Andrew has over 20 years’ experience as a result of leadership roles at Cognos (BI), Misys plc (Banking and Healthcare), Eyretel plc (Call Centre CRM) and most recently as a Senior Vice President with Aprimo Inc (Enterprise Marketing). Andrew also served as CEO at startup Then-Solutions, a leading UK based marketing automation Software developer that was acquired by Aprimo in July 2004. Andrew holds an Honours Degree in Sports Science and Business Administration and is a Post Graduate in Marketing.

Steve has a 25 year track record, latterly specialising in startups. Prior to co-founding Artesian, Steve was Chief Technology Officer at Then-Solutions (acquired by Aprimo Inc in July 2004) where he pioneered in the area of dynamic content management and publishing. Steve also served as CTO of Whitelight Inc, leading the development of in-memory analytics. Prior to Whitelight, Steve was Business Development Director for Cognos Inc in EMEA. Steve holds an Honours Degree in Computer Science.

Artesian is Mike’s first co-founded start-up, to which he brings over 25 years of experience in pre-sales, sales and post sales consulting. His role bridges R&D, solution sales and project delivery. A veteran of Business Intelligence and Enterprise Planning, Mike has held leadership roles at Cognos, Whitelight and Adaytum. He is a well-known industry practitioner, now applying the same principles to help Artesian customers succeed.

Dr. Steve Garnett has had one of the most distinguished careers of any European executive in the Software industry. In a 2009 Daily Telegraph poll, Garnett was named as one of the 50 most influential Britons in Technology. He held various technical and sales positions at Oracle including Director of UK Sales, Vice President European Marketing & Alliances. Garnett joined Siebel Systems in 1996 as Vice President of Europe and was a member of the founder’s circle. He helped the company grow to become the World’s 5th largest Software company. In 2003 Steve joined his former Oracle executive colleague, Marc Benioff, to head European operations and be part of the executive team at salesforce.com. He helped take salesforce.com public in 2004.

Alan represents Octopus Investments on the Artesian Board. Prior to joining Octopus, Alan held senior marketing and general management positions at Sara Lee UK Ltd, Rank Hovis McDougall, and Cambridge Nutrition Holdings Ltd. He was also managing director of Dairy Crest and Premier Brands (Hillsdown) and Market Planning Director for GUS. He has over fifteen years’ general management experience. Alan focuses on sourcing deal flow, evaluating and assessing potential investee companies and portfolio management. He has represented Octopus on the boards of True Knowledge, LoveFilm, Zoopla, Steribottle, and PrismaStar. Alan has a PhD in Management Science from Manchester University and graduated with a BA in Economics from Liverpool University.

Jon is an experienced Financial Director with strong exposure to early stage and VC backed software businesses.

As well as currently working with Artesian, Jon is Finance Director at CommonTime Limited and SDS Limited. He has also worked with (or for) the likes of Hill Hofstetter, Talgentra, Xenicom Limited, James Meade Limited and Ernst & Young.

Jon brings extensive experience to Artesian in the following areas: MBO’s, MBI’s, Group Finance, Forecasting, Corporate Restructuring, Venture Capital, Cost Reduction, Contract Management, Financial Regulation, Cash Management, Pricing and Exit Strategy.

Jon is married and enjoys rugby, cricket and travelling.

Allen Timpany is one of the UK’s leading serial entrepreneurs. He graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Thermodynamics, and soon after established Guestel Limited, importing Apple computers into the UK from California. He sold the business to Phillips Electronics and the same year founded Wakebourne Limited, specialising in Local Area Networks. This was in turn sold for $30m. He founded global data networking company Vanco, generating a revenue of $400m by 2007, which is now owned by Indian multinational Reliance Infocom. Allen was a finalist in the World Communications Awards ’Most Influential Person’ and was listed sixth in Management Today’s Top 100 UK Entrepreneurs in 2007. He is married with three children, supports many charity projects in Romania and Uganda and loves motor-racing.

Dale heads up Artesian´s implementation and consulting team, implementing Performance Management solutions. Dale has been involved in Business Intelligence and Performance Management for over fifteen years, initially specialising in financial services data warehousing deployments for major global banking and investment institutions. Prior to Artesian, Dale was with Cognos for over 7 years latterly as European Services Director. Dale has collaborated with many global businesses to help them achieve real and incremental business value from their business intelligence initiatives.