November 2016

Recent CTO appointments

Meri Williams joins MOO as Chief Technology Officer

Meri joins from the M&S Digital team, where she held the position of Head of Engineering. Having spent the first ten years of her career at Procter & Gamble, Meri joined the Government Digital Service, where she scaled up the team to deliver the much lauded website GOV.UK. She will bring her passion for harnessing technology to help build brilliant products for MOO. This will enable the business, now in its tenth year, to further its technology vision today and into the future.

Says MOO founder and CEO Richard Moross, “I am absolutely delighted Meri has agreed to join, her infectious passion for technology, diversity and people is a natural fit with our culture and wide-reaching and bold ambitions.”

Says Meri Williams, “I’ve been a fan of MOO from the early days. I remember everyone having MOO MiniCards at SXSWi and being so impressed with them. I’m delighted to be joining to lead an already excellent tech team that is focused on building great experiences for our diverse range of customers. It’s always fascinating to work on the tech where it enables physical products, as well as the blend of the online & offline experience.”

About Moo

MOO is an award-winning online print and design company which prints millions of cards a month and has hundreds of thousands of customers in over 200 countries. The company has won 3 Webby awards, has been profiled in the Financial Times, and was ranked in the top 10 UK start-up companies by the Guardian Newspaper. MOO has offices in London and Stratford, UK as well as Providence and Boston, USA. The company is backed by the Accelerator Group, Index Ventures and Atlas Venture.
www.moo.com

Show My Homework appoints Petros Demetriades as CTO

Renaissance Leadership is pleased to announce the appointment of Petros Demetriades as CTO at Show My Homework the online homework management tool, an award-winning software solution for homework with over two million users and a growing customer base of over 1,500 schools from London to New Zealand.

Petros brings more than 20 years experience as a technology professional and leader. He joins SMHW from Fly Victor the private aviation marketplace, where he was interim CTO. Prior to Victor he spent two years as CTO at One Fine Stay, the upscale online accommodation service, recently acquired by Accor Hotels.
Petros has a solid theoretical computing foundation with a first class honours BSc in Software Engineering and a PhD in Computer Science from King’s College London, where he was a Commonwealth Scholar and recipient of a PhD Studentship and ORS Award.

About Show My Homework

Show My Homework started its life in a UK classroom, when Assistant Principal, Naimish Gohil recognised the need for a solution to the age-old problem of homework. 3 years on, SMHW is the World’s No. 1, award-winning software solution for homework with over 2 million users and a growing customer base of schools from London to New Zealand. The company is fast growing and is backed by some of the leading investors in the digital / technology sector including Passion Capital and is poised for growth in both the UK and other international markets. www.showmyhomework.co.uk.

Currency Cloud announces the appointment of Ed Addario as CTO

Ed Addario joins market leading foreign exchange platform Currency Cloud from Misys where he was Global Head of Architecture and Integration. Prior to Misys Ed was SVP Technology with Monitise.

About Currency Cloud

Currency Cloud provides a market leading foreign exchange platform. They are aiming to fundamentally change the deliverable FX market. The company has developed a powerful foreign exchange and international payments technology platform. By making the market transparent, cheap and simple to access via this platform, their clients can deliver any foreign exchange payments related service to their own customers or facilitate their own cross border payments requirements.

Currency Cloud currently processes over $10 billion in payments per annum across multiple currencies through 150+ accounts. Current processing volumes have doubled in the past year to over 100,000 payments a month and should double again by year-end. They are regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority.
The company is backed by leading investors including; Atlas Ventures, Sapphire Ventures (formerly SAP Ventures), Notion Capital, Anthemis and Rakuten.
www.currencycloud.com