Steve Ives

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

Steve Ives
Known forFounder of Trigenix, Taptu

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.

During a summer sabbatical in 2000, Ives raised $100,000 for UNICEF by cycling 7000 miles from San Francisco to Istanbul.[16]

References
  1. Connell, David; Probert, Jocelyn (January 2010). "Exploding the Myths of UK Innovation Policy: How 'Soft Companies' and R&D Contracts for Customers Drive the Growth of the Hi-Tech Economy" (PDF). UK Innovation Research Centre. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 16, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  2. Hugo, Ed; Franklin, Roger; Coffman, Chris; Lawton, Jonathan; Holi, Martin; van Leeuwen, Matt; White, Richard; Harper, Darren (2007). "Looking Inwards, Reaching Outwards The Cambridge Cluster Report – 2007" (PDF). Library House. p. 27. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  3. Institute for Prospective Technological Studies. "IS unit - IPTS - JRC - EC - Workshop Exploring the Future of Mobile Search Speakers' biographies". Europa. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  4. Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (June 2010). Exploring the Future of Mobile Search Expert Workshop (PDF). Ghent. p. 25. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  5. Butcher, Mike (October 20, 2010). "Taptu switches executives around as the US beckons". TechCrunch. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  6. "Steve Ives, Founder and CEO, Taptu: Bio". iMediaConnection. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  7. "Taptu Appoints Former Yahoo! Mobile Europe Head Mitch Lazar as New CEO". Taptu. October 20, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  8. "Steve Ives: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  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.
  12. "Steve Ives addresses Entrepreneurs on the Move May 25 at CB2". cambridgenetwork.co.uk. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  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.
  16. "Steve Ives – CrunchBase Profile". CrunchBase. TechCrunch. Retrieved March 29, 2012.


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