Garry Prior

Director of Product, The Hut Group

Garry Prior has been in and around the technology industry for more than 20 years, largely in product management and leadership roles.  Highlights include 9 years at O2, where he was product manager for a number of services during the early growth of smartphones, apps and mobile data, and also launching Rackspace’s cloud hosting products in UK and EMEA.  After a couple of years in fintech at Barclays, Garry is now Director of Product for the THG Ingenuity platform at The Hut Group.  Garry is a firm believer that great products only come about through the intersection of technology, business processes, customer support and user experience.  Or as he is frequently heard to say – “It only works if it all works”.

Caroline Canty

Communications Manager, Apadmi

Caroline is obsessed with digital communication. She joined Apadmi from the Co-op, and she’s responsible for all digital content, customer and media relations. She’s most recently led a collaboration between Apadmi & The Drum, combining Amazon Alexa with traditional print media. She’s a champion of voice technology and how this emerging platform can help brands grow.

Pat Cavanagh

Senior Software Engineer, Apadmi

Pat’s passion for mobile development has seen him craft award-winning and life-saving native apps for Argos and the NHS. He’s extended that passion to voice and now leads Apadmi’s technical voice projects, helping guide and advise customers on how best to implement this new technology throughout their business, as well as working alongside Amazon to share his knowledge with the North-West developer community.

Live Hacking Demonstration

Secarma

Secarma will be highlighting the dangers technology can have if we give too much of our information away. They will be doing this with a live hacking demonstration on stage - not to be missed.

Secarma is a first-generation penetration testing company, providing advanced threat analysis, compromise simulation and tailored red team operations.

Since starting in 2001 they have continuously invested in research, technology, training their people, and the depth of security services they offer. 

Simon Carter

IT Director, Together

Simon is currently IT Director for Together Financial Services, leading a transformation over the last five years of the IT applications and infrastructure, digitising processes, integrating partners and enabling the deployment of advanced analytics. Prior to this Simon has led IT and Business change at RAC and Lex Vehicle Leasing, and spent some years in independent CIO advisory services. 

With a passion for using innovative digital technologies to drive a transformation in business performance, Simon is proud to have played his part in enabling Together to more than double the size of its business in the five years that he has been a part of the leadership team.

Simon holds an MA in Physics from Oxford University and is an alumnus of London Business School. 

Melissa Pedrowski

Chief Marketing Officer

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