Simon Smart

Director and Product Designer, Cyber, Data and Systems Specialist

Initially a Systems Analyst and Project Manager, Simon was co owner and on the board of Hypertec as Technical Director, responsible for Pre and Post Sales, Product Development and systems for in excess of 25 years before moving to Exertis as a Director of Exertis Hypertec as well as fulfilling the role of Head of Data Governance for Exertis UK and I.

Clive Wilmer

Systems Analyst and Designer/Project Manager

A professional with over 25 years expertise in delivering commercial business solutions in financial services and payments, specialising in change management he has delivered major transformation programs for both external and internal clients, and in distributed, structured and unstructured multi-cultural environments. MAPM, SAFe Agilist, PRINCE2

David Skaraas

Electronic Hardware and Firmware Design

With 36 years experience of Hardware and firmware design, in a variety of environments ranging from Avionics to Automatic Test Equipment, Dave has an impressive array of successful projects behind him, as well as quite a few products.

Ethan Mullan

Software Engineer

With a range of experience in Backend development, DevOps, Frontend development and building cloud native applications, Ethan brings a lot of current development and deployment skill to the party.

Giles Wareham

Lawyer, Entrepreneur and Marketing Consultant

After having founded and  run a number of significant trailblazing insurance companies across Europe for many years, Giles now graces us with his expertise and creativity

Mark Shields

Software and Firmware Designer and Implementor

With over 40 years of experience in systems project leadership, design and development in a vast breadth of environments, Mark’s talents are invaluable to us.

Nick Morse

Storage, Networking and Cyber Solutions

Channel Development consultant –  An impressive track record of working with tech startups and responsible for some significant revenue and profit growth and creation of channel structures to support further growth. Nick is that rare thing – an extremely technically competent commercial drop-in Sales Director/Manager/Channel developer/Product Marketeer.

Rolf Mears

Control Systems and Factory Automation Consultant

Rolf’s resume is littered with successful major projects, working with Primes and large manufacturers on control system and factory automation projects. Rolf has maintained his technical currency so that he is comfortable in Corporate or SME projects.

Steve Flooks

Compliance and Accreditation Consultant Engineer

After many years working for prestigious testing laboratories, Steve became freelance and now enjoys contributing to SAPE projects as well as maintaining a wealth of blue chip clients in the world of compliance and accreditation testing. He is a BQE and has chaired the BTAB twice and is a member of the BTI working group. Steve has listed over 250 Bluetooth designs and is specialised in RF, Profile and Protocol testing.

Barbara Stanners

CFO and Financial controller

An experienced CFO and Financial controller with corporate and small business experience, Barbara has made significant contributions to a number of organisations, reshaping departments and introducing processes and systems to reduce error and maximise efficiency, at the same time delivering significant savings for the organisations. An extremely effective and analytical individual that always delivers results.

Sadie Newman

Graphic Designer, Social Media Consultant, Marketing Specialist

Having worked via a number of prestigious agencies for a number of blue chip clients before moving into the freelance world, Sadie now brings her considerable creativity to bare in assisting SAPE clients.

Iryna Okhrymenko

Product Discovery, Product Strategy, Product Marketing, Customer Development, Customer Experience Research

A graduate in Marketing, Iryna is skilled at evaluating competitive positioning strategy, and auditing and evaluating the appropriateness of marketing strategies. With a particular strength in customer research, she meticulously identifies decision-making criteria and purchasing behaviours. This, in turn, enables her to differentiate the client organisation’s offerings whilst creating value for their customers.
 
She is also experienced in contributing to strategic management plans, has practical project management skills and is very familiar with the product management lifecycle.

Glenn Ward

Sales Leader

An inspirational pragmatic sales leader, driving sales and marketing teams to exceed business targets. Proven expertise in utilising effective sales & marketing strategies to increase profitability. Equally proficient in generating new business leads or account management and farming of existing customers

25 years + collaborating with diverse teams in the Retail, Hospitality, Leisure, Metal Casting, Telematics, IT Payments, Data Centre, Services (MSP)  and Technology Solutions Industries across Europe.

Start – up experience with four organisations as Sales Director driving revenue growth to £20M+  leading the sales functions.

Strategy & proposition development, working with Channel Partners, Manufacturers, SME/SMB & End Users.