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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based VP’ operating in the Events space. If you think a VP’ 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.
Ola Sitarska
VP of Technology, Marketplace of Pollen
Ola Sitarska started working with Django 6 years ago, when she discovered the power of Django admin and quickly fell in love with the beauty of Python. Ola started Django Girls, an initiative to inspire more women to become programmers. Together with Ola Sendecka, she also co-authored the Django Girls Tutorial, which has been visited by more than 30.000 people so far. She is also a member of the Django Team responsible for the shipping of djangoproject.com redesign. In 2015, she became a Django Software Foundation board member. Ola is also known as A Person With The Django Circus Idea™. She thinks her superpower is unstoppable enthusiasm.
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About Pollen: Pollen builds, curates, and delivers the best travel experiences.
Connon MacRae
VP Technical Operations, INTL of Ticketmaster
Long time Ticketmaster veteran who started in the UK London call centre selling tickets as a casual worker back in 1997. He got lucky, got help and worked hard. As a result, he now leads the Technical Operations group for the International team at Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster is over 40 years old and during that time, Connon has seen a number of Technology and Culture shifts.
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About Ticketmaster: Ticketmaster is the world’s largest ticket marketplace and the global market leader in live event ticketing.
Ben Hall
VP of Product Interactivity of O’Reilly
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About O’Reilly: O’Reilly provides technology and business training, knowledge, and insight to help companies succeed.
Jane Risby-Rose
Global EVP, Events of UBM Plc
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About UBM Plc: UBM is a global events-led marketing and communications services business.
Olly Paulovich
Co-Founder & VP Marketing & Sales of Snaptivity
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About Snaptivity: Snaptivity is a stadium tech that drives fan engagement by capturing key moments of events using AI, IoT sensors, and robotic cams.
Jon Collins
VP of Research of Gigaom
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About Gigaom, Inter Orbis: Gigaom is a blog-related media company that offers news, analysis, and opinions on startups, emerging technologies.
John Davies
VP GreenBiz Intelligence of GreenBiz Group
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About GreenBiz Group: The group for sustainability professionals interested in aligning environmental responsibility with business success.
Magaly Jaquard
VP International Sales of Headoo
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About Headoo: Headoo is a Visual Marketing technology that helps brands create and maintain a personal connection with all of their customers.
Magaly Jaquard
VP International Sales of Headoo
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About Headoo: Headoo is a Visual Marketing technology that helps brands create and maintain a personal connection with all of their customers.
