Ben Werdmuller

Founder and CTO

As co-founder of Curverider with Dave, Ben has been active on the Web for over twelve years and has subsequently designed and developed systems for publishing companies, universities and large manufacturing firms. He is an expert in social software and spends as much time writing and learning about it as coding new tools.

Blog: Personal Blog

Marcus Povey

Director of Interoperablity

Marcus Povey is an expert in security and interoperability whose prior work includes financial systems, encrypted communication gateways, medical technology and grid computing. His commercial background now comes into play developing interoperability technology for Elgg's enterprise solutions.

Blog: Personal Blog

David Tosh

Founder and CEO

Before forming Curverider with Ben Werdmuller, Dave was working and studying at the University of Edinburgh. It was there he met Ben and they started working on Elgg together. David likes nothing better than simple software that just does what it needs to and feels the era of bloated technology solutions has passed.

Blog: Personal Space

Pete Harris

Creative Director

Before joining Curverider Pete had his own business as a freelance web/multimedia designer and programmer. He has 12+ years of commercial experience in the web design industry and a passion for simplicity, functionality, usability and detail. He has a unique blend of graphic and technical skills.

Mike Powell

Mike is a founder and managing partner of a Private Equity fund which invests in new and emerging technology companies that have application to the financial services industry. He is particularly interested in social networks for commercial use and is a personal investor in a number of startup companies in this area. Prior to this Mike was Global Head of Markets for HSBC where he managed 3500 staff across 85 countries. Mike has lived and worked in Hong Kong, Australia and London where he has established numerous contacts across a wide range of Institutions.

Ken Yeadon

Ken is (with Mike) a founder and managing partner of a Private Equity fund with a particular focus on the application of Social Media technologies and "Software as a Service" to the wholesale finance and trading markets. He has also invested personally in a number of technology start-ups within Finance and Media as a "business angel", and served on a number of boards as a non-Executive director. For the past 7 years, Ken has been a strategic consultant to several banks, brokerages and technology companies in the areas of electronic trading and risk management enterprise infrastructure, and business process reengineering. Before that he was Head of Trading and Sales and Head of E-Commerce at HSBC, having lived in Hong Kong, Tokyo, New York and London. He has a wide network of contacts in both the technology and finance sectors.