The team
HTK's leadership team has significant experience and expertise in the telecom and IT markets.
HTK was founded by Marlon Bowser and Adrian Gregory in 1996.
Our leadership team
Stewart Davies
Non-Executive Chairman
Stewart Davies was the chief executive officer for BT Exact — BT’s research, technology and IT operations business until March 2005.
Marlon Bowser
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Marlon founded HTK in 1996, with responsibility for technical direction and core applications development. In 2003 Marlon adopted the role of CEO to lead the company into position as a leading managed service provider.
Justin Bowser
Managing Director, Online Business
Justin leads HTK's online business, responsible for all non-Enterprise sales of HTK Horizon. When not talking to customers about HTK Horizon and how it can bring them greater success, Justin can be found in his kitchen or his old 4.5 litre V8 TVR Chimaera. He also sits on the CIM TMIG Board and the UK Government SME
John Martyn
Chief Financial Officer
John has over 15 years experience in software and hi-tech businesses, based both in Cambridge and internationally. He was financial controller at ARM Holdings and later CFO for Geneva Technology before its merger with Convergys Inc in 2001, when he took over as their European CFO.
Jonathan Hopper
Chief Technical Officer
Jonathan has over 25 years’ experience at CxO level in the software, mobile and telco industries. Expertise includes CRM, mobile, web, self-service, BSS/OSS, triple-play, RFID, WiFi and predictive analytics. Previous roles include CTO at The Cloud Networks and Technology Director at Smart421. Jonathan is a Chartered IT Professional (CITP) and holds an MBA in Technology Management.
Adrian Gregory
Founder and Company Secretary
Adrian co-founded HTK with Marlon Bowser in 1996. His extensive experience of the telecommunications industry was gained in a wide range of engineering and commercial roles during a 28 year career with BT. He became interested in IVR in 1990 when appointed BT's Speech Applications Product Development Manager.
Pete Thompson
Head of Product Management
Pete is responsible for the shaping and management of the Horizon Product Roadmap. He works very closely with the business and customer base to drive the delivery of new and compelling features to the Horizon platform. Pete began life as a Developer before focussing on Business Analysis for the majority of his career.
Gavin Wood
Infrastructure Architect
Gavin is responsible for the architecture and performance of HTK's hardware platform and comms networks, giving us the right infrastructure to scale our business. He's equally at home with Linux, Java, Windows, .Net, Cisco routers, F5 load balancers, EMC SANs and a wide range of other infrastructure technologies.
Kayleigh Bendall
Community Manager
Kayleigh is our online community manager, with responsibility for the success of our non-Enterprise Horizon users. She pretty much lives on Twitter, and is always happy to chat about anything digital or social. She recently graduated with a first class degree in business management and international marketing, and is currently studying for a diploma in digital marketing.