An Evening for CTOs, CIOs and Technology Leaders
Technology leadership and more...
The Tech Leadership Social
Presented by Silicon Yorkshire
Real Conversations. Real Community.
Join us for a relaxed evening of drinks, insight, and connection with Yorkshire’s most forward-thinking CIOs, CTOs, and technology leaders.
Whether you’re defining cloud strategy, scaling systems, or just want to meet peers in a relaxed and sales-free environment – this is your room.
What to expect:
- A guest speaker giving real-world insight
- Thoughtful networking (no sales)
- Drinks, conversation, and real value in every chat
- A community growing across Yorkshire
This isn’t another generic meetup. It’s technology leadership focused, curated for people who build with intent, and backed by Silicon Yorkshire – the region’s fastest-growing tech community.
POLITE NOTICE:
This event is for CTO’s CIO’s, Engineering and Development leaders, Data Leaders and so on.Â
If you don’t fit the attendee profile, we very kindly ask you not to register
02
Jul
Wednesday
17:00 - 23:00
Banyan
2 City Square, Leeds LS1 2ES
Attending
Paul Ridgway
Director
The Curve
Libby Plowman
Head of CRM
Webalytix
Andy Stewart
SVP of Engineering
Tide
Geoff Shepherd
Chief Executive
iSource Group
Daniel Hodgson
MD
Urban Sparks Sales Enablement
Mohammed Hussain
Enterprise solution architect
BT
Emmanuel Yeku
Data Analyst
Unilever
Steve Mellor
Senior Quality Engineering Architect
Roq
Ajaz Ahmed BEM
Ajaz@sosavvy
Sosavvy
Raphael Cohn
CTO
StormMQ
John Lucas
Director
IT Director 4 Hire
Frank Nitenberg
VP of Engineering
Qoria
Colin Willis
Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services
Jason Hookey
Chief Digital Officer
Hookeyhouse
Rachel Lintott
Principal - Head of Delivery
Netcompany
Wayne Field
In between roles: previously Head of Personalisation and CRM
In between roles: previously ASDA
Nisu Thomas
Enterprise Architect
Lloyds Banking Group
Farina Mackay
Head of Revenue and Operations
dotnext Europe
Rogerio da Silva
Technical Director
Ethisys.co.uk
Rich Mason
Operator, Advisor, Investor
Various
Ganesh Adapa
AWS Solutions Architect
Lifebit
Khalid Rasool
Director, Architecture and Technology Strategy
Silicon Valley Bank
David McKee
Group CTO
Counterpoint Technologies (Crysp, Dashe AI, iTechoHealth, MyPerformanceLearning, Digital Twin Consortium)
Jason Meyers
MD for Cloud - Scotland & Yorkshire
AND Digital
Adnan Younas
Head of Engineering
Equiniti
Robbie Jackson
Senior Solutions Architect
Burberry Ltd
Daniel Asuzu
Director
SyncoTech Digital Ltd
Guy Rutter
Head of Development
GoMetro UK Ltd
Andy Tyack
Deputy Director for Delivery
Department for Work and Pensions
Kyle Beachill
Innovation Director
Wastecare Group
Jason Crispin
CEO
AUDITSU
Jumana Bohra
Software engineer
Smoothwall
Callum Wright
Founder
Quantum Risk Solutions
Chris Buckley
Head of Engineering
SmartSearch
Jonathan Lyth
CTO
TBC
Yann Golanski
Co-Founder and Director
Firmamentum Consulting Ltd.
Christopher Ward
Assistant Director of Engineering, Data Platforms
NHS England
Mark Kitching
Director of Engineering
Compare The Market
Adam Linford
Head of Engineering
AXA
Andy Burton
CTO
esure
Howard Jones
Head of EA Services
BJSS
Sabira Damji
Engineering Lead
Lloyds Banking Group
Chris Reid
Senior Partner
AnotherTrail
Lee Connor
Technical Director
Catalyst BI
Geraint Jones
Senior Manager
Burberry
Niall Monk
Enterprise Architect
Capgemini
Richard Brown
Technical Director
Audacia Consulting Limited
Amardeep Sirha
Director
amarti
Ros Jones
Business Coach
Ros Jones Coaching and Personal Development
John Plowman
Enterprise Data Architect
Oakland
Denise Dourado
Sr Director Apps & Data & AI
Microsoft UK
Simon Whittam
Head of Architecture
InfraTech Systems
Jeff Watkins
CTO
CreateFuture
Sharanjit Singh
sr solutions architect
TCS
Steve Ayres
Managing Director
Logicality
Junyue Jin
Senior Data Scientist
Resolver
Rich McIntyre
Chief Engineer
BJSS
Vicky Jaiswal
Software Architect
NHS England
Bianca Spruit
Leadership Coach
Sprout Coaching
Ben Hioco
Sales Director
Hotel Indigo Leeds
Andrew Dare
Group CTO
STRAT7
carl maughan
Co Founder & CTO
Rulevolution
Gareth Barber
Operations Director
Foundation IT
Ian Bamforth
Head of DevOps
MaxContact
Tirumala Namballa
Project Manager
Ex-QBE
John Earnshaw
Software Development Contractor
reblGreen Software
Amanda Haigh
Founder
Inspired-Nation CIC
Amit Kumar
Sr Solution Architect
Mastek Ltd.
Mike Pemberton
Architect/SME Primary Care Support England
GPPP Solutions Ltd
Tom Miller
Director
Devstack Consultancy Limited
Lee Edwards
CIO
Conexus Medstaff
Kieran Morten
Director Software Engineering
LexisNexis Risk Solutions
