Steve Ives

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Steve Ives
Known forFounder of Trigenix, Taptu

Steve Ives is a serial entrepreneur in the information technology sector, [1] active in Cambridge, England. [2]

Biography

Ives founded Torus Systems in the 1980s and established Ives & Co. in 1989. [1] He worked as VP Business Development for Qualcomm Europe until mid-2005. [3] [4] He founded Trigenix [1] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] and social media company Taptu. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] He is also Chairman of Teamstudio [8] [10] (previously a wholly owned subsidiary of Ives & Co.). [3] [4] [11]

Ives holds a master's degree in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge, and an MBA from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a Fellow of London's Royal Society of Arts. [3] [4] [8] He has presented at industry events including 3gsm and the GSM Association General Plenary [3] and in 2011 addressed Connected Cambridge's "Entrepreneurs on the Move" networking event. [12] [13] [14]

Steve is now working on Hoverkey, [15] a mobile application security company based in London.

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  9. ↑ Vargas, Lautaro (December 21, 2011). "Guardian is first customer for Taptu's third party platform". Cabume. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Meet The Teamstudio Team". Teamstudio. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  11. ↑ Gewirtz, David. "An interview with Nigel Cheshire on Notes software integrity". Domino Power. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
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  13. ↑ "Entrepreneurs on the Move - Steve Ives". camtechnet.info. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  14. ↑ "Event: 'Entrepreneurs On The Move (Networking) with Steve Ives'". Business Weekly. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Hoverkey homepage". Hoverkey.


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