CybSafe Team

Oz leads CybSafe. He has been the driving force behind CybSafe – the concept, vision and platform.

Oz is a former Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army and UK Special Forces. He has a successful track record of developing strategy, driving innovation and leading implementation in both the public and private sectors. 

His background gives him a unique insight into the socio-technical realities of cyber security and the sensitivities around changing human behaviour. 

Oz was awarded an MBE for personal leadership in the most complex and sensitive of conflict environments.

Sean runs the business of the business.

He is a proven entrepreneur that has successfully planned and engineered business and operating models for fast growing services businesses.

Six years ago he started TorchlightGroup, a counter threat business focusing on the integration of specialist intelligence, cyber, defence, security and justice capabilities for government and commercial clients. His contribution saw Torchlight grow to a Times Fast Track 100 and FT 1000 company during this time.

Sean remains a non-executive member of the TorchlightGroup Board.

Charles has served as the Finance Director of various early stage high growth businesses ranging from drones to dietary supplements and FinTech, where he has played a critical role in scaling up, fundraising and strategy.

Charles started his career as an investment banker in New York and later moved to London. He graduated from Virginia Military Institute with a B.A. in International Studies and from Sciences Po with an M.A. in Finance. A Franco-American national, Charles is fluent in English and French.

Jonathan is a software engineer and solutions architect who leads the development of the CybSafe Platform. He has a varied background with experience that includes working with HM Government Digital Services & Logistics, where he ran innovative projects as the Technical Lead for the Home Office. Previous tech start-up experience includes running his own businesses in prop-tech, e-commerce and publishing.

Jonathan works as part of the team ensuring that the CybSafe Unified Cyber Awareness Platform is incredible, scales to match fast-growing customer demand and continues to be an industry leading product.

Outside of Jonathan’s startup and tech interests he enjoys running, cycling and flying drones.

Carla comes from a cognitive science background. With a strong interest in user privacy and organisational preventive behaviour, she brings in an academic and commercial perspective to the behavioural frameworks underpinning CybSafe and the way in which the product is built and delivered. Her previous start up experience, coupled with her passion for helping users adopt safe behaviours online come together nicely and make her a powerful asset to the CybSafe team.

Outside of work, she enjoys outdoor swimming, deep conversations, hydrating salads and comedy shows. (She’s yet to find the love for writing self-descriptions in the 3rd person.)

Dr. Blythe is the Head of Behavioural Science at CybSafe and a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society. With a background and PhD in psychology, he specialises in behaviour change and human aspects of cyber security.

He has an extensive research background and has in the past led on a number of Government and industry funded projects exploring the intersection of behaviour change and cyber security. John has previously worked at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS), and both the Dawes Centre for Future Crime and the Centre for Behaviour Change at University College London.

He collaborates regularly with academics and policy-makers and is an Honorary Research Fellow at the UCL Dawes Centre for Future Crime.

Jessie works within the growth team conducting market analysis, responding to those who have made enquiries about CybSafe and continuing to develop existing relationships with clients.

Jessie studied Psychology at University in Sheffield where she developed a keen interest in neuroscience and behavioural change. When not working, Jess enjoys studying foreign languages and becoming engrossed in a great book.

Jess is passionate about mental health and volunteers with mental health organisations as a crisis counsellor.

Mat is part of the commercial team here at CybSafe and leads on a variety of the commercial and contractual aspects on both the sales and procurement side of the business.

With 20 years experience in the IT Reseller market and having worked for the largest VAR in the UK, Mat is very experienced helping us to optimise contracts and meet growth aspirations.

Outside of work Mat enjoys spending time with friends & family, and tries to get to the gym 5 times per week.

Outside of work, he likes to travel. He is passionate about tennis and football and tries to participate in tournaments whenever he can.

An IT sales professional with over 20 years proven track record in customer-facing external sales, end user and channel sales, business development and vendor management within global distribution.

Outside of his working life Joe enjoys his family time, as an RFU qualified Rugby coach he gets great satisfaction teaching all age groups and levels.

Col is responsible for looking after our office environment at CybSafe HQ – a vital role in ensuring that the Tribe is able to produce its best work.His experience includes working in hyper-growth companies and start-ups where he helped to build solid operational foundations, manage office relocation projects and provide support for both national and international company events.

Outside of work he loves Liverpool FC, barbecuing with friends and collecting vintage trainers.

Tristam is responsible for helping new and existing customers identify their business needs and ensuring CybSafe succeeds in delivering on those requirements.

Prior to joining CybSafe, Tristam served for 10 years as a British Army Officer where he gained unique experience leading teams on complex counter-terrorism operations across a number of sensitive conflict environments.

His background gives him unique insight into the realities of information exploitation in the digital age and significant experience in strategic risk mitigation.

Emma is a Marketing Assistant and is part of the Marketing team at CybSafe. She assists with the implementation of the marketing and communications strategy.

Emma completed a 4-year degree in Retail, Marketing and Management at Loughborough University, with a placement year spent in the marketing industry.

In her spare time, Emma likes to fit in as many fitness classes as she can, and enjoys finding the best food markets London has to offer on the weekends.

Ben is a front-end developer with a background in javascript technologies. His role is to collaborate with the designers to turn their incredible designs and prototypes into visual elements that the users can see and interact with. Most of his experience has been in digital transformation within Government where he has worked on many projects within the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice.

Outside of work, he enjoys playing sport such as football and golf. He also enjoys playing video games, eating burritos and drinking cider (sometimes all at the same time!)

Sadiq is responsible for helping clients understand the importance of taking a risk-based approach to cyber security, over a compliance-led one.

Prior to joining CybSafe, Sadiq worked as a cyber risk and intelligence professional for leading global risk management firms. He has advised several corporate and private clients on the potential business impact of their cyber security, technology and political risks. He is also regularly invited to speak at the foremost security conferences in West Africa, and he often engages the region’s most senior government officials and business leaders on how to address insecurity.

Sadiq holds an MSc degree in Information Security from Royal Holloway University of London, certified by the UK’s technology intelligence agency, GCHQ. He is a Certified Cyber Risk Management Practitioner and holds a number of other security qualifications.

Daniel is​ one of the software developers here at CybSafe. He works with the tribe to bring the concepts and ideas to life – delivering secure, brilliant and engaging software in accordance with the CybSafe vision.

He is a BSc Computer Science graduate of Aberystwyth University.​ He has also spent a year working as a developer at IBM.​

Daniel is passionate about problem-solving and enthusiastic about implementing the latest advancements in technology to further the CybSafe dream.

Justin is a crucial part of the creative team and is responsible for assisting with multimedia design and ideation. Having recently graduated from London College of Communications studying BA (Hons) Advertising, he has worked across various agencies in London, Shanghai and Hong Kong to learn the ins and outs of digital design.

Outside of work Justin enjoys music, basketball and is a occasional dabbler in the culinary arts.

Sally comes from a successful sales background working with Global Distribution Companies. She is an experienced Channel Account Manager and has worked in Channel for over 7 years.

Aside from work, she spends a lot of time with family and likes to travel, scuba dive and is a member of Women in Business and Networking.

Tom is a data scientist at CybSafe, looking to extract value in the data collected on the platform as well as build up the infrastructure to support longer term goals. Prior to becoming a data scientist, Tom worked as a software engineer.

Outside of work, Tom enjoys running, chess, and cooking.

Celine leads marketing at Cybsafe. She works closely with her team to help CybSafe strategically grow as a business and raise the overall awareness around the Cybsafe brand. 

Celine has over 13 years solid experience in B2B marketing within security and in FinTech where she worked within global teams to raise awareness, raise interest and generate growth. Seeing the results and measuring the success is what makes marketing enjoyable and drives her to push even further year after year. 

Outside work Celine enjoys spending time running and any interior design projects she gets her hands on!

As a Channel Account Manager, Matt is responsible for supporting and developing CybSafe’s channel partners, aiding them to fill the gap in their customers security practices.

Matt has worked in a variety of sales roles both directly and in the channel, most recently, running both UK and international channels for a software vendor prior to joining CybSafe.

Sam helps to support and grow the CybSafe community by connecting the various CybSafe teams and working with them to deliver a market-leading product and experience to our clients.

As a Senior Product Specialist, Sam is responsible for helping new and existing customers and partners identify their business needs and ensuring CybSafe succeeds in addressing those requirements.

Before joining CybSafe, Sam was part of the new business team at Mimecast, where he was responsible for acquisition of new clients and overseeing the deployment and configuration of their chosen services.

A linguistics and language expert, Sam has also worked across Central & South America as an English teacher, and has a passion for all things technology and cyber security.

Sam is responsible for market analysis, research, developing positive client relationships and fueling future CybSafe sales.

Through a family history in cyber security and keen interest in the psychology behind technology use, Sam is keen to provide CybSafe clients with the support and expertise needed to reduce their cyber risk.

Before joining CybSafe, Sam worked in the maritime industry as a yacht skipper and sailing instructor across the UK and Mediterranean. From there he went on to university in Bath, achieving both a degree in Business and Management and undertook research into how and why businesses adopt new technology.

Outside of the office, Sam is a keen guitarist and still enjoys getting some sailing in when he can.

With over 20 years’ multi-sector experience, Marcia is an accomplished HR professional who has led teams, managed small and large change programmes as well as worked with operational leads on people strategies to support their areas of the business.

When not at work, Marcia is a long-suffering Arsenal fan, loves sports, holidaying in Barbados and spending time with loved ones and family.

Frankie is responsible for researching behaviour change in cyber security to inform and create the content which makes CybSafe so good. She is a BSc Psychology undergraduate joining the tribe for a placement in her third year. Frankie is passionate about applying her psychological knowledge to the theoretical underpinning of CybSafe. 

In her free time, Frankie spends time with her family and friends and also enjoys dancing having performed in various Ballet company performances since a young age.