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RealVNC Executive Management
Adam Greenwood-Byrne
Chief Executive Officer
With a background in Mathematics and Computer Science and a career spent growing IT companies from the ground up, Adam brings both business and product development skills. He has full responsibility for overseeing day-to-day business operations and makes valuable contributions to strategy and direction. He is building a worldwide ecosystem of technology partners and licensees in a variety of vertical markets to build value into the brand and reach full commercial potential. Adam’s combination of deep technical knowledge and business acumen is driving growth, particularly in substantial new market-making applications.
RealVNC Executive Management
Kate Czeczot
Chief Strategy Officer
With a background in system design and product management, combined with strong analytical skills, Kate helps RealVNC to make pragmatic strategic choices to drive business transformation and growth. Her result-oriented mindset, combined with reliable execution skills and ability to identify excellence, has proven critical in successfully delivering on numerous initiatives over the years.
RealVNC Executive Management
Andrew Woodhouse
Chief Information Officer
An experienced and versatile technology professional of over 25 years, Andrew has a proven track record of operational excellence and delivering customer delight in roles spanning a range of industries including industrial control, telecommunications, fintech, online media and IT. Andrew combines commercial savvy with technical knowledge.
Founders
Andy Harter
Andy Harter is an innovator and entrepreneur. He was Director of Engineering and Research at the AT&T Cambridge Laboratory where he led many projects to successful commercial exploitation. He was responsible for VNC and its seminal role in establishing the remote access market through open-source initiatives. Andy has a MA and PhD in Computer Science from Cambridge and is a Fellow and Trustee of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow and Trustee of The Institution of Engineering and Technology, a Fellow of the British Computer Society, a Visiting Fellow of Cambridge University Computer Laboratory and a Fellow of St Edmund's College Cambridge. He is Chair of the Cambridge Network. In 2017 Dr Harter was awarded a CBE for Services to Engineering.
Founders
Lily Bacon
With a career spanning both legal and financial professions, Lily Bacon brought a wealth of practical experience and commercial awareness to a wide range of company activities. She was involved in company strategy and business development from the outset, and was integral to the growth of the company and its brand. Lily was responsible for overseeing many aspects of the business, including accounting and finance, sales, marketing, public relations and human resources.
Founders
Andy Hopper
Andy Hopper was Head of the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge and previously head of the AT&T Cambridge Laboratory. He is well known for successfully forging academic and industrial activities in all aspects of communications technology, and has co-founded a dozen spin-outs and start-ups, three of which floated on stock markets. Professor Hopper is a Fellow of the Royal Society, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. He was knighted for services to computer technology.
Founders
Tristan Richardson
With a BA in Computer Science from Cambridge and an MPhil in Computer Speech and Language Processing, Tristan Richardson joined the AT&T Cambridge Laboratory and worked on the protocols which underlie VNC. He was the principal architect of the system, having designed the protocols and written reference implementations for UNIX and Java. He continues to work in the business today.
