core scanning engine, kernel-level detection and removal technology, and the realtime protection module. Doug currently manages all client development at Malwarebytes and supervises the ever-growing development team. Doug holds a B.S. in Physics from Yale University, and an M.S. in Physics from Princeton University.
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About : Cybersecurity solution that protects people and businesses against dangerous threats such as malware, ransomware, and exploits
Xavier Bellouard
Co-Founder, Managing Director & Board Member of ActiveViam
Xavier Bellouard is Managing Director of ActiveViam and one of its founders. Based in London, Xavier manages the UK operations and oversees the commercial efforts of the company across EMEA and Asia/Pacific. Before founding ActiveViam, Xavier was a key contributor to the development of Summit Systems, a software vendor of applications for front-office operations and trading desks. Xavier is passionate about the contribution that ActiveViam’s technology can make to the bottom-line of companies operating in highly demanding and complex markets. “Their bottom-up, experience-driven approach to innovation is a fundamental component of the company’s DNA. Since ActiveViam was created in 2005, they have valued it as a prerequisite to delivering cutting-edge technology to their clients”.
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About ActiveViam: ActiveViam provides operational analytics solutions to business users in need of timely decision-making.
Paul Farnell
Co-Founder & Board Member of Litmus
Paul Farnell is the CEO & Co-Founder of Litmus. After moving the company across the pond, Paul has come to love Boston and driving on the right side of the road. He can often be found anyplace with a good charcuterie plate.
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About Any One Thing, Litmus: Litmus is a testing and QA service for email marketers.
Emma Blaylock
Director, Board Member of Optalysys
Emma is an experienced business strategist. She specialises in corporate strategy, corporate development, business development, M&A, media, high tech, consumer electronics, consulting and project management
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About Optalysys: Optalysys solves the fundamental limitations of conventional computing.
Simon Beeching
Board Member of Syntec
After studying modern languages at Oxford and business administration at INSEAD in France, Simon joined the executive board of the Thomson Holidays Group. As managing director of three well-known travel businesses he gained client-side experience of contact centre management in this fast-moving consumer industry. After setting up a marketing and sustainability consultancy, he became chairman of an international e-learning company and also Visiting Industry Professor at Regent”s Business School London, Simon was appointed as an executive director of Syntec in 2011, to support growth and strategic development in leading-edge contact centre management solutions. Beyond work Simon enjoys family travels; ski-ing; tennis; and playing the flute and saxophone.
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About : Syntec provides a fully integrated suite of telephony and software solutions, enabling efficient.
Scott Sullivan
Board Member of CyberCity 3D, Inc.
Scott Sullivan is President and on the CyberCity 3D Board of Directors. As such, he lends his proficiencies in business and accounting to assist in the Company’s operations. Mr. Sullivan, an Australian Chartered Accountant, has worked in London as an Investment banker and subsequently sold a successful consultancy firm. He now invests in disruptive innovative companies, at the same time providing financial and management advice to them. An accomplished entrepreneur, he’s behind the advancement of numerous companies, utilizing his knowledge of running and structuring them. Mr. Sullivan also acts as a Director for City Athletic Limited and the Dorking Lawn Tennis and Squash Club Limited.
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About CyberCity 3D, Inc.: CyberCity 3D, Inc. is a state-of-the-art, 3D geospatial modeling company specializing in emerging GIS and SaaS solutions.
David Murray
Co-Founder, Board Member & CEO of Kirona
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About Kirona: Kirona is a provider of field force automation solutions.
