From Cambridge Labs to Global Impact:
This is the RealVNC Story

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. Prior to becoming a plural Chair, Gavin was the co-founder and CEO for Tax Systems, a leading provider of corporation tax software backed by Bowmark Capital. He has also been an operating partner at MXC Capital, the tech-focused merchant bank in London, CEO at Accumuli, an AIM listed cybersecurity business, Director of Telecoms and Utilities at SAP and Vice President of Sales and Alliances at Trend Micro, a global data and cybersecurity business. Read more Read less

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 has been involved in company strategy and business development from the outset, and has been integral to the growth of the company and its brand. Lily has been responsible for overseeing many aspects of the business, including accounting and finance, sales, marketing, public relations and human resources. Read more Read less

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 awarded a CBE for services to the computer industry. Read more Read less

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. Read more Read less