John Freeman
CEO
John Freeman
CEO
A highly experienced leader and advisor in the technology industry.
John has over 15 years of leadership experience, establishing an impressive track record of transforming organisations and achieving sustainable growth.
This experience includes serving as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Product Officer at various tech companies, including Arkessa and Wireless Logic. Under his leadership, teams adopted a growth mindset, enabling products and partnerships that drove revenue growth and expansion of market share.
Mike Bromwich
Chief Technology Officer & Founder
Experienced technologist and proven entrepreneur.
Mike has a 30 year track record as a successful entrepreneur, innovator, technology strategist, engineer, software developer, CEO and NED.
Over this time he has founded, acquired and successfully exited a number of innovative businesses. In 2008 he founded Partitionware – a telecoms-focused software solutions and platforms provider – which continues to serve millions of subscribers worldwide. Partitionware was acquired in 2016 and Mike exited the business in 2019.
Mike Bromwich
Founder & CTO
Tim Dowling
Co-Founder & CCO
Tim Dowling
Chief Commercial Officer & Co-Founder
Experienced product, proposition and business developer.
Tim has more than 20 years of commercial leadership experience in the telecoms industry, working with globally recognised brands. The most recent 10 years have been spent in start-up environments.
He launched Virgin Media UK into the Pay Monthly market and built a subscriber base of over two million customers.
As a start-up Chief Marketing Officer, he raised VC funding and launched new MVNO businesses in the CEE and Africa regions.
Roberta Castle
Chief Revenue Officer & Co-Founder
Roberta is a Sales professional with 20 years’ experience in the Telecoms and IT sectors.
After a 10-year career as an IFA with Prudential and Marsh, in 2006 Roberta moved into the tech sector as Senior Account Director for Manx Telecom, leading their Top 20 Corporate Accounts for over 7 years.
She then joined Continent 8 Technologies – the primary provider of hosting, connectivity and security services to the online gaming sector.
During a very successful stint at Continent 8, she built and led a global Sales team. She also developed and spear-headed go-to-market strategy for new regions, expanding the group’s footprint from 25 to 80+ locations across the globe.
Roberta Castle
Co-Founder and CRO
Mary Barber
CFO
Mary Barber
Chief Financial Officer
Mary is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) with over 20 years of strategic financial leadership across a diverse range of industries.
After a 10-year career within the County and High Court Service, Mary moved into the private sector, retrained with KPMG, moving on to a variety of start up companies, including online aggregator platforms, discretionary investment, independent financial advisory, fund and property investment companies.
Over this time she has held senior executive roles and driven financial performance, operational efficiency, and sustainable growth, being instrumental in the successful exits of a number of these businesses. Mary brings a wealth of experience in corporate governance, financial planning, and cross-functional leadership.
Stephen Trimble
Chief Operations Officer
Proven CEO, COO, and CTO with expertise in global high-availability technical infrastructure and business operations.
Stephen has over 20 years’ experience working within the technology sector, establishing a strong track record in managing large-scale infrastructure.
He served as the COO of a global internet and managed service provider, holding responsibility for all operational activities across more than 80 sites throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Here he drove business efficiencies, restructured the support and operations function, oversaw significant expansion, and held responsibility for technical governance, risk, audit, and compliance.
Stephen has deep technical expertise in high availability systems, networking, and security, particularly within telecoms and mission-critical data centre environments.
Stephen Trimble
COO
Chris Hall
Co-Founder & Chairman
Chris Hall
Co-Founder & Chairman
Experienced CEO, NED and investor.
Chris has over 35 years of experience working in senior leadership roles in the telecom sector in the UK, Europe and the Isle of Man.
He is an experienced Non-Executive Director and an active angel investor with a portfolio of investments in technology start-ups.
Chris has a MA in Engineering from Cambridge University and an MSc in International Management from London Business School. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, a member of the UKBAA and is Chairman of the Hospice Isle of Man.
John Freeman
CEO
John Freeman
CEO
A highly experienced leader and advisor in the technology industry.
John has over 15 years of leadership experience, establishing an impressive track record of transforming organisations and achieving sustainable growth.
This experience includes serving as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Product Officer at various tech companies, including Arkessa and Wireless Logic. Under his leadership, teams adopted a growth mindset, enabling products and partnerships that drove revenue growth and expansion of market share.
Mike Bromwich
Founder & CTO
Mike Bromwich
Chief Technology Officer & Founder
Experienced technologist and proven entrepreneur.
Mike has a 30 year track record as a successful entrepreneur, innovator, technology strategist, engineer, software developer, CEO and NED.
Over this time he has founded, acquired and successfully exited a number of innovative businesses. In 2008 he founded Partitionware – a telecoms-focused software solutions and platforms provider – which continues to serve millions of subscribers worldwide. Partitionware was acquired in 2016 and Mike exited the business in 2019.
Tim Dowling
Co-Founder & CCO
Tim Dowling
Chief Commercial Officer & Co-Founder
Experienced product, proposition and business developer.
Tim has more than 20 years of commercial leadership experience in the telecoms industry, working with globally recognised brands. The most recent 10 years have been spent in start-up environments.
He launched Virgin Media UK into the Pay Monthly market and built a subscriber base of over two million customers.
As a start-up Chief Marketing Officer, he raised VC funding and launched new MVNO businesses in the CEE and Africa regions.
Roberta Castle
Co-Founder and CRO
Roberta Castle
Chief Revenue Officer & Co-Founder
Roberta is a Sales professional with 20 years’ experience in the Telecoms and IT sectors.
After a 10-year career as an IFA with Prudential and Marsh, in 2006 Roberta moved into the tech sector as Senior Account Director for Manx Telecom, leading their Top 20 Corporate Accounts for over 7 years.
She then joined Continent 8 Technologies – the primary provider of hosting, connectivity and security services to the online gaming sector.
During a very successful stint at Continent 8, she built and led a global Sales team. She also developed and spear-headed go-to-market strategy for new regions, expanding the group’s footprint from 25 to 80+ locations across the globe.
Mary Barber
CFO
Mary Barber
Chief Financial Officer
Mary is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) with over 20 years of strategic financial leadership across a diverse range of industries.
After a 10-year career within the County and High Court Service, Mary moved into the private sector, retrained with KPMG, moving on to a variety of start up companies, including online aggregator platforms, discretionary investment, independent financial advisory, fund and property investment companies.
Over this time she has held senior executive roles and driven financial performance, operational efficiency, and sustainable growth, being instrumental in the successful exits of a number of these businesses. Mary brings a wealth of experience in corporate governance, financial planning, and cross-functional leadership.
Stephen Trimble
COO
Stephen Trimble
Chief Operations Officer
Proven CEO, COO, and CTO with expertise in global high-availability technical infrastructure and business operations.
Stephen has over 20 years’ experience working within the technology sector, establishing a strong track record in managing large-scale infrastructure.
He served as the COO of a global internet and managed service provider, holding responsibility for all operational activities across more than 80 sites throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Here he drove business efficiencies, restructured the support and operations function, oversaw significant expansion, and held responsibility for technical governance, risk, audit, and compliance.
Stephen has deep technical expertise in high availability systems, networking, and security, particularly within telecoms and mission-critical data centre environments.
Chris Hall
Co-Founder & Chairman
Chris Hall
Co-Founder & Chairman
Experienced CEO, NED and investor.
Chris has over 35 years of experience working in senior leadership roles in the telecom sector in the UK, Europe and the Isle of Man.
He is an experienced Non-Executive Director and an active angel investor with a portfolio of investments in technology start-ups.
Chris has a MA in Engineering from Cambridge University and an MSc in International Management from London Business School. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, a member of the UKBAA and is Chairman of the Hospice Isle of Man.

