An award winning commercial leader with a track record of building and commercialising digital solutions across a range of industries. Having started life as a young professional footballer, Jacques moved into the business world following a series of injury setbacks. Establishing himself as a sales and marketing professional, Jacques saw the transition of corporate life during the financial crisis and the emergence of industrial digitalisation. In 2017, Jacques fell in love with all things robotics and saw the need for organisations to adopt flexible automation using new and emerging technologies. A digital marketing professional at heart, Jacques applies a highly agile and iterative approach to engineering and is a regular speaker on the topic of Industry 4.0, flexible automation and micro-services.

Raised in the engineering and sporting heartland of Loughborough, UK, Chris has developed into a high achieving global business professional, having represented FTSE and NYSE listed corporations in digital and commercial roles around the world. Now settled in Amsterdam and driven by a passion to combine sophisticated engineering with critical business challenges, Chris saw robotics and automation as a key component in the evolution of industrial manufacturing. He continuously challenges organisations to embrace adaptive & flexible automation using new age and emerging technologies from around the world. Chris applies his knowledge of the digital and robotic landscape to help businesses achieve their goals and solve problems, with industry 4.0 and IoT technologies at the heart of his approach

Joe leads Bot-Hive's technology team. Working alongside Jacques and Chris, Joe explores emerging technologies, assesses their impact on the business, prototypes new concepts and recommends new strategies and solutions. Prior to joining Bot-Hive in 2018, Joe worked as a senior consultant for his own business, using his 15 years of experience - he provided digital and software solutions for an array of global companies across several industries. He's fluent in French, has two degrees, loves learning and building all things digital and has developed a real passion for robotics since joining Bot-Hive.

Professor Peter Hofmann is the former CTO and board member at KUKA AG, one of the world’s leading robotics and automation companies. Prior to his time at KUKA AG, Peter led the global R+D department at FESTO AG and acted as SVP at Krones AG, the world’s leading contract manufacturer for drinks and liquid management. Peter is an engineer meets data scientist who started his career as a Manufacturing Engineer at Daimler AG.

Paul Hide is the former Managing Director at Sharp UK and General Marketing Manager for Sony UK. He is also the former COO at Tech UK and now operates as CEO of AMDEA (an electricals and domestic association). Paul plays a leading role in Bot-Hive’s commercial proposition and supports Bot-Hive’s consultancy business and market positioning.

A passionate robotics engineer at heart, Niv graduated in Robotics & Automation at the prestigious PSG College of Technology and mastered in Cybernetics & Robotics from Czech Technical University. Niv has worked on a number of projects for companies such as Eaton Corporation and Continental Automotive as a robotics programmer. She joined Bot-Hive in 2020 as a robotics data analyst. Her passion comes from applying technical knowledge to research whilst analyzing critical data to drive flexible automation advancements. Outside of Bot-Hive, Niv enjoys teaching across a number of STEM Programming 4 Kids schemes and delivers technical courses to higher education students.

Dominic is the Founder and Managing Partner at Britbots and RAIA Ventures. He is the former Founder and CEO of MoPowered Plc, a marketing technology company that he founded in 2006 and listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2015. He holds a first class honours in Engineering from Cambridge University.

Tom’s involvement and interest in apprenticeships stemmed from the difficulties experienced in fulfilling specific technical roles across a range of levels and industries. Through more recent successes to grow talent internally, he has developed a strong belief that the potential value creation of an efficient and effective apprenticeship system can radically transform the landscape of industry in Wales and is passionate to support this movement.

An award-winning Engineer and Company Director specialising in governance and Organisational Design and Development. She is a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor and Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Wales Trinity St David’s, where she is leading the flagship Enterprising Engineers Programme for engineering students and apprentices. Jessica graduated from Cardiff University with an honours degree in Astrophysics in 2015 and is a Chartered Quality Professional (CQP MCQI) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). She Chair of the Centre for Digital Public Services and a Non-Executive Director of Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE).

A seasoned editorial executive, Neil is responsible for Bot-Hives content and PR strategy. Having worked in city PR for 10 years, Neil cut his teeth in tecc having established him self as a resident contributor for leading publishing houses in fintech, AI, machine vision and most recently robotics.