The Tech Space

In this episode of our Women in Tech podcast, Giles Daniels speaks with Sarah Stocks, the founder of Sukses Today, a Web3, AI and emerging tech customer success consultancy. Sarah began her career in financial services before transitioning to the tech sector, joining a SaaS business in customer-facing roles. She managed a portfolio of hundreds of clients during a pivotal transition from on-premise...

In this episode of our Women in Tech podcast, Giles Daniels speaks with Laura Fava, SVP of Customer at Raft, a platform automating freight forwarding through AI. Originally from Berlin and now based in the US, Laura began her career in freight operations before moving into tech - bringing first hand logistics experience into customer facing SaaS roles. She reflects on what it takes to build trust...

In this episode of our Women in Tech podcast, Giles Daniels is joined by Josephine Hanschke, Director of Customer Success at Juro, a pioneering legal tech company transforming contract automation for in-house legal teams. Originally from Germany, Josephine began her career in competition law before transitioning into the fast-paced world of SaaS, where she now leads cross-functional post-sales tea...

In this episode of our Women in Tech podcast, Giles Daniels is joined by Patricia Cabrera Perez, EMEA Head of Distribution at Gigamon, a global security company specialising in network-derived intelligence and insights for cloud security, observability, and network management. Originally from Mexico City, Patricia has spent the last 13 years in the UK, building a successful career in channel distr...

In this episode of our Tech Space podcast, Giles Daniels is joined by Huw Slater the Co-founder and COO of Oliva , a UK-based mental health platform. Drawing from his experiences across the UK, Spain and the US, Huw brings a global perspective to building high-performing teams that excel in fast-paced environments. Inspired by business veterans like Keith Rabois, Sheryl Sandberg, and Clare Hughes-...

In this episode of our Women in Tech podcast, Giles Daniels is joined by Melanie Lawn, Customer Success expert and Venture Partner at Eight Roads VC. With over a decade of leadership experience, Melanie Lawn is a seasoned Customer Success expert and Venture Partner at Eight Roads VC, where she collaborates with portfolio founders and teams to deliver actionable strategies that drive their business...

In this episode of our Women in Tech podcast, Giles Daniels is joined by Samantha Mudd, CEO of Bytes Technology Group PLC (BTG). Sam brings more than 20 years of leadership experience to BTG. She was previously Managing Director of Phoenix Software Limited. Prior to joining Phoenix, Sam held senior roles at Novell and Trustmarque Solutions.  Under Sam’s leadership Phoenix won numerous aw...

In our insightful new podcast based on our eBook 'Talent Acquisition Strategies for European Growth Organisations', we discuss the dynamics of building and optimising leadership teams for business growth in the post-investment phase. Host Giles Daniels, together with Kira Owen of Alex Partners, provides crucial insights and actionable strategies for decision-makers in European headquartered organi...

In episode four of the ‘Women In Tech’ series, Kira Owen is joined by Solvej Biddle. Solvej is a lawyer, entrepreneur, Dragon’s Den alumni, female business multi-award winner, board-member, speaker and author of leadership programmes. Kira and Solvej discuss Solvej’s entrepreneurial journey, starting with her experience on Dragon’s Den, moving on to her role as a mentor for Tech Nordic Advocates w...

In the third episode of the ‘Women In Tech’ series, Kira Owen is joined by Portuguese entrepreneur Cristina Fonseca. Cristina co-founded the first cloud native Call Center solution, Talkdesk, which went on to become one of Portugal’s first unicorns. In 2018, she co-founded Cleverly.ai, an Artificial Intelligence automation startup, which was acquired by Zendesk in 2021. Cristina is also an investo...

In the second episode of the ‘Women In Tech’ series, Giles Daniels is joined by Maggie Buggie. Maggie is COO of the carbon accounting company  Normative.io . Before joining Normative, Maggie held executive roles at SAP, Capgemini, and Fujitsu. Giles and Maggie talk about why Maggie believes ‘chaos creates opportunity’ for businesses, the impact of a diverse workforce on the tech ind...

The Tech Space interviews leaders and influencers from the European tech world, gaining their insights and perspectives in this dynamic and ever-changing space. In the first episode of its 'Women In Tech' series, Giles Daniels, Founder of Alex Partners is joined by Angie Vaux, CEO of Women in Tech Forum. Giles and Angie discuss Angie's experiences as a high-level executive in the tech industry, wh...