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 Principal operating in the Electronics space. If you think a Principal 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.
Ziran Sun
Principal Open Source Engineer of Samsung Electronics
Ziran Sun is an Open Source Engineer at Samsung Research UK. She has been involved in a few open source projects, including webinos, blink/chromium, and IoTivity. Currently, Ziran is looking at web IoT and related areas.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Stephen Greenslade
Principal Solutions Architect of EE
Stephen is a Principal Solutions Architect at EE, operator of the UK’s largest mobile network. He has architected major network projects such as NGN Gi, IP interconnect, femtocells, EE WiFi on the London Underground and QoS enablement. Architecture lead during EE’s successful response to the UK government’s tender to provide mobile network services for the Emergency Services Network, he has 20 years of architecture experience with mobile operators starting with his first telecoms role in Accra, Ghana. Stephen graduated from the University of Cambridge, is a member of the IET and holds an MBA.
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About EE: EE is a telecommunications company that provides 4G mobile and fixed fiber broadband services to personal and business customers.
Leo Prakash
Principal Engineer of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Mark Rutland
Senior Principal Engineer of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Eddie Ashfield
Principal Engineer of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings, DadShed: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Chris Styles
Principal Architect of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Martin Fenton
Principal in the Spectrum Group of Ofcom
Martin is a Policy Projects Director in the Technology Policy Team of the Spectrum Group of Ofcom (UK). He is an expert in international and domestic spectrum regulation; specialising in interference analysis, RF performance and technical licence conditions. He has 20 years’ experience in spectrum management at the UK communications regulator, Ofcom, and its predecessor, the Radiocommunications Agency. Martin is the Chairman of ITU-R Study Group 5, the lead group responsible for terrestrial radio frequency services in the International Telecommunications Union. During the last ITU-R study cycle he chaired the JTG 4-5-6-7 looking at additional spectrum for 4 and 5G mobile services in the run-up to WRC-15. At WRC-15 Martin chaired the main committee looking at all terrestrial agenda items (COM4). In the UK, Martin has led the technical work in support of a number of spectrum awards including 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz. He is currently engaged in a number of activities including the proposed release of the 700 MHz and 3.6-3.8 GHz bands; studies on the potential spectrum implications for future 5G systems in mmWave bands (e.g. 26 GHz, 40 GHz and 66-71 GHz), improving the RF performance of radio systems; and the spectrum implications of the growth in demand for mobile data.
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About Ofcom: Ofcom is the UK’s communications regulator.
Kieran O’Leary
Managing Director and Principal Consultant of Mixed Signal Systems
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About Mixed Signal Systems, Upstart Jobs: Mixed Signal Systems offers product development and consultancy services in the electronics, technology, and semiconductor industries.
Marcin Bogdanski
Principal Software Engineer and Director of DroneX
Marcin has a lifelong passion for robotics and technology. He started as robotic systems enthusiast but has progressed his career quickly from the realms of the technology to project management, to complete operations management for a medium sized R&D company. He has worked on robots including rovers, crawlers, underwater vehicles, surface vessels, helicopters, multirotors, fixed wings and other. This includes large commercial projects, offshore sector, academic research and hobby. Eventually, Marcin founded his own business, DroneX. A company blazing the trail for commercial drone technology, enabling people, customers within industry and likewise, to integrate the newest robotic technologies into their business.
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About DroneX: DroneX designs, develops bespoke Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and related technologies for commercial and scientific use.
