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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 COO’ operating in the Wireless space. If you think a COO’ 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.
Per Lauritzson
Chief Operating Officer of Flexion
Per Lauritzson is a Co-Founder & COO at Flexion.
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About Flexion, Mobile Sensations Limited: Flexion is a monetization and distribution platform for developers and publishers.
Nigel Sudell
Chief Operating Officer of Airband
Nigel Sudell is the IT and Operations Director at FibreNation.
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About Airband, FibreNation: Airband is a hybrid wireless/fibre ISP (WISP).
Andy Burns
Chief Operating Officer of Opensignal
Andy leads the telecoms industry side of the business with responsibility for sales, marketing and product development. Under his leadership, OpenSignal’s business with mobile operators and technology vendors has expanded across six continents. With over 25 years of telecoms industry experience, he has held senior commercial positions with several high-growth companies, most recently leading Global Sales & Marketing at Arieso (now Viavi Solutions).
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About Opensignal: Opensignal is a mobile analytics company.
Rob Evans
COO of Logicalis
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About Logicalis: Logicalis is a platform that provides IT solutions and managed services.
Jens Schulte Bockum
Group Chief Operating Officer of MTN Cote d’Ivoire
Jens has extensive operational experience in the mobile telecoms sector, with his last senior role being as CEO of Vodafone Germany between 2012 and 2015. Jens has extensive experience in the consumer business, as well as the area of large scale transformation in a convergent operation.
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About MTN Cote d’Ivoire: MTN Côte d’Ivoire is a telecommunications company and an entity of MTN International.
Pete Lee
COO of Purple
Pete is a qualified finance professional with in excess of 20 years experience. He has been responsible for leading various teams across finance, IT, administration, HR and professional services in a number of early stage software companies.
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About Purple: Purple is a WiFi analytics and marketing platform.
Pete Lee
COO of Purple
Pete is a qualified finance professional with in excess of 20 years experience. He has been responsible for leading various teams across finance, IT, administration, HR and professional services in a number of early stage software companies.
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About Purple: Purple is a WiFi analytics and marketing platform.
Nicole Meissner
Chief Operating Officer of Synchronica
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About Synchronica: Synchronica, a company focused on mobile and wireless technology, develops and markets mobile email and instant messaging solutions.
