About the speakers

As a teenager, Stephen ran his own web development and marketing company during the early years of the net. His avid interest in online marketing led him to join GFI Software in 1999 to handle the company’s online marketing activities. Building on the experience gained in this role, he became the company’s youngest Director at 24, when he was appointed Director of Marketing, responsible for a vast range of worldwide corporate and product marketing functions. Stephen also spent a number of years concurrently leading TechGenix, a company specialising in online portals for IT experts, with a number of leading websites to its name, attracting millions of visitors each month. In 2009, Stephen co-founded Altaro, a successful backup software provider which boasts over 15,000 customers Worldwide; including Xerox, Microsoft, Harvard University and many more. In 2013 he fulfilled a lifelong dream of travelling around Asia for 12 months, before returning back to Altaro to lead the Sales division.