Leadership

Sean is heavily involved with the strategic direction of Content Guru, working at a technical level with the core teams that define high-level product design and commercially on the company’s go-to-market strategy, including the establishment of key partnerships.

Before co-founding Redwood and Content Guru, Sean worked in the engineering team of Rhetorex Inc. (acquired by Lucent), a pioneer in the field of Computer Telephony, both in the UK and in San Jose, California. He was a member of the CBI’s Enterprise Forum and is currently part of its AI Working Group.

In January 2018 Sean was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for the Royal County of Berkshire, and he serves with numerous charitable and voluntary organizations in the area, including as a Trustee of Berkshire Community Foundation (BCF), a charity specializing in the care of vulnerable adults and children. Having represented Berkshire at county level in cross-country running as a teenager, he is now President of Bracknell Athletics Club.

Sean holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Electronics and Computer Science from King’s College, University of London and maintains links with the university through the annually awarded Redwood Technologies Prize for Best Performance in the MSc Telecommunications and Internet Technology programme.

Robert Mansfield is the Chief Technology Officer at Content Guru. As CTO, he oversees the strategic international development of storm and the management of future product releases, with responsibilities ranging from software development to network design and security.

He has a key responsibility for managing and implementing the software development methodologies that underpin Content Guru’s communications architecture, and has been instrumental in introducing Agile development techniques and KanBan organizational processes across the business.

Robert joined the Group in 1996 from Lucent Technologies Computer Telephony Products division (formerly Rhetorex Inc.), where he worked from graduation, having started in technical support and finished as Engineering Manager. He graduated from King’s College London with a BEng (Hons) in Electronics and Computer Science.

Chris Sykes is Content Guru's Chief Marketing Officer, with global responsibility for the company's marketing strategy and delivery.

Chris founded QBox.ai, the world's leading enterprise AI chatbot performance management & testing solution, supporting customers such as Lloyds Bank, NatWest, Sky & Vodafone. Established in 2019, QBox was acquired by Silicon Valley HQ'd Cyara inc. in November 2023.

Chris was also CEO and Founder at Volume, a tech-focused B2B digital marketing agency focused on impactful content and campaigns. While leading Volume, he supported big-brand clients including BP, BT, Dell, Oracle & Virgin Media Business.

In his spare time, Chris is a keen cook (nearly making the cut for Master Chef) and an avid collector of vodka (display only). His free time is spent with the family, and chasing his four-year old son, aptly named 'Chase'.

Andrew Davison is a Non-Executive Director and led SEP’s minority investment into Content Guru’s parent, Redwood Technologies Group. 

Andrew has over two decades of experience investing in technology companies. During that time, he championed ground-breaking innovations, with a particular interest in the Internet of Things (IoT), and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technologies. Andrew has invested in over 160 companies, helping founder-led teams reach their goals in the tech sector. He sits on the board of businesses across a wide range of sectors, from luxury fashion to financial regulation, and more. 

Andrew graduated from the University of Dundee, where he earned an MA Hons in Accountancy. Prior to joining Scottish Equity Partners, he held various roles in investment firms, such as the 3i Group, and Grainger & Co.

Andrew Casson is Vice President of Sales for the Americas. In this role, he has responsibility for overseeing the company’s expansion within the Americas. This builds on Andrew’s years of experience advising Content Guru on major contracts within the US market.

After finishing his M.S. in Telecommunications from the University of Colorado at Boulder, Andrew started his career at Bell Laboratories, before moving to Avaya for five years. He has spent the past 15 years supporting Federal Government clients in a trusted advisor role. In this position, he has received recognition for support of the Nuclear Security Summit, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ministerial in 2010, several G20 summits, The Annapolis Conference, and countless other special events on behalf of the US Department of State.

In his spare time, Andrew is an avid skier, and enjoys spending time with his family.

Michael van den Brink is the Country Manager of Content Guru B.V., the Dutch branch of Content Guru. He joined the company in March 2013, bringing a wealth of management experience in the Dutch market from KPN, where he was serving as Director of Sales for Large Enterprise.

After graduating from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences with a degree in Business Administration, Michael joined KPN’s Business Market division as a Project Manager, from which he rapidly progressed to the role of Implementation Manager for new releases of sales tools aimed at the consumer market.

Following this, in December 2003 he became an Account Manager for the key Rotterdam region, where he worked with numerous large enterprise customers, before becoming a Key Account Manager for the Corporate Market across the entire Netherlands. Michael then moved on to become a Sales Manager at Newtel Essence, gaining experience in the contact center and customer relationship management (CRM) environments.

A keen swimmer, Michael was Chairman of his local water polo and swim club for five years, and still enjoys the sport regularly. He does a lot of running, both for sport and after his three children.

Graeme Walker is Regional Director for Scotland at Content Guru, working from its Scottish headquarters in Glasgow. He joined Content Guru in 2020 and is responsible for key Scottish enterprise and public-sector clients, as well as driving strategic in-country growth.

Since graduating with an honours degree in Marketing and Business Management, Graeme has spent over 20 years operating in the large enterprise and public-sector marketplaces in the UK. He has held senior leadership positions at Vodafone, Virgin Media Business, Transunion and Compass Group, spending the last decade operating in Director roles within the technology sector. Throughout his career, he has followed a client-centric approach to drive consistent growth through partnerships and the implementation of market-leading technology.

Graeme has represented Scotland at rugby at U16, U18 and U21 level and is a former Scottish schools swimming champion. In his spare time, he enjoys rugby, football, fitness, dog walks, and family holidays.

Mush is responsible for Engineering Operations, overseeing the deployment and operational management of storm. He has been with Content Guru since 2008, starting in its Engineering Services team as a Support engineer, then working in Project Management. Since 2017, he has worked in the Operations team, where he was promoted to head the team, managing its operations in the Americas, AsiaPac and Europe.

He is a graduate from University College London (UCL) in Electronics and Electrical Engineering (BEng) and has an MSc in Telecoms from King’s College London. In addition to following Manchester United, he enjoys skiing and fishing.

Matt has worked as part of the Redwood Technologies Group since 1995. In Content Guru, he oversees the Project Management team, responsible for delivering end-to-end cloud solutions through storm. Matt’s primary areas of focus are the company’s highly-successful utilities and healthcare deployments, which have won multiple industry awards for innovation and reliability.

Matt joined Redwood Technologies as a new graduate, having received a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science and Business Computer Systems at the University of Gloucestershire, and retains a fascination for all things technological. He is particularly excited about how developments in AI and Natural Language Processing will transform our daily lives, and he follows the progress of self-driving cars with interest. Matt has always loved travelling, and remembers his visits to other parts of the world fondly, especially his time in Peru and scuba-diving in Egyptian waters.

Jacob Gaudoin is the Head of Accelerator Projects. He has worked at Redwood Technologies Group since 2006, starting out as an Engineering Services Support Engineer.  He has worked in a number of technical roles: support, operations, data networking, software development, service management and, more recently, leading the Accelerator team in delivering critical projects. He has worked with a variety of customers and partners including AXA, Citrix, Deutsche Telekom, KPN, Microsoft, Rakuten, TCS and Vodafone.

Jacob has a Physics degree from the University of Bath. Outside of work he enjoys rock climbing, skiing and hiking.

Jonty Shipley joined as Content Guru’s Marketing Director in 2020, with responsibility for marketing globally. He oversees all awareness and acquisition activities, including events, digital, PR, partner marketing and analyst relations.

Prior to joining Redwood Technologies, Jonty spent 14 years working in technology companies, most of which in marketing. Most recently this included working at Skyscanner and, previously, 9 years at Amazon. Before his roles in tech, Jonty worked in management consulting and investment banking for Roland Berger and Barclays Capital.

Jonty graduated from Cambridge University with a BA and MEng in Engineering and has an MBA from London Business School. In his spare time he enjoys travel, sports and spending time with his family and dog.

Edward Winfield manages the development of key partner relationships and driving growth into international markets, focussing on building a global partner eco-system. He has worked with the company since 2007 when he worked for Cable and Wireless and then Vodafone Global Enterprise, where he had extensive experience selling storm to a variety of customers. Since joining Content Guru in 2017, he has built and managed a variety of new routes to market. He manages a range of key partners to deliver value within their consult, build and run practices – by driving opportunities globally and helping them with their market strategy and proposition development.

Edward graduated from Teesside University with a BA (Hons) in Public Management, specializing in regulated communications and utility markets. He is an avid car enthusiast and owns a Time Attack race car that he races in sprint events. He is married and enjoys hiking with his wife and rescue dog.