Matt Hawkins
CEO & Founder
Founder of numerous UK tech businesses including C4L, an internet infrastructure provider which serviced ~1% of the UK market winning fast growth awards from Times Tech Track 100, Deloitte UK Top 50, and Deloitte EMEA Fast 500. Successfully exited in 2016 to finance Cudo Ventures. He was involved in M&A during the transition period, acquiring other businesses. Matt has been involved in mentoring young entrepreneurs in the UK and was awarded Entrepreneur Of The Year at Dorset Business Awards and HSBC’s South West Business Thinking Winner.
Andrew Strumey
CTO
Andrew has 19 years of industry experience in software development and solutions and is adept at designing lean, highly-supportable and reproducible systems in hosted and server-provider environments. Prior to joining the Cudo team, Andrew was the lead architect at C4L. Andrew’s extensive experience in building platforms that support hundreds of thousands of users and that require the highest levels of uptime and resilience gives him the ability to rationally and logically reason complex problems and to develop solutions.
Dr Joan Garcia Tomo
Head of Data and Research
Holds a PhD in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics from the University of Southampton. Prior to joining Cudo, Joan worked primarily in education at the Universitat de Barcelona and the University of Southampton.
Richard Poole
Lead Developer / Architect
With over 19 years of experience in software engineering and web development, Sycora co-founder Richard is skilled in front and back-end development and full stack development and design for companies including Vodafone. Richard has a BSc (Hons) degree in Computing from Bournemouth University.
Lee Woodham
COO
A strategic leader with a proven track record of driving business growth resulting in increased profit margins and revenue in international multi- faceted organisations. Transforming business through change management, the introduction of innovation and technological support and rigorous corporate governance, in global blue-chip and Private Equity backed start-up organisations.
Dominic Burns
Senior Project Manager
Starting out in defence telecommunications and building on his engineering skill set with companies such as Marconi Communications upon leaving the military. Dominic has spent the last 15 years managing successful IT industry sector projects, ranging from cloud, network and data centre services with Telecity Group and C4L. To leading cross functional project teams in the delivery of efficiency programmes, driving continuous improvement and the provision of exceptional service.
Maryam Olusola-Sowoolu
Product Manager
Maryam is product management enthusiast with over 7 years experience in business analysis, agile methodologies, customer experience, digital products, PDLC, SDLC and end to end delivery management. She has worked both in overseas and local companies as the World Bank, uMotif and Kingfisher to mention a few. Maryam has a BSc in Computer Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana and a Masters degree in Management and Information Systems from Cranfield University, United Kingdom. She is a Certified Scrum Product Owner
Ethan Illingworth
Blockchain Product Manager
Bio - Ethan is a digital Product Manager with a background in Web3 and emerging blockchain technologies having previously worked on successful product delivery from inception to production across various web platforms, native iOS and Android, and Ethereum smart contracts. Using agile methodologies and Scrum certified frameworks he works with interdisciplinary development teams delivering and communicating complex problems across all stakeholders. He's worked with, and advised, a range of startups including WhoSampled, Artos Systems and Aventus as well as guest lecturing at University of Westminster.
Ilker Colak
Data Scientist
I have a PhD in Mathematics from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, on the subject of ordinary differential equations and dynamical systems. Then I worked for three years as an Assistant Professor at Drexel University, Philadephia, before joining Cudo
Joe White
Lead Software Engineer (Back-End
Studied Digital Media Design at Bournemouth University with a specialisation in Web Development. Gained experience as an intern web developer at Zeta Agency before taking on a role at Mad River Ltd. as a junior web developer.
Ryan Ede
Junior Software Engineer
Arthur Verrept
Junior Software Engineer
Arthur recently joined Cudo as an intern and has a good range of full stack skills. He will aid in some of the development.
Alan Oliver
Junior Software Engineer
Sonja Greenfield
Executive Assistant
With over 17 years experience providing support to executive teams, Sonja has worked across a range of industries including magazine & online publishing, finance, education & health. Prior to joining Cudo Sonja worked for a health tech company, assisting with scaling the business & launch of their SaaS products into the UK market.
Christopher Grubb
Financial Director
A Chartered Management Accountant, Chris made a name for himself whilst at the helm of the Finance Function of a Design Consultancy. During his 9 years, he supported the company through 4x growth before culminating in a multimillion-pound exit in 2016. He now supports a number of investor backed Tech and SaaS companies as their Part Time FD.
Vicki Ivory
People & Culture Manager
With a Diploma in HR Management, Vicki has 10+ years experience in HR in varying industries including Live Events, Not for Profit, Hospitality and Tech. Specialising in SMEs, Vicki has been involved in scaling HR departments both operationally and strategically in several Private Equity and VC funded start-up organisations.
Neethu Stephen
Finance (Part time)
Neethu is a finance professional with over 10 years of post-qualification experience. She has worked across the globe and her prior experience includes both scale-ups as well as MNCs like Ernst&Young and Komatsu.
Becki Saunders
Administration Assistant
Kate Richards
People & Culture Advisor
With a BA Hons Degree in HR Management, Kate has 9 years of experience in HR gained from a background in Ecommerce, Manufacturing, Retail and Pharmaceutical industries. Kate has been involved in strategic and operational HR in high growth companies.
Charlotte Fielding
Business Analyst
Pete Hill
Vice President of Sales
Pete previously worked for C4L where he built and managed a 250-strong partner channel that included over 30% of the top 100 managed service providers and value added resellers. With a BA (Hons) degree in Computing & Internet Technology and 12 years IT industry experience, Pete has a vast technical understanding of cloud and internet service provider technologies.
Mia Whitewood
Head of Customer Success
Mia joins Cudo with over 23 years in IT & Cloud across EMEA & ASIA PAC and will help drive further success and growth at Cudo. Mia excels in delivering strategic business value and has driven major profitable growth at start-ups and global players including; egg.com, Pipex, UUNET, Rackspace UK and Salesforce.com & RedEye Apps in Australia.
Nuno Pereira
Vice President of Partnerships
Nuno was Group Sales Director for Foresolutions, responsible for the sales and marketing of the three companies within the group. A telecommunications business, after 13 years with DSD Food Group managing over 100 sales reps. He is experienced in building B2C and B2B relationships and creating strong strategic relations.
Predrag Rogic
Software Engineering Manager
Rob Ackroyd
Customer Support Manager
Rob is a results driven distinguished leader with extensive experience in service delivery, strategic planning, department management and project / programme management within IT and Telecom sectors across multiple verticals. Rob's expertise lies in operations, process improvement, governance and technical services with a key focus on customer experience, having built and led service teams for multiple service providers supporting small and large customers within demanding fast paced environments.
Andrew Meredith
Client Platforms Engineer
Ashley Smith
Client Journey Advocate
Ashley has significant post-university experience in marketing, acquiring a level 4 certificate in digital marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing. Before joining the Cudo team, Ashley gained industry experience as a Digital Marketing Apprentice with IDE Group.
Flavius Berciu
Client Journey Advocate
When living in 3 different countries I became aware of differences in people’s culture. It is a great experience for acquiring a global perspective, a concept at the base of every successful company. I have always been interested in customer service and that can be seen in my work experience from serving a drink at the bar, assisting the elderly with daily activities, to assisting customers with a product issue. I always aim to provide empathy with my service.
Nazim Faour
Technical Writer
Douglas Stewart
Head of Marketing
Jeffrey Elliott
Community Manager
After studying Law at BPP University Jeffrey went on to build his own educational investment website and community, from there Jeffrey went on to begin working with blockchain companies helping them to build their own communities from scratch and raise funds during their token sales.
James Dickie
Graphic Designer
Since graduating from University in Industrial Design, James has gained just short of 10 years design experience and over 5 years marketing experience. James is always keeping a close eye on advances in technologies within the design industry which lower carbon footprints and can help save the environment.
Anand Sheemar
Marketing Executive
Anand is the writer and editor of all external press on our online platforms. He liaises closely with the sales team and manages projects involving critical external partners. He also focuses on social media marketing, specialising in YouTube content creation and film production, whilst also managing the marketing accounts and expenditure and adding to the general marketing strategy and analytics deliverables.
