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Iann Barron

Iann Barron nurtured three generations of computer designers in the UK at Elliott Brothers, Computer Technology (CT) and InMos. He designed a computer at Elliott’s for the RAF. He left to form his own company, CT, in 1965 and raised private capital to fund it, one of the first to do so in the world. He was forced out of CT in 1975 and after a spell as a consultant joined the InMos venture of the National Enterprise Board designing the transputer microprocessor.

Paul Barry-Walsh

After leaving IBM in 1986, Paul founded Safetynet, then in 1996 Netstore and in 2001 he founded The Fredericks Foundation which has become one of the UK’s leading micro-finance organisations. In 2005 alongside Paul & Peter Sedgwick, he founded Frank Investments. This business was established to provide long term investment management services to a partnership of investors

Victor Basta

Victor Basta is a maestro of mergers and acquisitions in the IT sector. He says he is somebody who helps other people through deals rather than doling deals himself. He became Managing Director of Magister, a boutique investment bank based in London and San Francisco. His first deal was selling LoveFilm to Amazon for around $350 million, now Amazon Prime Video.

Nicholas (Nic) Birtles

Nic Birtles left university after a boring year for more exciting work in the emerging IT industry. He programmed a LEO machine; successor to the first business computer. Like many who led the growth of the 20th century industry, he soon moved into sales and thence senior management with some of the iconic names of the early industry, including Burroughs in Canada and then ComShare, selling its computer power over telephone lines.

He was headhunted by Ingres, the innovative relational database competitor to Oracle. He was in Silicon Valley for the dotcom boom and bust. Since 2002, Nic has held a portfolio of non-executive roles with growth companies, most recently fundraising for an innovative aircraft design from Aeralis. Nic is a Past Master of the City of London IT Livery Company (WCIT) , where he actively supports their charitable initiatives.

Sue Black OBE

How does a mother of 3 fleeing an abusive relationship get a doctorate and save Bletchley Park too? Sue Black, a modest and shy lady in an overwhelmingly male environment, rose from the ashes of poverty to be become a motivational speaker. Learn about the obstacles that Sue encountered and how she persevered to overcome them and bring up her family and find fulfilment in life, career and home.

Iain Johnston and Chris Hurst – Blackwired

Iain Johnston and Chris Hurst are the top team of Blackwired, which brings a military philosophy to defending nations and enterprises against threats from the Dark Web. Chris brings a lifelong interest in computers and lessons learned as CSIO in BT, while Iain contributes the experience of a military career more recently applied to Cyber.

In this interview they describe the fundamentals of the Dark Web and the activities within its industrial complex before moving on to illustrate its significance to the critical activities of commerce and Government. Cyber was officially recognised by the Pentagon in 2010 as a fifth theatre of war, raising the profile of the threat but also introducing new ethical questions about when and how to use the weapons of that war. The interview illustrates, with examples, the potency of the threat from the Dark Web and what the emerging industry of cyber countermeasures can do to protect us all.

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