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.

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.

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.

Dennis Aguilar

Head of Business Development, North America

Dennis has over 25 years of experience working with innovative communication companies and solutions. Dennis is an expert in the Private-LTE market including mining, education and enterprise industry segments, and he’s a regular contributor to the CBRS Alliance.

Peter Curnow-Ford

Head of Business Strategy, Europe

Peter has over 30 years’ experience in global telecoms infrastructure, having worked across 3G, 4G and 5G technologies in the cellular, satellite, and wireless landscape. 5G figures largely in what Peter does – commercial strategy, value proposition, go to market, investment, spectrum acquisition, Deep Fibre and infrastructure.