The Team
Founded in early 2015 by CEO Adam Kingdon, Utonomy is developing new technology to address the global problem of methane leakage from gas distribution networks – a major priority for utilities, regulators and governments around the world.
Utonomy’s team of talented and experienced engineers has been put together and led by CTO Steve Lewis. Based at the University of Southampton Science Park, the team brings extensive expertise from a range of disciplines, including mathematics, software, hardware, fluid mechanics and gas networks.
Management Team
Adam Kingdon
CEO
Co-founder and former CEO of i2O Water, the leader in pressure management for water distribution systems, which he grew to £6m in bookings across 20 countries. Prior to that Adam was CEO of a number of technology and engineering businesses in the UK, Germany and France. Adam has an MBA from INSEAD and a Mechanical Engineering degree from Imperial College, London.
Steve Lewis
CTO
Previously a Product Development Director at Amdocs, one of the world’ s top 20 software companies, Steve led the development of their network inventory management software (used by major telecom operators across the globe). Before that, he held engineering management roles with Evolving Systems, Kennedy Carter and Westinghouse. Steve graduated in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Portsmouth.
Mark Wilson
CFO
Previously Director of Finance at Hotjar, the leading provider of website heatmaps and behaviour analytics tools. Before that, he was Director of Finance at CloudPay, having begun his career at Deloitte. Mark is an FCA chartered accountant and graduated in Physics at Oxford University.
Brian Croal
HEAD OF CUSTOMER OPERATIONS
Brian joined Utonomy as Head of Customer Operations following his position as Service Leader for Europe and North Africa at Honeywell. Earlier in his career Brian was Head of Services at Valmet Automation. He graduated in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Glasgow Caledonian University.
Graham Newell
HEAD OF SUPPLY CHAIN AND COMPLIANCE
Graham brings many years of experience in high quality, precision manufacturing. He was previously manufacturing manager at Cambridge scientific instrument manufacturer Owlstone Medical, supplier of novel gas detection instrumentation. Prior to that, he was Process Engineering Manager at Plasmon Data Systems manufacturers of optical disks. Graham has a first class honours in Engineering Science from Oxford.
Tom Jeffries
HEAD OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
Prior to joining Utonomy, Tom held a number of senior product management roles at AIRCOM International and TEOCO Corporation where he was responsible for cellular radio network planning and optimisation software products used by hundreds of communication service providers around the world. Tom has a Master's degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Bristol.
Ed Parker
HEAD OF SOFTWARE & SYSTEM ENGINEERING
Ed has 25 years experience delivering mission critical systems to a wide range of applications. As Automation Engineering Manager for Rolls-Royce his projects included ship-wide automation, gas turbine condition monitoring and self-learning yacht stabilisation. During his time as Principle Engineer and Chief Technologist (global engineering group of 400) at Cisco his teams developed software for pay TV consumer devices deployed to over 25 million subscriber homes. Ed has an MEng (first class) in Marine Technology from Newcastle University.
Customer Team
Ryan McMaster
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Ryan has over 17 years ’ experience in the utility sector, having worked with all of the UK’ s major water, electricity and gas network operators. Ryan spent nine years at the data logger and pressure controller manufactuer Technolog, first as a Systems Engineer and then as Sales and Support Engineer supporting gas network customers. Prior to joining Utonomy, he was UK & Ireland Sales Manager with the data logger and RTU manufacturer Metasphere. Prior to that, he was Business Development Manager at Siemens Managed Services with a focus on renewable electricity generation.
Ian Marshall
DELIVERY MANAGER
Prior to joining Utonomy Ian was the Green Gas Development Manager at Wales and West Utilities, responsible for the facilitation and management of low carbon gases in the GB gas grid, including biomethane and hydrogen. Prior to this he was an Asset Officer with responsibility for WWU leakage assessment, reporting and model development. He represented WWU on various industry and stakeholder boards and panels to promote and develop the role of green gas in future energy strategies. Ian has an MEng in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southampton and is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer.
Rob Stall
Project Engineer
Prior to joining Utonomy Rob was an E&I Asset Supervisor at Cadent Gas. Responsible for overseeing E&I upgrade projects, identifying and prioritising sites for upgrades, issuing permits and managing projects through CDM and supplier contract control frameworks. Rob completed a 3-year apprenticeship with National Grid earning numerous qualifications and training, including Compex, Full EL6, Competent Person for NRO’s, Authorising Engineer and SCO 1, 2, 4 & 5 to name a few.
Board
Adam Kingdon
CEO
Co-founder and former CEO of i2O Water, the leader in pressure management for water distribution systems, which he grew to £6m in bookings across 20 countries. Prior to that Adam was CEO of a number of technology and engineering businesses in the UK, Germany and France. Adam has an MBA from INSEAD and a Mechanical Engineering degree from Imperial College, London.
Steve Lewis
CTO
Previously a Product Development Director at Amdocs, one of the world’ s top 20 software companies, Steve led the development of their network inventory management software (used by major telecom operators across the globe). Before that, he held engineering management roles with Evolving Systems, Kennedy Carter and Westinghouse. Steve graduated in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Portsmouth.
Mark Wilson
CFO
Previously Director of Finance at Hotjar, the leading provider of website heatmaps and behaviour analytics tools. Before that, he was Director of Finance at CloudPay, having begun his career at Deloitte. Mark is an FCA chartered accountant and graduated in Physics at Oxford University.
Malcom Fallen
Non-Executive Chairman
Malcolm has extensive board experience in quoted and private equity backed companies. He is currently Chairman of Kent, a global provider of technical services to the oil and gas industry with revenues of $1.2billion. He was previously Chairman of Innovia Group, a supplier of substrate for polymer bank notes. During his executive career, Malcolm worked in the technology and communications sectors, both in financial and general management roles. Malcolm has an economics degree from Cambridge and is a Chartered Accountant.
Bernd Schöppl
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Bernd is the Chief Finance Officer of INSYS Microelectronics GmbH, a leading supplier of industrial data communications products. He has many years ’ experience in senior executive and financial roles in a number of software and electronics companies, including Bosch Siemens. Bernd has a Master ’ s degree in Economics and was a Captain in the German Armed Forces.
Peter Massey
Non-Executive Director
Peter has had a 30-year career in the UK gas distribution and transmission industry. He has held numerous senior leadership roles at National Grid plc in both the UK and US, including Director Transformation – Global Gas Distribution, Director Distribution Support and Head of UK Network Services. Peter is currently Non-Executive Director of 1Spatial plc the Aim-listed, global leader in providing Location Master Data Management (LMDM) software, solutions and business applications to Government, Utilities and Transport sectors. He is a Chartered Engineer with a BSc (Hons) in Natural Gas Engineering from the University of Salford.