Meet the Team

Management Team

Mark Bole

CEO

Mark has over 30 years of experience in the mobile and technology industries. Having previously been CEO of several successful VC and private equity backed companies, Mark brings a deep understanding of building sustainable growth in the technology industry.

Andy Odgers

CTO and Founder

Andy founded Quortus in 2009 and has been responsible for its sustained growth, with the company now boasting multiple deployments worldwide. A serial innovator, Andy has spent the past decade developing software solutions for mobile networks.

Monique Palmer

Head of Finance and Control

Monique recently qualified as one of CIMA’s highest achievers in 2019. Her experience covers a variety of management and financial accounting roles over the last 5 years with Fujitsu UK and most recently SSE plc, having joined from Enterprise Utilities Finance.

Rosemary Hood

VP Engineering

Rosemary has over 30 years of experience working in mobile communications; on military systems, commercial handsets and core networks. Rosemary joined Quortus from Cogent where she was responsible for embedded software for critical devices.

Mark Hilton

VP Commercial

Mark has over 30 years of sales and senior commercial management experience in technology and other complex sales environments. He has worked for telecoms network vendors such as Nokia and Nortel Networks in senior management roles.

Gwyn Williams

VP Customer Operations

Gwyn has spent his working life in the Communications Industry leading professional services and technical support organisations. Most recently Gwyn worked for Westcon, a major distributor of networking, unified communication and security products.

Ray Downes

Head of Sales

Ray has over 30 years of Sales Management experience in the industry, in various start-ups and large organisations working in Europe, North America and Middle East. Past employers include Motorola, BEA Software, Nuance and Ericsson.

Piers Powell

Head of Products

Piers has over 20 years of experience in the mobile software industry, focussed on helping customers address their business and technical needs. Piers previously worked at Private Mobile Networks and earlier ran the technical consulting team at Orange Business Services.

Paul Rhodes

Sales, Europe

Paul brings over 27 years of technical and sales experience in the mobile, fibre and technology industries and a technology background from 2G to 5G. He has worked for mobile network vendors such as Nokia, Samsung and Ericsson in the UK and North America.

Eleanor Di Biase

Head of HR

Eleanor is responsible for People Management at Quortus. Eleanor has previously worked as an HR professional for Merlin Entertainments with experience of all aspects of the employee lifecycle as well as supporting line managers with achieving operational excellence.