Andrew Caleya Chetty - CEO, Starling Technologies

Andrew Caleya Chetty is director and partner at Starling Technologies, and over the years, he has founded many cultural, technology and entertainment initiatives for interactive, participatory physical spaces. With two decades of experience in technology deployment and product creation, in particular, working with cities throughout the world, his expertise spans everything from developing IoT search engines to technological applications for complex urban technology deployments.

Phil Claridge - Founder, Mandrel Systems

Phil Claridge is a ‘virtual CTO’ for hire within Mandrel Systems covering end-to-end systems. Currently having fun and helping others with large-scale AI systems integration, country-wide large scale big-data processing, hands-on IoT technology (from sensor hardware design, through LoRa integration to back end systems), and advanced city information modelling. Supporting companies with M&A ‘exit readiness’, due-diligence and on advisory boards. Past roles include: CTO, Chief Architect, Labs Director, and Technical Evangelist for Geneva/Convergys (telco), Arieso/Viavi (geolocation), and Madge (networking). Phil’s early career was in electronics, and still finds it irresistible to swap from Powerpoint to a soldering iron and a compiler to produce proof-of-concepts when required.

Anna Jordan - Co-Founder & CEO, Alchera Data Technologies Ltd.

Anna Jordan is a Co-Founder and COO of Alchera Technologies. She has an MSc in Physics from Imperial College London and continues her involvement with the university by supporting women in STEM as a key member of the Imperial Women's Network Steering Committee. Anna is an active Advocate of Tech London Advocates and has been previously published in The Sunday Times.

Sherin Mathew - CEO & Founder, AI Tech UK

Sherin Mathew is a recognised AI Leader and leading AI Ethicist in the UK. A Founder, CEO, and Serial Entrepreneur, with a deep-rooted passion for wider AI Awareness, Impact, Ethics, and Intellectual Privacy. As a former IBM AI Expert at Global Business Services UK, Sherin’s specialism is transforming businesses into cognitive enterprises. Sherin is an award-winning CEO of AI Tech UK (https://www.ai-tech.uk/) and is responsible for delivering the National AI Strategy and democratising AI Awareness with UK businesses since 2018.

Sherin is a Tech4good champion and a pioneer in the space of Ethics and Sustainability Management in Digital Transformation. Sherin is the founder of https://smartethics.net/, a groundbreaking open AI Ethics management platform forged with global partners and institutes. Sherin is an AI Strategist and board advisor for West Yorkshire Combined Authority, and also the Chief AI advisor for ambitious SMEs, DeepTech Startups, and the UK AI policy team (DSIT) with a mission to "Disrupt the AI Disruption"! Sherin is an untiring advocate for the creative, innovative, and ethical elements of intelligent technologies. As an accomplished Public Speaker, AI Ethicist, and Evangelist, Sherin promotes thought-provoking ideas, shares his technical knowledge, and advises on best practices.

As an AI Influencer, Sherin is recognised for delivering national-level strategy and engagements with global partners from the North. He has published thought-provoking papers and is listed as a Top leader in

60 Leaders in AI: https://www.60leaders.com/leader/sherin-mathew

Top 5 Asians in Tech: https://asiansintech.com/top-100-asian-stars-in-uk-tech-2023-top-5s/

DataIQ-Top100 Leaders: https://www.dataiq.global/dataiq100-2021/profile/sherin-mathew-chief-executive-officer-and-founder-ai-tech-north

Prolific North: https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/feature/unveiling-the-dark-side-of-ai/

Sherin founded the idea of Intellectual Privacy, proposing the sanction of new Human Rights to Intelligence. To inspire and educate others on this evolving topic, he produced a documentary about Intellectual Privacy, which can be found in full here: https://publicintelligence.org/ or take a look at the 1-minute documentary trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHPBkquR9Pw

Daniele Quercia - Research Manager, Augmented Human Interaction, Independent

Daniele Quercia is Director of Responsible AI at Nokia Bell Labs Cambridge (UK) and Professor of Urban Informatics at the Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) at King's College London. He has been named one of Fortune magazine's 2014 Data All-Stars, and spoke about “happy maps” at TED.  He was Research Scientist at Yahoo Labs, a Horizon senior researcher at the University of Cambridge, and Postdoctoral Associate at the department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. He received his PhD from UC London.  www.researchswinger.org

Dejan Bojic - Head of Technical Advisory, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), Director, High Summits Consulting

Dejan is a senior consultant who has advised a range of clients across both public and private sectors. His particular focus is development of open and shared connectivity and data infrastructure to support product development and service transformation within complex innovation ecosystems.

Dejan’s currently employed by the UK government's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) where he leads the technology advisory team within Future Networks Programme. Prior to this role he has successfully delivered Digital Connectivity Infrastructure Accelerator (DCIA) programme for DSIT/DCMS.

A firm believer in creating value through collaboration between public and private sectors and across technology layers, Dejan’s aspiration as a SIG Champion is to shine a spotlight on market innovation opportunities through CW’s uniquely rich network of experts and influencers.

David Brown - Founding Director, Futurehand Ltd

David has spent the past 15 years helping start-up/scale-up companies in the UK build successful Customer Service, Customer Success, and Professional Services teams. He has done this mainly as a player/coach; initially working with customers himself and only building teams once he’s gained a clear understanding of what's needed to support the company's unique customer base.

In 2015, he used the knowledge gained from years of working in web analytics to found Adavow, an ad suppression platform that enables advertisers and ad networks to stop serving digital ads to consumers who have recently purchased a similar item, which increases digital budget efficiency by 10% or more.

David is a keen believer that the best way to become successful is to help others become successful and "What comes around, goes around."

Mary-Ann Claridge - Founder, Mandrel Systems

Mary-Ann is the Lead data scientist at Mandrel Systems. She started her career with research into sonar (think Hunt for Red October without Sean Connery). She is now embracing application and technical domains including education (all the analysis, modelling and visualisation for BestCourse4Me), smart city, retail, voice and speech recognition, and financial and logistical optimisation.

Daniel Clarke - Head of Technology and Innovation, Greater Cambridge Partnership

Dan leads the Smart Cambridge Programme which was set up to explore how data, innovative technology and better connectivity can be used to transform the way people live, work and travel in the Greater Cambridge area and beyond. Local councils, technology businesses, university researchers and partner organisations are working together to find smart ways to tackle city challenges, such as transport and air quality.

John Davies - International Trade Adviser – Technology, Department for Business and Trade, Director, Strategy 4 Technology Ltd, Thematic Group Co-Leader, United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC)

John has carried out a unique mix of strategic and operational roles with placements in the USA and Europe and partnerships in Asia. Over recent years much of his private sector and Government activities has been in the area of mobile and wireless communications, digital media, Smart Cities, Cloud and Big Data and M2M/IoT as well as emerging and disruptive technologies. Helping technology start ups in the UK and internationally sourcing technology and partners as well as provide due diligence in areas of M&A and stock listings. Operating as a UK Government Advisor John has briefed both UK and International Government Ministers and Departments on Smart Cities and respective technologies and applications. This has included providing international workshops, mentoring and consulting at senior levels. John has designed and ran awareness and implementation workshops for international companies and led international delegations to overseas markets, the most recent to Singapore and Malaysia in partnership with InnovateUK. John is an active member of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Smart Cities. John will be engaging with potential new international companies and organisations, and supporting CW member companies.