Take a <br> 2.0
A special Yorkshire Mafia Drinks Evening for the Digital & Technology Community.
“Technology is best when it brings people together.” #MattMullenweg
Following on from the success of our launch event in September 2019, Take a <br> 2:0 will once again bring together peers across the Digital & IT sector with a collective mission to ignite conversation between the right contacts and lead the Northern tech community.
Calling all IT business leaders, creative digital entrepreneurs, and those with a shared investment in the technological advancement of our region – join us for an evening of relaxed networking, where you will have an unparalleled opportunity to build meaningful relationships and learn from each other.
Meet, network, innovate.
Please note: this event is exclusively for members of the IT, Tech & Digital community.
For information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact the YM team.
06
Feb
Thursday
18:00 - 23:00
East 59th
Victoria Gate, 3rd Floor Rooftop, George St, Leeds LS2 7AU
Attending
Mark Jackson
UKI T&T Portfolio Leader
IBM
Royd Brayshay
Director
NewRedo
Sean Power
Head of Sales
Refractiv
Peter Mann
Digital Strategy Lead
Xerox
Janie Gonsalez
Sales/Account Manager
RapidSpike
Adrian Malone
Head of Digital Project Delivery
WSP
Lee Pearson
Marketing Manger
Yorkshire Telecommunications Ltd & Biscuit IT
Fabi Viola
Creative Director
Fab Media
Paul Routledge
Country Manager
D-Link Europe Limited
Andrew Jack
Co-Founder
Candle Digital
Gareth Preece
Founder & Director
GPC Skills Ltd
Simon Hill
IT and Projects Director
Jersey House Limited
Lisa Vickers
Principal Consultant
DPO Digital
REBECCA ROBERTS
Sales Director
KulaHub Ltd
Graham Shiers
Director
The Business Catalyst Club Limited
Charlotte Gale
Owner
Charlotte Gale Photography
Kyle Findley
Director
21 Degrees Digital
Kayla Herbert
Founder / Managing Director
Branswer
Karen Ventura
Head of Product
Servelec
Phil Grayson
CEO
xTEN | High-Performance Data
Tony Clarke
Account Director
Daisy Communications
Jessica Waters (ACIM)
Digital Marketing Manager
Sagars Accountants Ltd
Jamie Shaw
Marketing and BD Executive
RSM UK
Rudy Heywood
Owner & Founder
Famous Wolf
Paul Bak
Director
Paul's Innovative Programs Ltd
Steve Teasdale
Sales Executive
Croft Communications
Tracy Carpenter
HR Consultant
Mint HR
Davinia Parker
Director; Marketing, brand and strategy
Livock Parker Ltd
Christopher Limbert BA (Hons), ACMA CGMA
Business Consultant
Leo Buisiness Consultancy Ltd
Steve Coleman
Founder
Picture Perfect Data Ltd
Catherine Carter
Consultant
EAT UK Ltd
James M Howard
Channel Manager
Microsoft
David Turner
Chief Technology Officer
William Hill
Keith Loveday
Director
Loveday Media Limited
Phillip Liu
Head of Business Intelligece
YBSG
Ben Reasbeck
Business Relationship Manager
Barclays
Ajaz Ahmed BEM
Ajaz@sosavvy
Sosavvy
Suzannah Turner
Research & Innovation Development Manager
University of Leeds
Ian Spencer
Product Manager
Equal Experts
Manpreet Singh
CEO
Bobble Digital Limited
Steve Pownall
Sales & Marketing Manager
DeeperThanBlue (Ltd)
Daniel Wilson
New Business Sales
NCC Group
James Parratt
Director
KCS IT Limited
Raphael Cohn
CTO
StormMQ
Kevin Clarke
Business Development Manager
iomart Cloud Services
John Buckley
Digital marketing consultant
Modo25
Annamarie Lynch, PMP®
Consultant
Consultancy
Phill Burke
Managing Director
Yorkshireman Consulting
Kenneth Cornforth
Director of Education
Baker Dearing Educational Trust
Ryan Donaghy
Owner/ Director
Deeno Technology Ltd.
Andy Roberts
Chief Marketing Officer
Planet Sport / Digital Sport North
James Cowley
Founder & Director
Rainbowmouse Procurement Services
Elias Moubayed
Senior Partner
ChannelCreator
Lynda Fussell
Team Dynamics and Mindset Coach
Dales Consulting Limited
Mark Edeson
Talent Acquisition Partner
Yorkshire Building Society
Josh Kennon
Social Media Advertising Manager
CMS Advertising
Megan Katie Beaton
Group Sales and Events Manager
Escapism Bar Group
Nigel Cliffe
LinkedIn Training
Value Exchange
Oli Cheetham
Design & Marketing Consultant
Developing Brands
Alexis Twigg
Director
TribePad
Paul de Beer
CEO and Consultant
Evolve Leadership Consulting Limited
John Burgess
Connector
Sagars
Jonathan Gallucci
Principle Project Manager
TransUnion
Jasmine Savery
Accounts Manager
Mantra Media
Beverly Hopper
Company Owner
Credere Solutions Ltd
Barrie Jarrett
CEO
Planet Sport Limited
Craig Jeffries
Principal Consultant
Jeffries Blue
Dawn Bream
Director
DB Commercial Finance Ltd
Catherine Kennedy
Director
Legato Marketing Ltd.
Alex Lord
Enterprise Portfolio Manager
Direct Line Group
Andrew Firth
Owner
Ascensor Limited
Beverly Stanforth
3D Project Executive
Intermarketing Agency
Mike Bullivant
Senior Account Manager
Mr
Saj Hamid
RPA Lead Business Analyst
Capita
Paul Lillywhite
Director
Lillywhite Consultancy Limited
Sam Charlton
Media & Advertising Project Manager
The Jobs4 Network Limited
Joanne Theodore
Director
Strategic Solutions Northern Ltd
Pat Marshall
Project Manager
Freelance
Paul Drury-Bradey
Director
Culture and Social Impact
Ed Donson
Senior Associate
Cognizant
Michael Mateer
Director and Chief Marketing Officer
Virtualnonexecs’s
Sean Briddock
Head of Business Development
Keep Safe & Secure Ltd
Matthew Wheeler
Director
madeby.studio
Thomas Bowie
Associate
Squire Patton Boggs
Elliot Bulley
Property Investor
E&M Homes
Alasdair Jamieson
Business Development Manager
Alight Media
Mark Thompson
Senior Telecommunications Consultant
Avant Consultants
Georgina Mitchell
Independent Consultant
WellHouse Consulting
Glyn Selway
Innovation Specialist
RTC North
Davis Tarvans
Digital Marketing Consultant
Creative Marketing Services
Dario Grandich
Director
Parallax
Lee Gilbank
Director
YorCyberSec Limited
Khalid Rasool
Director, Architecture and Technology Strategy
Silicon Valley Bank
Alexander Paling
Strategy Director
Embryo Digital
Maria Arias
Operations
Santander
Matthew Roberts
CTO
Binary Forge Solutions Ltd
Mark Moran
Head of Product
ManageMy
Gareth Huxall
Chief Commercial Officer
SRVCD Ltd
Richard Goddard
Director IT Operations
Looking for new role
Sarah Bates
Graphic designer
Sarah Bates Design
Alex Martin
Business Development Manager
Cognisys Group Ltd
Rebecca Boyd
Director
Social Media Geek
Roger Hulley
Managing Director and Owner
Alternative Software Ltd
Julia Felton
Director
Business HorsePower
Ian Bennett
CEO
VisAge-IP Ltd
Donna Jacobs
Business Development Executive
Henderson/Aon
Adam Shire
Chief Marketing Officer
SRVCD
David Brookmyre
Gigabit Network Planner
Diva Telecom Ltd
Ben Bousfield
Account Manager
Aspire Technology
Paul Battisson
COO
Cloud Galacticos
Mark Craven
Founder
Mcruxive
Joseph Edmonds
Director
Edmonds Commerce
Mark Philmore
Director
MFL Insurance Group
Peter Denby
Director
Hyper Group
Julian Ward
Group Head of Talent Acquisition
Stickyeyes
Jen Driver
Client Services Director
Zeal Media Ltd
Sophie Spencer
Account Manager
Blacklight Software
Simon Brown
Business Owner
Jerk House
Rob Lunt
Senior Management Consultant
TCS
John Ievers
Director
CDR Group
Iain Shaw
Director - Marketing, Communications & Technology
Brilliant Lighting
lawrence Leighton
Associate Partner RDS
Mr.
Walter James
Headshots Photographer
Headshots By Walter James
Marshall Frieze
Founder and MD
The One Solution
Phil Storey
Director
People At The Centre
Mark Bower
Professional Implementer
EOS Worldwide
Alistair Holmes
D&A Practice Lead
ISG
Richard Michie
CEO
The Marketing Optimist
Hannah Burgin
Customer Relationship Advisor
ABS UK Ltd
John Richardson
Director
ExP
Hayley Bartholomew
Sales & Marketing
DeeperThanBlue
James Hall
Director
Parallax
Roxane Heaton
Head of Digital
Morrisons
Abid Perwaze
Solicitor
LCF law
Steve Frost
Digital Consultant
Independent
Gavin Harris
Business Development Manager
File Republic
Daniel Stockwell
Senior Recruitment Consultant
iSource
Sean Allen
Recruitment Manager
BJSS
ANNABEL TONGE
Business Development Director
Q5 Partners
Gary King
Managing Director
Tendo Ltd
Andrew Vevers
Voiceover Artist
Vevers Voiceovers
Lisa Hepworth
Business Development Executive
Forward & Thinking Ltd
Jon Smith
Managing Data Architect
Netcompany
Neil Maude
Director of Technology
Arena Group
Neil Guilder
Associate
Whitecap Consulting
Colin Glass
Senior Partner
WGN
Malc Coton ☁
CRM Consultant
ixRM (Leeds)- Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM
Angela Batty
Project Manager
Freelance
Alice Chance
Recruiter
Transition Partners
Dennis Stanley
Managing Partner
Marriage-Stanely & Associates
Mark Gash
Lead Creative
Adaptivle Ltd
Mike Hardcastle
Director
Novalead Limited
Mike Midgley
CEO
6teen30 Digital
Matt Wilkinson
CEO
Live Learning Co
Jeff Lee
Sales
Tech Data UK
Tim Balmforth
Head of HE Digital and Engineering
Leeds City College University Centre
Marie-Claire Micuta
Business Development Manager
University of Huddersfield
Dave McCormack
Managing Director
Peg
James Gillow
Recruitment Consultant - Business Analysis & Product
iSource
Trefor Hillas
Principal Engineer
Ramboll UK Ltd
Fiona Barker
Account Director - Cyber & Technology
Marsh Commercial
Natalia M Wesniuk (MA)
Digital Content Producer
NMWMultimedia
Craig Melville
Cloud Solution Sales
DeeperThanBlue
Simon Holland
CEO
Barefoot Lightning Ltd
Sam Taylor
Creative Director
madeby.studio
Matt Hitchcock
Managing Director
Other Things
Richard Hudson
Graphic Designer
RH Brand + Design
Ged Alexander
Developer
Jediged
Nicholas Stewart
Founder
Clever Endeavour
Jason Newell
Sales Executive
Halo IS
Andy Smith MBCS
Director
Vanguard Programme & Project Management Services
Jamie Goldspink
Founder / Creative Director
Goldspink Creative
Chris Reid
Senior Partner
AnotherTrail
Julie Kay
Director
JK Leadership Development
Simon Benn
Founder
Simon Benn Ltd
Eliza_May Austin
CEO & Co-Founder
th4ts3cur1ty.company
Lawrence Dudley
Director
Parallax
Jackie Killiard
Sales Manager
Diva Telecom Limited
Dave Tucker
CEO
Glean
Dan Kirkland
Co-founder
TribePad
Natalia Piechowiak
Project Manager
Transunion
Ross Edwin Thompson
Creative Director
Cubby Studio
Aubyn Crawford
Solution Architect
Visual Integrated Solutions Ltd.
Hatty Hanna
Managing Director
Stereo Social
Denise Dunne
Chief Growth Officer
Ding
Sameer Manjrekar
Proposition Manager
Vodafone
Patrick Culliney
Practice Lead Information & Cyber Security
iSource
Chris Ewens
Freelance marketing consultant
chrisewens.com
Helen Goldthorpe
Associate Solicitor
Shulmans LLP
Ryan Bradley-Evans
Director
R&R Space Ltd
Josh Hanning
Founder & Managing Director
yourBAU
Ellen Hardy
Business Development Manager
Iomart
Alan Tisch
MD
Visualeyes
Jeffrey Pappin
Head of Consulting
Dales Consulting
James Williams
Responsible Tech Lead
LBG
Simon Whitaker
Owner Operator
FeelgoodDrones
Nick Pomeroy
Head of Creative
Zeal
Tina Watson
Business Development Manager
Barclays
Michael Croft
Director
Innovation People
Tony O'Brien
Senior Lecturer
Sheffield Hallam University
James Ward
Director
TDC AV
Samuel Bernard
Logistics Operations Manager
Agilent Technologies
Francis Maietta
Director
Maietta Enterprise
Alex Holdsworth
Recruitment Consultant
Huntress
Naomi Ross
Solicitor
DAC Beachcroft LLP
Amy Morgan
Lab Manager
Barclays
David Gomersall
Business Development Manager
Exa Networks
Alex Mitsionis
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Consultant
ixRM
Mark Taylor
Operations manager
Cable-Talk UK LTD
Andi Kirk
Licensing/ branding
Daiya Mondo
Hannah Vatani
Partnership Manager
Jobs4
Alan Gallacher
Network & Events Manager
Nexus (University of Leeds)
Iain Mackenzie
Solicitor
DAC Beachcroft LLP
Jonny Bennett
Partnership Manager
Leeds-List
Steven Taylor
Managing Director
Ayup Digital
Sigita Jur
Marketing Director
5s Digital Ltd
mark millar
business development director
Mechanical Facilities Services
Lee Touhig
Managing Director
Tech.Work/Noirth
Amber Germaney
Business Development
Advo
Richard Atkinson
Technology Director
Nando's
Eamon Fox
Partner
Knight Frank LLP
Angela Hindhaugh
Founder
Behind The Woman
Katie Sarsfield
Talent Acquisition Co-ordinator
Yorkshire Building Society
Lucy Boland
Agency Director
Accord Marketing
Robert Turner
Director
Excel Telecom Limited
Gary Holdsworth
Business Development Manager
Biscuit IT
AMARJIT SINGH
DIRECTOR
Power EC Limited
James Naylor
Sales Executive
Fired Up Technologies
Jarred Knott
Innovation Manager
Northern Gas Networks
Richard Sutcliffe
Founder
Agency For Good
Paula Chellingworth
Business Development Manager
This Is Beacon
Timothy Roberts
CEO
DATP Ltd
Richard Poole
Enterprise Solution Specialist
Business IT Support Team
Richard Stewart
International sales
Aqualytics
David Lees
Marketing & CSR Director
ABS UK Ltd
Rich Whitby
Videographer
FSP
Roy Ruddle
Research Technology Director
Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA)
Luke Pedley
Corporate Finance Advisory
DSW CF
Ella Bagley
Head of Performance Marketing
Zeal
Tim Holdsworth
Business Growth Specialist
ActionCOACH
Chris Baxter
Director
Catalyst Mobile Ltd
Sam Lodh
Director
Search For The Next Limited
Abdul Kotia
Business Analyst
MBMB
Cloë Keefe
Head of Commercial Operations
Local TV
Michael Maibaum
Technology Evolution Director
Flutter UK&I
Rick Wilkinson
MD
Sandler Training
Alan Foder
chair
Embrace
Michael Atack
Client Service Partner
Slalom
Holly Johnson
Business Development
Contract Recovery Solutions
Rachel Ashton
Principal Consultant
Huntress
Kate Cooper
Account Executive
J M Glendinning Professional Risks
Janie Gonsalez
Business Development Executive
The Yorkshire Mafia
Paul Johnson
Partner
Mills & Reeve LLP
LiLi Wisdom Wisdom
Director
Kemetic Ltd
Wilson Lui
Regional Manager
iGears Limited
Rebecca Craven
Marketing Mentor
Babington
Katy Croft
Business Development Manager
York IT Services
Michael Millward
director
Abeceder
George Boyle
Director of Magic
GCMind
Phillippa Dunne
Director
Brash creative
Gareth Yates Gareth Yates
SCE
Partner
Claire Warwick
Senior Manager
Team Activ
Andrew Alton
Partner
UDL Intellectual Property
Nick Hawkins Hawkins
Barrister Partner
GunnerCooke LLP
Chris Phillips
Director
CP Venue Consulting Ltd
Robert Clulow
Sales
Elcome Limited
Amy Lee
Test Consultant
AYL Consultancy Ltd
Janet antons
Business Development Manager
vertual ltd
Olivia Brown
Solicitor
Freeths LLP
Kyle Fox
Creative Projects Manager
Jobs4
Karl Beckett
Director
Karl Beckett
Rob Yorke
Development Director
Grapple limited
Andy Fitch
Director
Parallax
Mike Channing
Sales Manager
Fired Up Technologies Ltd
Ross Featherstone
Head of Development
Zeal Media Limited
JESSICA JONES
Director
MISS
James Manaley
Head of partnerships
It’s gone viral
Jonathan Priestley
Partner
3volution Limited
Neil Bowker
Sales Dreictor
Microform Imaging Ltd
Johnny Cassidy
Director
Domus Real Estate Group Ltd
Rob Osborn
Business Continuity Consultant
O-BC
Muizz Ali Ali
Consultant
L&M Time Traders
Andrew Lawrie
Account Executive
Marsh Commercial
Mark Booth
Business Development Director
Principle Networks
Andrew Metalf
MD
Maverick PM Ltd
Ian Patrick
Associate Director
Catax
Greg Kelly
Project Manager
Cable-Talk (UK) Ltd
Harj Hayre
Director
CA LTD
Lewis Carr
Director
adaptiVLE Ltd.
Robert Farnes
Director
Refoveo Consulting limited
Steve Spence
Director
Cognisys Group Limited
Simon Sterenborg
Head of New Business
Parallax
Andrew Batty
Managing Director
Creative Marketing Services
Gavin Wagstaff
Technical Programme Lead
Lucy Zodion Ltd
Emma Wilson
Associate
Mills & Reeve LLP
Bethany Bloor
Trainee Solicitor
Squire Patton Boggs
Arifa Chakera
Programme Director
Crystal Clear Management Solutions
David Hoghton-Carter
Founder and Consultant
Impact and innovation strategy
Mark Pettit
Manageing Director
Perspectives
Martin Oldham
Sales Director
Bob's Business
Paul Squire
Managing Director
Slalom
James Banner
Practice Lead - Project Management & Business Analysis
iSource Group
Ian Weatherhogg
CTO
Refractiv
Greg Parker
Founder
Inspire
Ada Spahiu
Business Manager
Barclays
Gillian Murray
Group Head of Marketing
Arena Group
Megan Atack
Solicitor
Freeths
Fiona Ras-Jones
Director
Make Impact
Graham Poulter
CEO
Corporate Intelligence Ltd
Thomas Fensom
Sales Development Manager
Catax
Ruth Stephenson
Business Development Manager
You & Me Media
Sam Clark
Head of Account Management
Perform Partners
Selvin Brown
Owner
Online Business Advice
Husam Khoury
Business manager
Barclays
Darren Evans
Video Strategist
self-employed
David Ranby
Director
Braid
David Spillane
Mobile Strategy
Pocketworks
Ryan Mulhern
Video Marketing
First Frame Productions LTD
Louise Handley
Partner
3volution Limited
Sarah Everest
Head of Business Development Manager
OneMedical Group
Mark Williams
Lead Enterprise Architect
Mr