Ambassadors

Faye Pressly

Women in Tech Lead

Faye is a people-focused business leader who is on a mission to transform how we think about organisational productivity, purpose, profit and people’s happiness so we can move beyond insular focus on shareholder value. As COO for Vanti, one of the UK’s only Master System Integrators with a Smart Building reference site, Faye is currently working with the best and brightest minds to collaboratively imagine and engineer technology solutions that positively change the way people live, learn and work. As Chair of Birmingham’s ‘Women in Tech’ working group, she is a key advocate for encouraging women and girls to enter careers in Technology. “Helping to drive a more diverse technology workforce in the Midlands, is a huge passion of mine. It’s not about employers having a ‘tick-box’ mindset to diversity, but truly appreciating that ‘diversity in thought’ is far more important and key to business innovation and people growth. “However, unless we break down some of the barriers and proactively work to improve and widen the pools we can choose our talent from, things will only remain the same. To be able to work with like-minded, determined people helping to drive real change, is something I’m incredibly proud of – I can’t wait to look back in a few years’ time and see just how many women and people we’ve inspired to join our industry!”

Connect with Faye

faye.pressly@vanti.co.uk

@FPressly

Gary Lennon

Investment In Tech Lead

Joel Blake

Diversity in Tech Lead

Oliver Hills

Who's Here Lead

I run Updates Media, a pioneering digital local media business. Our flagship site, Birmingham Updates is the most engaged local media outlet in the West Midlands with 480,000 followers of our social media channels. I also work on Zento, an image recognition business which recognises product usage for major sports brands at mass participation events.

Connect with Oliver

oli@updatesmedia.com

@hills_10

Mike Brooman

Scaleup Lead

Louise Knight

Events Lead

Michael Smith

Brand Manager

Dave Evans

Ria Blagburn

Founder, GrowBeyond

I am the founder of marketing consultancy and content studio GrowBeyond and currently live in Birmingham, UK. My interests range from digital marketing to content strategy, and I always like to hear about exciting new startups.

Connect with Ria

ria@growbeyond.co.uk

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Jagdeep Bhaura

CEO, mypeoplebiz

Corporate Technology Innovator, Entrepreneur, 30 years playing, learning & working in tech across a broad set of companies both here in the UK and US.

Connect with Jagdeep

deep@mypeoplebiz.com

@wheresdeep

Jamil Shabir

Director

Connect with Jamil

hello@bootcampmedia.co.uk

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Wei Wu

Simon Emms

Martin Owen

Raj Dhokia

Herman Fung

Paul Rhodes

Peter Chatterley

MD The Talent Hackers.com

Recruiter to the stars, well Ursa Major, works with startups and scaleups to help them build employer brand, optimise direct hiring process, undertake searches on a innovative pay as you go model. Disrupting the recruitment space. Occassionally blogs on the economics of recruitment.

Connect with Peter

peter@thetalenthackers.com

@chatterleyp

Peter Cripps

Henry Jinman

Daniel Hollands

Mike Bandar

Jon Allen

Drew Smith

Glenn Martin

Philip Steele

Mitch Blackham

Joe Kibbler

Paul Adams

Matt Tubb

Nigel Linton

Ahmed Khan

Mark Shaw

Mash Ahmed

Chris Meah

School of Code

Duncan Price

Oscar Ryndziewicz

Paul Fielding

Shaun Owen

Jennifer Edwards

Tom Davies

Mick Westman

Carlos Garcia Martin

Rebecca Sorusch

David Baker

Dan Aston

Shammi Raichura

Manjeet Sidhu

Jayne Shields

Iain Acton

Darren Guest

Mary Matthews

Tristan Antrobus-holder

Client Relationship Manager James Hallam Corporate Risks

I am disruptive insurance influencer, developer and mould breaker with experience in Commercial Underwriting and Broking. I am a confident public speaker and seminar leader, with a detailed knowledge of Cyber Risks and emerging tech trends. I achieved a position as 2015 Insurance Age Broker Apprentice finalist. I believe in change, change in the way insurance advice is delivered and the how the industry is perceived by the general public. I strive to disrupt the market to allow insurance to thrive as no longer a necessary evil, but a positive, supporting business choice.

Connect with Tristan

tristan.antrobus-holder@jameshallam.co.uk

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Chris Woods

Anthony Chaffey

Managing Director, Ballyhoo Ltd

Connect with Anthony

anthony@ballyhoo.co.uk

Mike Morgan

Matthew Bennett