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 Director operating in the Hardware space. If you think a Director 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.
Renaud Di Francesco
Director – Europe Technology Standards of Sony
Renaud Di Francesco joined Sony in 1998 to develop its external R&D cooperation, then leading its first Digital Cinema project. He is now in charge of the standardisation activity for Europe, with projects involving R&D and committee contributions. His current interests include energy efficiency, network architectures, M2M, multimedia from large venue cinema to personal wrist-watch formats, Mobility, M2M, industrial Internet and real time systems, user interface and accessibility, AAL. In previous assignments, he has worked for the European Commission, coordinating the preparation of Telecom Councils of Ministers, and earlier he managed the portfolio of network management, security and e-commerce in the Advanced Communications Technologies and Services programme. He started his career as a researcher in real time detection and speech coding (PhD, patent) at France Telecom, where he then became department head for new satellite services. His next move was to develop the multi-operator projects of France Telecom in core network (SDH, IP over ATM), service (ACE2000) and R&D (Eurescom).
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About CEN and CENELEC, Institution of Engineering and Technology, Sony: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
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Nick Rooke
Senior Director, Head of Global Partner Operations of Sony
Nick Rooke is the Senior Director, Head of Global Partner Operations at PlayStation
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About PlayStation, Sony: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Christopher Schmidt
Director Technology of Verizon Wireless
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About Verizon Wireless: Verizon Wireless offers wireless telecommunications services, devices, and solutions.
Mike Greer
Director of Software Experience of Kano
Mike Greer is the VP of software product at Kano Computing with experience in conceptualizing, scoping, designing and managing web, desktop, and mobile apps. Mike also co-founded Guevera in 2013 and has served as a designer and creative technologist at Havas Worldwide London.
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About Kano: Kano provides a system of kits and coding platform that enables users to develop apps, games, and music.
Aaron Hinchion
Executive Creative Director of Kano
Aaron Hinchion is the executive creative director at Kano Computing. Prior to this, Aaron has worked as a creative director at Hinchion & Sons for over 15 years. Aaron holds a bachelor’s degree in visual communications from Birmingham City University.
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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
John Franklin
Director of Engineering & CTIO of CityFibre
John Franklin is the director of engineering at [CityFibre](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cityfibre#/entity), an independent provider of fiber infrastructure. He was previously the chief operating officer of euNetworks. Franklin spent a number of years working in the telecoms industry for companies such as British Telecom, Level 3 Communications, Alcatel Telecommunications, and GPT Telecommunications. Most recently he was cluster director at British Telecom.
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About CityFibre: CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings plc is the UK’s largest independent provider of fibre infrastructure in secondary cities
Michael Bywater
Associate 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
Chintan Patel
Chief Technologist & Systems Engineering Director of Cisco
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About Cisco: Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other technology services and products.
Jon Koplin
Managing Director EMEAR, Cisco Investments and Corporate Development of Cisco
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About Cisco: Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other technology services and products.
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.
Mark Weir
Regional Director – UK&I for Cyber Security of Cisco
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About Cisco: Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other technology services and products.
Lewis Mitchell
Senior Director, EMEA of Taulia
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About Taulia: Taulia is a FinTech startup that provides working capital management and electronic invoicing services for supply chain companies.
Chas Moloney
Marketing Director of Ricoh Company
Chas Moloney has been Marketing Director at Ricoh UK since September 2005, where he has been fundamental in helping to restructure and grow the sales and marketing division – developing and bringing Ricoh UK’s professional print and Managed Document Services propositions to market and focusing heavily on building strong customer-supplier relationships. Under his stewardship, the Ricoh UK sales and marketing teams have built a reputation for providing premium solutions and services that are relevant to customers’ business situations, and that address real business needs.
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About Ricoh Company: Ricoh is a global technology company provide office imaging equipment, document management systems and IT services.
Neil Sawyer
Commercial Channel & Edu/SMB Director of HP
Neil Sawyer is Director of Education for HP in the UK&I. Over the last 15 years Neil has developed a broad knowledge of the key solutions, partnerships and insights that have helped a number of schools, colleges and Universities in their decision making and investment in educational technology.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Andrew Flint
Technical Service Director EMEA of Anixter International
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About Anixter International: Anixter is an online distributor of network & security solutions, electrical & electronic solutions and utility power solutions.
Frances Keeth
Member of the Board of Directors of Arrow Electronics
Frances Keeth is a Member of the Board of Directors at Arrow Electronics. Frances was Executive Vice President of Royal Dutch Shell plc, a global energy company, from 2005 to 2006 and was President and Chief Executive Officer of Shell Chemicals LP from 2001 to 2006. During her long tenure at Royal Dutch Shell, Frances served in a number of other positions of responsibility, including Executive Vice President, Finance and Business Systems and Executive Vice President, Customer Fulfillment and Product Business Units. Prior to these positions, Frances was Controller and Principal accounting officer of Mobil Corporation. Frances has served as a Member of the Board of Directors at Arrow Electronics, Inc. since 2004 and, in the past five years, she has served as a Member of the Board of Directors at Peabody Energy Corporation. Frances’ career with Shell has provided her with substantial experience in managing worldwide operations and strategic partnerships in a capital-intensive business. Frances’ expertise provides the Board with critical skills in the areas of financial oversight, aligning financial and strategic initiatives, and risk management. Frances has served as a Member of the Board of Directors at Verizon since 2006. Frances is Lead Director, Chair of the Corporate Governance and Policy Committee and a Member of the Audit Committee and the Finance Committee.
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About : Arrow Electronics designs, manufactures and distributes electronic components for industrial and commercial sectors.
Alberto Spinelli
Director – Digital Services Business, Europe of Canon
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About Canon, Fing: Canon is a manufacturer of business and consumer imaging products.
Jonathan Woolf
Program Director, Intelligent Journey Orchestration of O2
Jonathan Woolf serves as the Program Director, Intelligent Journey Orchestration at O2.
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About O2: O2 provides services such as non-voice services, including text, media messaging, games, music, and video, as well as data connections.
Colin Roughan
Managing Director, Asia Pacific of SquareTrade
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About SquareTrade, The Natural Edition: SquareTrade is an independent warranty provider for consumer electronics and appliances.
Kevin Gillan
Managing Director Europe of SquareTrade
As SquareTrade’s Managing Director for Europe, Kevin is responsible for driving the company’s growth and international expansion.
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About SquareTrade: SquareTrade is an independent warranty provider for consumer electronics and appliances.
Roger McDowell
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Servelec Group
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About : Servelec Group is a UK-based technology group, with significant intellectual property, providing software, hardware and services.
Bernie Waldron
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Servelec Group
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About : Servelec Group is a UK-based technology group, with significant intellectual property, providing software, hardware and services.
Alex Wilson
Director Market Development of Wind River
Alex Wilson oversees business development activities for the Industrial market in EMEA for Wind River, responsible for Industrial programs. Prior to Wind River, Alex worked at British Aerospace on Automated Test Equipment for various Inertial Navigation Systems using VME and RTOS technology. He then worked as a Field Applications Engineer (FAE) for Motorola Computer Group working with 68k and PowerPC VME boards and 3rd party Real Time Operating Systems. He joined Wind River in the UK as an FAE in 1996 supporting VxWorks and Tornado. In 2002 he became European Business Development Manager for Wind River focusing on the Aerospace and Defence market. Alex obtained a BSc(Eng) in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College, London in 1986.
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About Wind River: Wind River is a technology company that develops, runs, and manages device software.
Samantha Lailey
Human Resources & Support Director of Centerprise International
Sam is the Group HR & Support Director and has been with the Centerprise Group for over 20 years. A Director of Centerprise International since 2010 Sam also joined the Adam Continuity Board of Directors in 2014. Sam adores animals and loves spending time walking the dog and riding her horse.
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About Centerprise International: Centerprise International specialises in public sector services and system building, delivering IT solutions.
Sharon Allen
Finance Director of Centerprise International
Sharon is the Group Finance Director and has been with Centerprise International since 2008. Her background is varied from SME’s through to FTSE 100 companies. In her spare time Sharon likes to spend her Saturdays on the touchline of her local rugby club where she has been a volunteer in various capacities for ‘as long as I can remember’!
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About Centerprise International: Centerprise International specialises in public sector services and system building, delivering IT solutions.
Jeremy Nash
Director of Sales of Centerprise International
Jeremy Nash has a history within the Royal Air Force and Hewlett-Packard, working within the Atlas Consortium. Throughout his career he has developed vast experience in generating and delivering new business in Defence and wider-Public Sector markets and was welcomed to the Directors Board to manage sales in 2015.
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About Centerprise International: Centerprise International specialises in public sector services and system building, delivering IT solutions.
Jon Atherton
CI Group Director of Centerprise International
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About Centerprise International: Centerprise International specialises in public sector services and system building, delivering IT solutions.
Simon Gauntlett
Director of Imaging Standards and Technology of Dolby Laboratories
In his role as Technology Director of the DTG, Simon is responsible for setting the organisation’s strategic technical vision, supporting DTG Technical Council, Chairing DTG Testing’s Advisory Board, directing the group’s technical programme and managing the DTG’s technology team. Since joining the DTG in 2006, Simon has edited and published an updated version of the D-Book – the technical specification for digital terrestrial television in the UK, and has established working groups for IPTV and the forthcoming HD D-Book. In early 2008 he supported the launch of the UK’s free-to-air satellite platform, Freesat, with a test and conformance project, and is currently working with the Group’s membership to facilitate the introduction of HD on the DTT platform using the new DVB-T2 standard. Prior to working for the DTG, Simon spent seven years at the BBC’s Research and Development (R&D) department, where he specialised in compression technologies for High Definition video and the delivery of HDTV, working on the BBC’s HD trial on the satellite, cable and terrestrial platforms.
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About Dolby Laboratories, SMPTE: Dolby creates surround sound, imaging, and voice technologies for cinemas, home theaters, PCs, mobile devices, games, and more.
Clive Beale
Director of Educational Development of Raspberry Pi Foundation
Clive Beale is the Director of Educational Development for the Raspberry Pi Foundation. He trained as a biologist and worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew before becoming a teacher in 2003. For the next ten years he taught ICT and Computing at secondary school before joining the Raspberry Pi Foundation in February 2013.
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About Raspberry Pi Foundation: Raspberry Pi Foundation is a charity that develops a credit card-sized computer that can be plugged into a TV and keyboard.
Roger Thornton
Director of Applications of Raspberry Pi Foundation
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About Raspberry Pi Foundation: Raspberry Pi Foundation is a charity that develops a credit card-sized computer that can be plugged into a TV and keyboard.
Tanaz Gould
Consultancy Practice Director of Claranet
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About Claranet: Claranet is an expert in modernising and running critical applications and infrastructure.
Mark Papworth
Co-Founder, Director and Chief Executive Officer of Proxisense
Mark H. Papworth served as the Group Chief Executive Officer of Chemring Group plc from November 5, 2012 to June 24, 2014. Mark Papworth served as the Chief Executive Officer of Woods Group Gas Turbine Services and Group Director of Woods Group Gas Turbine Services at John Wood Group Plc and served as its Chief Executive of the Gas Turbines Division since December 2005. He joined Wood Group a year ago from Rolls-Royce Energy. His career has covered high technology, service and manufacturing companies serving aerospace, energy and infrastructure markets. During his tenure at Wood Group, Mark Papworth implemented and delivered a strategic review which resulted in a successful turnaround, improved manufacturing capabilities and substantial improvements in profitability. Prior to his time at Wood Group plc, he spent two years as an Executive Vice President of Rolls-Royce Energy based in the United States of America, and thirteen years with Alstom Power in various roles, finally as Managing Director of the Industrial Gas Turbines division. He served as a Director of Chemring Group plc from November 5, 2012 to June 24, 2014. Mark Papworth served as a Director of John Wood Group Plc since January 16, 2006 until June 29, 2012.
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About CCP, Proxisense, Reach South Academy Trust, Reliance Precision: Proxisense has developed extreme environment proximity sensors and fluid contamination systems.
Kam Chana
Co-founder, Director & CSO of Proxisense
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About Proxisense, University of Oxford: Proxisense has developed extreme environment proximity sensors and fluid contamination systems.
Dave Oakey
Group Operations Director of Mobius Networks
Dave Oakey Has worked with the CEO for over 25 years. Responsible for all of the back end systems and automation that have contributed to the group’s reputation as the best operationally in all of the sectors in which it operates.
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About Mobius Networks: Mobius is the UKs first integrated data airtime provider.
Douglas Gilmour
Founder & Managing Director of Mobius Networks
Douglas Gilmour Founder and Managing Director 30 years in the high tech industry and formed Mobius in 2003. The driver of Mobius strategy and all of innovative processes that have contributed to Mobius’s reputation as the most reliable and innovative mobile comms supplier in the sector. A TSA Board member.
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About Mobius Networks: Mobius is the UKs first integrated data airtime provider.
Adrian Jones
Director Delivery & Operations (EMEA) of Black Box
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About Black Box: Black Box provides its customers with infrastructues and communication solutions.
Merrion Edwards
Director, Global Market and Technology Development of Corning
Merrion Edwards is currently the director of market and technology development, optical fibre and cable, for Corning Optical Communications. She has over 25 years of experience in the field of telecommunications and is the author of 60 papers in industry journals, covering a broad range of applications: Core, Metro, Access, DataCenter, Transport and Photonics. During her career at Corning, Dr. Edwards has become a knowledge expert on emerging telecommunications trends and synergetic innovation of optical fibre, cable and components to enable advancement of telecommunications transport systems. Prior to joining Corning, Edwards conducted research into photonic devices for telecommunications and sensing. Edwards holds a PhD from the Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton in the United Kingdom.
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About Corning: Corning is a manufacturer of building materials including glass, ceramic, related materials and technologies, and more.
Tommy Bjorkberg
Snr. Director – CTO Group of ZTE
Tommy is currently a Snr. Director within the CTO Group at ZTE Corporation focusing on 5G. Tommy has 20 years experience in the Telecommunications industry and has held senior positions covering Technology, Innovation, Operation, Strategy and Planning on both vendor and operator sides. Tommy joined Ericsson in 1997 and after a 15 years career where he worked in numerous countries all over the globe holding a number of positions such as SI Director, Head of Next Generation Networks and Head Of Solutions, in 2012 he joined Telefónica UK in as Head of Network Strategy & Programs just as Telefónica UK got ready to embarked on its 4G journey. In 2015 he once again moved back to the vendor side taking up a position as Director within ZTE’s CTO Group and he is now focusing on 5G and how we build the bridge between the networks of today and tomorrow. Tommy has a very keen interested in new technology and spectrum related matters and have advised operators and regulators in various markets on wireless technology network strategy, spectrum valuation, spectrum policy and the future demand for spectrum. Tommy is an experiences advisor to private equity and have been involved in numerous Telco M&A activities on both buy and sell side.
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About ZTE: ZTE provides telecommunications equipment and network solutions.
Michael Skou Christensen
General Director, Asia of Satcom Direct
Michael Skou Christensen has 10 years of experience with satellite communications within the private aviation industry. In 2013, Christensen lead the opening of SD’s Australasia office, where he acted as Managing Director until 2016. He is now the Vice President for SD International, where he is responsible for establishing and growing the sales, support, marketing and training presence across the international business. His various roles throughout his time in aviation has seen him involved with many different parts of the value chain, from OEMs, completion centers and end-customers. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering, and a master’s degree in International Management.
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About Satcom Direct, Satcom Direct: Satcom Direct is the preferred aeronautical connectivity solution for flight deck and cabin communications serving business, military.
Christine Adshead
Non Executive Director of Ultimate Products
Christine Adshead is a Partner at PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers).
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About Ultimate Products: Ultimate Products is a brand and product development house in the UK that specializes in house-ware and electrical goods.
Andrew Gossage
Managing Director of Ultimate Products
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About Ultimate Products: Ultimate Products is a brand and product development house in the UK that specializes in house-ware and electrical goods.
Colin Howes
Director Of Sales And Business Development of Crypto Quantique
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About Crypto Quantique, Lnkedin.pro: Crypto Quantique offers hardware based cyber-security solution for authentication and encryption in a wired local network.
Swen-Helge Huber
Director, Principal Architect IoT of Solace
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About Solace: Solace’s event broker technology helps enterprises become real-time by making business operations and customer interactions event-driven.
Jonathan Davies
Director of Digital of Three
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About Three: Three is a British telecommunications and internet service provider.
Lynda Burton
Director of Wholesale of Three
Lynda is Director of Wholesale for Three UK, she owns Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO), white-label partnerships, IOT/M2M, bulk messaging, carrier services and international roaming functions. Lynda has led Three’s rapid growth strategy in wholesale which has included delivering the UK’s fastest growing postpaid MVNO, iD Mobile, winning B2B MVNO Gamma Mobile and providing the connectivity solution in the UK and Europe for Google’s Project Fi MVNO. She has also driven the delivery of innovative new services including high bandwidth IOT solutions and supporting Three’s Feel at Home roaming proposition with unrivalled cost economics.In June 2018 Lynda announced a new collaborative white label partnerships model allowing brands to launch MVNOs simply and with limited investment in technology, the first brand to launch was Superdrug Mobile.She has extensive experience in the telecoms market across both the UK and Australia.
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About Three: Three is a British telecommunications and internet service provider.
Jacqs Harper
Director of Online of Three
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About Three: Three is a British telecommunications and internet service provider.
Stephen Lerner
General Counsel & Regulatory Affairs Director of Three
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About Three: Three is a British telecommunications and internet service provider.
Stephen Lerner
General Counsel & Regulatory Affairs Director of Three
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About Three: Three is a British telecommunications and internet service provider.
Ian Bickerstaff
Director of Immersive Video Technology of Playstation Network
Ian Bickerstaff is the Director of Director of Immersive Video Technology for Playstation Network. He is currently developing techniques to portray live action subjects in virtual reality. He is one of the founders of PlayStation VR and was influential in its hardware and software development. His background is in stereoscopic 3D and visual simulation. Previously, he worked on advanced immersive display systems for the aerospace industry and played a major part in developing the world’s first Formula 1 driving simulator for a top motor racing team.
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About Playstation Network: PlayStation Network is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service for PlayStation’s portable video game consoles.
Anthony Magee
Senior Director Global BD – Mobile of ADVA Optical Networking
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About ADVA Optical Networking: ADVA Optical Networking is a global provider of intelligent telecommunications infrastructure solutions.
Richard Wardle
Founder and Director of Vantix Diagnostics
Richard Wardle is the Founder of vantix® DIAGNOSTICS. Starting back in 1996 Richard led a team that identified and evaluated innovations from Russia. After identifying the biosensor opportunity he built a team around it to initiate the development process. Richard has been the driving force behind vantix® DIAGNOSTICS from its inception to the present time. Richard has been the Managing Director of a number of technology companies initially specializing in Eastern European technologies. Earlier in his career Richard was the Managing Director of a Construction/Engineering company specializing in contract construction of service stations on behalf of Shell U.K., major sports complexes and large scale residential developments while providing employment for up to 200 people. Prior to that he was the Managing Director of Aqua-Salve a dredging company specializing in ship recovery.
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About Vantix Diagnostics: Vantix Diagnostics, Inc. operates Vantix, a biosensor platform for use in medical, veterinary, and environmental sectors. Its Vantix
Ian Buckley-Golder
Non-Executive Director of Oxsensis
Ian has extensive Board experience from UK, American and Japanese businesses, working in both the private and public sectors as well as in listed and earlier stage companies alike. With a portfolio of Chairmanships/Non-Executive Directorships, and working with companies specialising in electronics, sensors, software and materials, Ian brings with him an understanding of the opportunities and challenges of fast-growing companies.
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About Oxsensis, Syrinix: Oxsensis is a manufacturer of optical sensors for pressure, vibration, temperature, and multiple parameters.
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.
Reza Nejabati
Co Founder, Director of Zeetta Networks
Reza is currently a Senior Lecturer in Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol, UK. Prior to moving into academia he worked in project management and network architecture roles with leading telecom vendors. Reza has over fifteen years of experience in the field of telecommunication and computer science and has been actively involved in SDN and Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) standardisation. He has made important and pioneering contributions to the research fields of Optical Networking, Software Defined Networking, Network & Data Centre Infrastructure Virtualization, Grid Networking and Large Scale Future Internet Experimentation. He has co-/authored over 150 peer reviewed papers and three SDN standardisation documents.
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About University of Bristol, Zeetta Networks: Zeetta Networks simplifies the monitoring, management and automation of complex ICT networks
Mark Catchpole
Commercial Director of Conductive Transfers
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About Conductive Transfers: Conductive Transfers is a British smart technology brand.
Mark Underwood
Director of Sales, EMEA of Baanto International
Mark has over 25 years of experience in the touch screen industry, and he has held various senior management positions within both the manufacturing and reseller markets. He studied for a National Diploma in Business Studies at Cambridge College of Arts and Technologies. Mark has previously served in the EMEA region as a Sales & Business Manager for Aydin Displays, Elo Touch Systems, Braemac, and most recently, Visualplanet, where he was responsible for worldwide sales. During his career, He has been responsible for creating and sustaining sales channels, implementing business strategies for sales and marketing, and project managing several high profile interactive installations. Mark brings a wealth of knowledge of the touchscreen and displays markets, as well as a comprehensive understanding of channel management.
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About Baanto International: Baanto International is a company engaged in the design, development and marketing of proprietary infra-red (IR) based optical touchscreens.
Nigel Dunn
Managing Director EMEA North of Jabra
Nigel Dunn has been with Jabra for nearly 6 years, initially as Managing Director for the UK&Ireland and for the last 3 years as Managing Director for EMEA North. Prior to Jabra Nigel was MD of Azlan (part of Tech Data). He has over 30 years’ experience of sales and general management in the IT industry within vendors, distributors and resellers.
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About Jabra: Jabra is a global producer of innovative headset and speakerphone solutions.
Alan Carlton
Senior Director, Innovation Labs of InterDigital Communications
Alan Carlton is Vice President InterDigital Europe, Ltd where he leads 5G and IoT R&D activities. Alan has over 20 years wireless industry experience spanning 2G through the now emerging 5G. He has been with InterDigital for over ten years and has held a variety of senior positions in their development, systems, standards and technology strategy organizations. Prior to InterDigital, he held positions at Nortel, Siemens and a variety of wireless startups both in Europe and United States. Alan is an EEE graduate of the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and also holds a MSc. in Communications & Signal Processing from Imperial College, London.
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About InterDigital Communications: InterDigital Communications is a mobile technology firm that designs and develops digital wireless technology solutions.
Victoria Barber
Strategic Marketing Program Director of SHI International Corp
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About SHI International Corp: SHI is a corporate reseller of software, hardware, technology products and related services.
Dan Simmons
Founder and Director of Quensus
Dr Dan Simmons has a Masters + PhD in Electrical Engineering, and is an expert in water sustainability, software development and wireless technologies. Based on this skill set, he founded Quensus in 2015, which shaped a step-change in the water-saving industry.
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About Quensus: Water management system to monitor and control water infrastructure
Charles Burton
Co-Founder – Sales Operations and Marketing Director of Omni-ID
With over 30 years’ experience in a range of technical and management positions Charles has always been involved in engineering and technology where his organisational skills have been used in a range of operational roles. Initially working in the field of gas turbine research Charles was involved in full scale jet engine tests and eventually turbine blade cooling R&D. From there, Charles moved into system development and program management running multi-discipline teams and major projects for a number of software companies. Prior to the start-up of Omni-ID Charles was operations manager for QinetiQ’s metal-printing technology managing the group’s print facilities and project portfolio, from which Omni-ID was ultimately spawned. As a co-founder of Omni-ID, Charles was instrumental in developing Omni-ID’s early production capability and establishing company processes. Charles now runs Omni-ID’s operations group responsible for global order fulfilment. Charles has a Bachelors and a Master of Philosophy degree in engineering from Imperial College London and is a Chartered IT professional.
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About Omni-ID: Omni-ID is engaged in developing passive ultra-high radio frequency identification technology-related products.
Douglas Higgins
Founder & Director of Mujo Mechanics
Douglas Higgins is the Founder & Director at Mujo Mechanics.
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About Mujo Mechanics: Mujo Mechanics provides smart devices and intelligent cloud platform for a data-driven approach to musculoskeletal health.
Geri McMahon
Non-Executive Director of Mujo Mechanics
Geri McMahon Managing Director joined MUJO following eight years in investment banking to coordinate and drive the team to deliver the MUJO vision. Geri brings a focus on operational excellence, and a wealth of international business experience having worked with government institutions and corporates across EMEA, APAC and AMERICAS regions. Geri holds a combined Finance and Commerce degree with Chinese language from the University of Sydney and previously worked on the trading floors of both RBS and Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Sydney and London.
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About Mujo Mechanics: Mujo Mechanics provides smart devices and intelligent cloud platform for a data-driven approach to musculoskeletal health.
Chuck Boecking
Director of Education and Marketing of Adaxa
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About Adaxa: Adaxa is an Open Source ERP Software.
Joanna Montgomery
Founder & Director of Little Riot
Joanna Montgomery started her own company, Little Riot, to develop a product called Pillow Talk. In the last few years, the company has grown from strength to strength, securing vast amounts of funding and winning several awards.
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About Little Riot: Little Riot mission is to alleviate loneliness and empower people to use technology to communicate without staring at a screen.
Carolyn Van Dongen
Marketing Director of Musaic
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About Musaic: Musaic is a manufacturer/developer of wireless HiFi systems based in the heart of London.
Michael Rapley
Managing Director of Mediatron
Michael Rapley is a managing director of Mediatron for the last 18 years.
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About Mediatron: Mediatron Ltd is a leading European Specialist Distributor of Computer Control Equipment.
Paul Thomas
Co-Founder & Development Director of Cupris Health
Paul Thomas is the Co Founder & Development Director at Cupris Health.
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About Cupris Health, PD HIVE: Cupris Health develope communication software and smartphone-connected medical devices.
Julian Hamann
Medical Director of Cupris Health
Julian Hamann is the Consultant ENT & Thyroid Surgeon at Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.
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About Cupris Health, Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Queen Victoria Hospital: Cupris Health develope communication software and smartphone-connected medical devices.
Anjola Awofisoye
Director of Education of Mazedon
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About Mazedon: Mazedon Inc. is an American start-up technology company focused on the development of intelligent shopping and sales of consumer goods
Howard Baker
Co-Founder and Non-Executive Director of Powerphotonic
Howard Baker received B.Sc.in Physics and Ph.D. in Laser Physics from Manchester University. Postdoctoral research at Manchester was on pulsed iodine photo-dissociation lasers. In 1980, he became a Lecturer in Applied Physics at Hull University, with research on mercury halide and TEA CO2 lasers and magnetic switching circuits for electrical pulse generation. In 1987, he became Senior Lecturer in Physics at Heriot-Watt University allowing research specialisation in both laser physics and laser engineering. He played a leading role in development of scalable lasers with RF discharge excitation, and CO2 planar waveguide and array lasers were pioneered. The work aided the establishment of a currently successful laser manufacturer in the UK. This expertise in the new CO2 laser technology led to applications research on laser drilling of circuit boards, machining of unfired LTCC ceramic laminations and precision micro-machining and polishing of silica optics. His main interest has been in high power diode lasers, used directly or as pump units for solid-state lasers. A novel diode pumping scheme led to world-leading performance from planar waveguide solid-state lasers. He devised a new technique for fabricating optics to correct the poor beam quality of diode laser bars, combining a novel wavefront measurement technique with custom laser micro-machining. He co-founded PowerPhotonic Ltd, aimed at commercialising this process. Current research continues on the use of laser direct-writing techniques in optics manufacture, and application of laser-cut optics in the general area of high average power industrial diode lasers. A new area is ceramic technology research on vacuum sintered, transparent laser materials for solid-state laser amplifiers and laser-machined LTTC ceramic substrate technology for diode laser packaging.
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About Heriot-Watt University, Powerphotonic: Powerphotonic designs and fabricates freeform refractive micro-optics for laser beam correction and beamforming.
Tuhel Alom
Finance Director of dsp
Tuhel joined dsp in 2009 and has since been committed to helping dsp achieve its goals by providing senior level counsel, executing strategy and ensuring financial stability. Tuhel has been involved in a number of projects within dsp ranging from company acquisitions, financial audits and system implementation to employee engagement projects. A valued member of the board, Tuhel’s deep understanding of dsp makes him a primary point of contact in all decisions. The ability to have a holistic view of the business allows Tuhel to enhance the dsp brand and value. Prior to dsp Tuhel spent 6 years at MS&L, part of the Publicis Groupe, as a Financial Analyst helping the business gain deep insight to key performance drivers.
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About dsp: Award-Winning Microsoft & Oracle Databas
James Gourlay
Founder & Technical Director of Design LED Products
James Gourlay is a Founder & Technical Director at Design LED Products.
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About Design LED Products: Design LED Products specializes in the design of thin printed lightguide products.
Paul Lamb
Technical Director & Registered Hearing Aid Dispenser of Starkey Hearing Technologies
Paul Lamb has worked with Starkey Hearing Technologies for 30 years holding the position of Technical Director. Paul is responsible for overseeing the education and training initiatives for the Starkey brand both in the UK and Europe. He joined the company in 1987 and gained invaluable experience working across manufacturing, product development, sales and technical support. Paul leads the Professional Services group at Starkey UK to create and deliver development skills and education in audiology and products for all customer groups. His team also work in product release testing, planning and release to the market in both the UK and Europe. Externally Paul lectures on audiology and hearing aid technology for many university programmes. Paul is a registered hearing aid dispenser and registered with the HCPC and also a member of BSHAA.
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About Starkey Hearing Technologies: Starkey Hearing Technologies designs, develops, and distributes personalized hearing solutions to connect people to their worlds.
Brett Pytel
UK Director of Sales of Park Place Technologies
Brett is the DUK Director of Sales for the EMEA Region at Park Place Technologies. He is responsible for the overall EMEA sales strategy at Park Place Technologies with a specific focus on end user sales. Beyond sales strategy, Brett also works with all of our team functions in the EMEA region to ensure that a fully integrated, seamless, corporate go-to-market strategy is in place when entering new geographical territories within EMEA.
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About Park Place Technologies, Park Place Technologies: Park Place Technologies is an IT company that provided organizations around the globe with post-warranty maintenance and support solutions.
Darren Ellis
Senior Director of Sales EMEA of Park Place Technologies
Darren is a Senior Director of Sales EMEA at Park Place Technologies.
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About Park Place Technologies: Park Place Technologies is an IT company that provided organizations around the globe with post-warranty maintenance and support solutions.
Tarquin Dunn
CTO & Director of Carbon Cloud
With over 30 years experience in the IT industry, with an in-depth technical background, Tarquin has held a variety of senior positions within a partner and reseller environment covering CTO, Technical Director, Technical Consulting, Large Outsourced/Managed Services, Service Desk & Senior Management. Tarquin started Carbon Cloud in order to bring all the Enterprise-grade benefits of Cloud Computing to the wider market and also validates new technical products and vendor solutions.
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About Carbon Cloud, Education IT: Cloud Consultancy, Azure, AWS, Google, IT Support, Service Desk, Infrastructure, Storage, Virtualization, Networking, Security, Repair, AV
john lord
Managing Director of Worldwide Heating Spares Ltd
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About Worldwide Heating Spares Ltd: Worldwide Heating Spares Ltd is a Commercial & Industrial spares supplier for the heating industry
Jonathan Huntley
Co-Founder & Technical Director of Phase Vision
Jonathan Huntley is Co-Founder & Technical Director at Phase Vision.
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About Phase Vision: Phase Vision provides dimensional metrology equipment for the automotive, aerospace, and precision engineering industries.
Jonathan Huntley
Co-Founder & Technical Director of Phase Vision
Jonathan Huntley is Co-Founder & Technical Director at Phase Vision.
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About Phase Vision: Phase Vision provides dimensional metrology equipment for the automotive, aerospace, and precision engineering industries.
Alex Clough
Creative Strategy Director of Splendid Communications
Alex Clough is the Creative Strategy Director at Splendid Communications, an award-winning creative communications agency with a ‘People-First’ approach to creativity. He leads the development of communications strategies for Splendid’s variety of clients to deliver ideas that travel freely through PR, live, search, digital and social, and that remain consistent and intact wherever they come to life. During his career, Alex has worked with some of the world’s most iconic brands, including Jack Daniel’s, Hendrick’s, Smirnoff, Greggs, MoneySupermarket.com, Tesco and The AA.
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About Splendid Communications: Splendid is a communications agency that creates brand stories for the real world.
Alex Clough
Creative Strategy Director of Splendid Communications
Alex Clough is the Creative Strategy Director at Splendid Communications, an award-winning creative communications agency with a ‘People-First’ approach to creativity. He leads the development of communications strategies for Splendid’s variety of clients to deliver ideas that travel freely through PR, live, search, digital and social, and that remain consistent and intact wherever they come to life. During his career, Alex has worked with some of the world’s most iconic brands, including Jack Daniel’s, Hendrick’s, Smirnoff, Greggs, MoneySupermarket.com, Tesco and The AA.
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About Splendid Communications: Splendid is a communications agency that creates brand stories for the real world.
Frank Crouwel
Managing Director of NW Systems Group
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About NW Systems Group: NW Systems Group is a company that is a Specialist supplier and integrator of IP-based CCTV & Security Systems.
