With a background in competitive tennis, Lauren Pedersen knows what it’s like to receive feedback from various coaches and wonder what the best advice would… Continue reading A coffee with… Lauren Pedersen, CEO, SportAI

A well-known speaker on the cybersecurity circuit, Erich Kron educates IT administrators, security professionals and users on ways to protect themselves and their firms from… Continue reading A coffee with…Erich Kron, security awareness advocate, KnowBe4

Starting out as a tech support worker, Jason Hill  has accumulated 30 years’ experience in the IT and consulting industry, with the last 15 spent… Continue reading A coffee with…Jason Hill, UK CEO, Reply

Grant Caley, director for UK and Ireland at data infrastructure firm NetApp, has been at the company for over two decades, witnessing firsthand the evolution… Continue reading A coffee with… Grant Caley, UK and Ireland Solutions Director, NetApp

In this insightful episode of “A Coffee With…”, we sit down with Andy Wilson, senior director of new product solutions at Dropbox. Tracing his career… Continue reading A Coffee with… Andy Wilson, senior director, Dropbox

A computer scientist at heart, Cesar Gon’s interest in coding began as an eleven-year-old in 1980s Brazil, where he then went to sell code for… Continue reading A coffee with… Cesar Gon, CEO, CI&T

After taking to the aisle to marry a stranger on the UK version of the TV reality show ‘Married at First Sight’, it’s fair to… Continue reading A coffee with… Sophie Brown, commercial director, Flowlio

Following a three-year stint as a professional MMA fighter, and a brief career in corporate sales, Max Cotton set up a remote personal training business… Continue reading A coffee with… Max Cotton, founder and CEO of Another Round & VOR

James Fisher, CSO at Qlik, oversees the business analytics platform’s corporate strategy, vision, and strategic planning. Prior to his current role, Fisher began his career… Continue reading A coffee with… James Fisher, CSO, Qlik

Tom O’Connor has worked at digital transformation consultancy Version 1 for more than twenty years, with the last seven spent as its CEO. During this… Continue reading A coffee with…Tom O’Connor, CEO, Version 1

Shingo Tsukamoto started his career in online advertising before setting up several businesses. In 2015, after several trouser wardrobe malfunctions, he founded Makip, an online… Continue reading A coffee with…Shingo Tsukamoto, CEO and president, Makip

After leaving school, director of data and engineering Eddie Edwards started his career in tech, working on CAD design and customer service systems at Centrica… Continue reading A coffee with… Eddie Edwards, director of data and engineering, Centrica

A seasoned alliances and sales leader with over thirty years experience, Donna Meshaka heads up the ‘Big Four’ tax and accounting firm’s alliances division, collaborating… Continue reading A coffee with…Donna Meshaka, National Alliances Leader, KPMG US

Rebecca Bissell joined Transport for London (TfL) 14 years ago from the telecoms sector. During her long tenure at the local government body responsible for… Continue reading A coffee with…. Rebecca Bissell, director of IT, Transport for London

With a degree in biology and computer science, Rebecca Denman previously worked at Microsoft leading its healthcare solutions platform before a friend introduced her to… Continue reading A coffee with… Rebecca Denman, VP of product management, Docusign

Ryan Beal is the CEO and co-founder of SentientSports, an AI-driven firm that uses technology to enhance the experiences of fans, athletes, and teams. The… Continue reading A coffee with… Ryan Beal, CEO & co-founder, SentientSports

A former tank and scout platoon leader in the US Army’s Calvary, Alex Saric describes his journey into procurement and product marketing as a “long… Continue reading A coffee with… Alex Saric, CMO, Ivalua

On a mission to intertwine Web 3.0 with healthy living, Jasmine Smith co-founded start up Rejuve.AI six years ago with SingularityNET founder and CEO Ben… Continue reading A coffee with…Jasmine Smith, CEO, Rejuve.AI

Mark Monte-Colombo has worked in retail since paying his way through college. He started as an operations manager at Homebase and worked his way up… Continue reading A coffee with… Mark Monte-Colombo, head of refurbished, eBay UK

After holding various roles at North Carolina-headquartered Honeywell over a ten-year period, Udaya Shrivastava is currently the multinational technology and manufacturing firm’s VP and CTO… Continue reading A coffee with… Udaya Shrivastava, VP CTO, Building Automation, Honeywell

Software engineering already involves a lot of troubleshooting for customers. It’s just that Miao Luo wanted to solve more than the technical problems. He wanted… Continue reading A coffee with… Miao Luo, director of technology strategy, QT

A lifelong gamer and self-taught hacker, Haris Pylarinos says that he’s been ethical hacking since he was 12 years old. He worked as a systems… Continue reading A coffee with… Haris Pylarinos, CEO, Hack The Box

The Chief Business Officer at Fosfor, who is also a pivotal figure at LTIMindtree, has had a rich career that involves navigating the complexities of… Continue reading A coffee with… Debasis Satpathy, CBO, Fosfor

Extreme Networks Nabil Bukhari’s human-focused journey through the realms of technology and business is as rich and complex as the coffee he passionately brews. Before… Continue reading A coffee with… Nabil Bukhari, CTPO, Extreme Networks

Stuart Hirst’s journey into cyber security is more colourful than most. The self-confessed imposter syndrome sufferer attributes a large part of his success to being… Continue reading A coffee with… Stu Hirst, CISO, Trustpilot

Edinburgh-based software developer Mike McQuaid is a project leader and long-time maintainer at Homebrew, a free and open-source package manager with 30 million users, created… Continue reading A coffee with… Mike McQuaid, CTO, Workbrew & Homebrew project leader

The computer engineer and mother of two joined one of Sweden’s largest telcos two and a half years ago after a 20-year career in fintech.… Continue reading A coffee with…Kristin Lindmark, CIO, Telenor

Slack’s Dublin-based head of small and growth businesses, Vanessa O’Mahony, has worked for a range of large and small tech companies in a career spanning… Continue reading A coffee with… Vanessa O’Mahony, head of small and growth businesses EMEA, Slack

Estonia boasts a remarkable portfolio of tech start-ups despite having a comparatively tiny population. Ride-hailing app Bolt, identify verification platform Veriff, and fintech site Wise… Continue reading A coffee with… Viljar Lubi, Estonian ambassador, UK

As chief revenue and customer officer at autonomous customer experience firm HGS, David Morton sets and delivers strategic growth for the business, and ensures HGS is… Continue reading A coffee with… David Morton, chief revenue & customer officer, HGS UK

Annabelle Baker explores topics from ‘mum guilt’ during business trips to spearheading innovations in ethical and sustainable beauty products at Lush. She discusses Lush’s stance… Continue reading A coffee with… Annabelle Baker, global brand director, Lush

Workiva’s Henrik Sandin says his main role is to inform employees and customers of current and future ESG regulation and what impact it will have… Continue reading A coffee with…Henrik Sandin, director & principal ESG specialist, Workiva

A trained lawyer, Jonny Crowe claims that his varied career experiences, which range from heading up used car retailers to working as an interim chief… Continue reading A coffee with… Jonny Crowe, transformation CEO, Liminal Ventures

Tatiana Melnichuk founded her bootstrapped IT recruitment agency Lucky Hunter in St Petersburgh, Russia, in 2017, at the height of a global IT recruitment boom.… Continue reading A coffee with… Tatiana Melnichuk, CEO and founder, Lucky Hunter

Helen Hawthorn shares her journey from a graduate job at BT to her current position at Zoom. The exec talks about the challenges and successes… Continue reading A coffee with… Helen Hawthorn, head of solution engineering, Zoom (EMEA)

A top cyber security influencer as named by London newspaper the Evening Standard, Stephanie Itimi is on a mission to help more Black and ethnic… Continue reading A coffee with… Stephanie Itimi, founder, Seidea

Larry Kotch founded Flybox two years ago with CEO Andrea Jagodic, CFO Thomas Stringer and CTO Mike Walker. The insect tech startup’s journey began at… Continue reading A coffee with… Larry Kotch, COO, Flybox

Christine Bellamy joined GOV.UK after a decade working as head of product at the BBC. She didn’t have quite the induction at the UK public… Continue reading A coffee with… Christine Bellamy, director of GOV.UK

For years, Jenny Radcliffe has been paid to break into buildings. Sometimes as a sole operator, at others with a small crew, she will persuade,… Continue reading A coffee with… Jenny Radcliffe, people hacker

Communication mentor, conference speaker, and founder of the Neuroscience Professional Development Programme — behavioural neuroscientist Dr Lynda Shaw has dedicated her 25-year-long career to helping… Continue reading A coffee with… Lynda Shaw

At the age of 20, Madeline Lawrence helped build ASIF Ventures — a pre-seed venture capital fund, ASIF invests in the next generation of entrepreneurs,… Continue reading A coffee with…. Madeline Lawrence, partner, Peak Capital

With over two decades of experience in tech, David Fellows heads up tech, innovation and digital transformation at Acuity Knowledge Partners, which provides research, analytics… Continue reading A coffee with… David Fellows, CDO, Acuity Knowledge Partners

Digital transformation and inclusivity have been part of Gilles Marajo’s career DNA since day one. As a student, he sat on the board of an… Continue reading A coffee with… Gilles Marajo, Director, PWC

A consultant on international development, conflict resolution, and international relations, Siyabulela Mandela is carrying forth the legacy of his great grandfather, Nelson Mandela — the… Continue reading A coffee with… Siyabulela Mandela, Human Rights Activist

Zuzanna Stamirowska founded Pathway in 2020 after a varied academic career which involved attending a school for French politicians, a military engineering academy and a… Continue reading A coffee with… Zuzanna Stamirowska, founder, Pathway

A principal technologist at BAE systems, Andrew ‘Ando’ Eniwumide left his well-paid job in 2019 to found the start up Happaning. The firm produces a… Continue reading A coffee with… Andrew Eniwumide, founder, Happaning

Dima Feldman is responsible for overseeing product management, marketing strategies and solution architecture at Sony Semiconductor (formerly Altair Semiconductor), a provider of cellular IoT chipsets… Continue reading A coffee with… Dima Feldman, VP product management & marketing, Sony Semiconductor Israel

UK-based New Yorker Deb Smith is the vice president of marketing at automation specialist Jitterbit. With a career spanning 40 years, she has led business… Continue reading A coffee with… Deb Smith, VP marketing, Jitterbit

Lenovo has recently launched a group of new devices and software to help support the ever-changing needs of today’s remote business end-users. Among the additions… Continue reading A coffee with… Graham Thomas, senior technologist, Lenovo

What’s a cyber range and why should businesses care? Think of it as a very high-fidelity replica or clone of a business’s corporate network. It’s… Continue reading A coffee with… Lee Rossey, CTO & co-founder, SimSpace

Why is digital transformation (DX) important? To keep ahead of the competition. It’s also important from a staffing perspective for onboarding and retention: people can… Continue reading A coffee with… Jonathan Boakes, managing director, Infinum