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CEO and Co-Founder

Cambridge Judge Business School

Guest speaker for MBA and MFin lectures on the importance of Investor Fit in the Venture Capital industry and how technologies currently being developed will make this easier.

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TAINA Technology Limited

-	Produced financial model, collateral and managed prospective VC and institutional investor communications that ensured valuations between 8-10X end of year ARR, leading to term sheets
-	Delivered 60% of new revenues in 2019
-	Won key first clients in the crypto and stock-trading segments
-	Negotiated key customer contracts, ensuring the business could price higher than competitors through a superior offering
-	Established a presence in the USA as part of international expansion (pre-US incorporation)
-	Co-designed and produced a retail customer-facing web and mobile web application to early adopter clients, from a business (non-technical) perspective (B2B2C distribution model)
-	Managed the successful go-live of said app, ensuring customer and compliance needs from application were met by the Technology and Compliance teams
-	Created training manuals and processes for client customer service teams to manage exception handling
-	Solicited and fed customer feedback into roadmap, produced business cases and championed customer needs with high value generating potential
-	Managed, maintained and upsold key client relationships
-	Designed and produced marketing and sales collateral, managed website re-design
-	Responsible for prospect demonstrations in key growth segments
-	Trained new users on the platform, requiring a detailed knowledge of the system and architecture
-	Invited on the Oracle podcast to discuss TAINA, Data & Analytics
-	Represented TAINA at events and in publications, including a DIT event in Frankfurt and in L39 publications.
-	Managed market communications specific to B2B and B2B2C distribution model of the business, ensuring regular feeds of market news.
-	Co-ordinated office move
-	Trained team members in production of collateral, account management and demonstrations 
-	Key decision maker for non-technical business hires
-	Successfully applied to the Morgan Stanley Multi-Cultural Innovation Lab as part of a team

Commercial and Communications Lead

Axis Corporate

Leading European Fintech: 
- Building a business on DLT for international remittances and lending platform. Activities include economic modelling, business analysis, competitor analysis, vendor negotiations, pricing strategy, customer journey mapping and client relationship management.  
- Creating Funding applications; Strategy, Product road map, commercialisation of core technology, financial sector partnership and distribution model strategy.
Leading European Fintech:
- Producing a report on market entry strategy and product alignment. Including TAM, SAM, SOM analysis, assessing likely demand for a groundbreaking financial product.
Other:
- Advising Fintechs and FIs on application to the Alternative Remedies Capability and Innovation Fund

Senior Consultant

Leading UK Bank: 
  - Assisted Branch rationalisation and Bank digitisation Programme
  - Digital tool selection, business case writing, Fintech partnership co-ordination

UK Challenger Banks and Fintechs:
  - RBS Alternative Remedies package Capability and Innovation fund strategic advisory

Head of Fintech partnerships: 
      - Ecosystem integration and evolution (technical and process)
      - Regulated DLT e-money payments and micro-payments projects 
      - Durable Media Proof of Concept
      - Business Case and senior stakeholder buy-in

Consultant

UKIMUN

Games and events company specialising in competitive game-ification around elections and other political scenarios. 
Basic data model creation for US and UK election scenarios.

Co Founder

Public Sector Security Services  – Project Manager and Business Analyst					
Led Software as a Service based project. Including: 
- Led process design for new software development marketplace project
- Management of multiple stakeholders senior to him both inside CSC and from other towers in a SIAM model
- Supported the transition of new joiners to CSC, acting in an ambassador role to multiple new work streams
- Delivered several process analyses, delivering better value to the client

Global Insurer Next-Generation IT Operating Model - Business Analyst				
- Assisted the design of a Digital TOM to enable more rapid product and service development. 
- Ensured digital strategy cohesion; combining the CSC digital vision for a Global Insurer's Operations with the vision of the client. 
- Managed internal stakeholders in an engagement with multiple moving parts.

MiFiD II impact assessment for Global FS Institution 
- Organisational impact analysis
- Recommendations on impacted business areas

Next-Generation IT Operating Model 
- Produced impact analysis for IT TOM for future integration of big data, BI, automation and hybrid cloud capabilities 
- Produced technology maturity matrix for future integrations as part of strategic change roadmap

Achievements:
- Created CSC viewpoint on the new EU-US Data Privacy Shield Agreement (data privacy)
- Co-authored CSC's thought leadership on Next-Generation Digital Target Operating Models
- Impact Analysis of MiFID II regulations on a Global Financial Institution
- Assisting with development of a Future Target Operating Model and future strategy for a global Financial Services firm
- Software Development Marketplace for Public Sector
- PRINCE II Foundation certified

Associate Consultant

thisislanguage.com

- Led business development in the UK market and assisted with US market growth
- Assisted the design of future growth strategy following a successful funding round
- Produced a phased business growth plan based upon demographic hotspots
- Assisted agile product development feedback loop from customer interactions

Account Executive & future strategy planner (Edtech startup)

- KYC reviews of High Risk and Ultra High Risk institutional clients

Senior Associate

CfBT Education Trust

- Business process re-engineering
- Business Analysis
- Proof reading of policies and standards

(Hays Contractor) Data Analyst - Agresso Project

Sovereign Housing Association

- Communications with stakeholders throughout the group
- Housing Market Research & Review for Sovereign Living Operations Manager
- Research project for Board into possible compatibility of Islamic Finance with Social Housing
- Legal Administration of complex Shared-Ownership property sales (6 party conveyancing procedures)
- Internal and external stakeholder management

(Hays Contractor) Conveyancing co-ordinator and Market Researcher

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Daniel Sawko

Eatron Technologies

Eatron is a fast-growing international technology company dedicated to making ‘software-defined vehicles’ a reality for OEMs worldwide. Eatron's innovative software platform, which spans from the edge to the cloud, enables automotive & mobility OEMs, and Tier-1s to rapidly integrate Eatron’s technology for series production. Eatron establishes strong partnerships with Tier-1s and semiconductor companies worldwide to realize this mission.

Founded and managed AVL Turkey Engineering Centers offering solutions and services to automotive industry in research and development of new powertrain systems, technologies and components.  Global / Local development projects covered component design, powertrain integration, engine & vehicle calibration, transmission software, battery systems engineering, BMS software, E-drive controls, electronics and ADAS / Autonomous technologies. Started the local operation with 6 heads and finished my management term with a team of 185 highly qualified and dynamic persons. Some key successes are: Two R&D Centers established, received the "2016 AVL Global Sales Excellence" award, received the "Top 100 Fastest Growing Company" award by Turkish Chamber of Commerce (TOBB) and granted "1515 Frontier Research Lab" funding by Tubitak.

Managing Director

I was part of a team starting up a new AVL engineering office next to Dunton Engineering Centre in the UK close to London. I managed electronics and electrification teams there performing projects ranging from drivability, model-based calibration for diesel engines, start/stop (micro hybrids) and other hybrid-electric powertrain projects.

Electronics Manager

IAV GmbH

Technical Specialist for automotive control systems, smart calibration; resident consultant at automotive OEMs (e.g. BMW Hams Hall Engine Plant, Ford Dunton), dealing with all the ECU/electrical problems of the 4-cylinder Engines. Involved in calibration/testing of ECU algorithms with ETAS /INCA, at test cells and/or in-vehicle, analysis sensor/actuators, carrying out root-cause analysis.

Technical Specialist

dSPACE GmbH

Applications Engineer for rapid control prototyping, hardware-in-the-loop simulators and test automation. Involved control systems consultancy, simulator design / proposals, technical support/sales, trainings/workshops/presentations with automotive, e.g. Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, F1 Teams, and aerospace companies.

Application Engineer

TÜBİTAK SAGE

I worked as a part-time research engineer involved in control algorithm development for guided flying objects and measurement systems for inertial navigation with gyros.

Junior Systems Engineer

With over 20 years of engineering and technology leadership in the automotive industry, I have a proven track record of building, running, and growing deep tech businesses that deliver innovative software and electronics solutions for the complete powertrain, including e-drive and batteries. 

As a co-founder and CEO of Eatron Technologies, I am on a mission to make software-defined vehicles a reality for OEMs worldwide. Eatron's cutting-edge software platform, which spans from the edge to the cloud, enables automotive and mobility OEMs to rapidly develop next-generation electric vehicles with advanced software features for batteries and motion. Eatron also establishes strong partnerships with Tier-1s and semiconductor companies worldwide to realize this vision.

Previously, I founded AVL's Turkish operations and companies, and built an R&D organization with 180+ engineers specialized in automotive engineering, calibration, electrification, autonomous technologies, and software and controls development for engines, transmissions, batteries, hybrids, and ADAS.

I am passionate about engineering and science, and love science-fiction. I always ask "why" and try to look beyond the status quo. I believe that technology can create a better future for humanity, and I am driven by the motto: "We shall find a way or make one".

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