Ahmed Amer
Co-Founder & CEO
As Co-Founder, and CEO, Ahmed has somewhat of an omnipresent role at Tevent. Straddling the various departments, and working collaboratively with them all, is his modus operandi. From product roadmaps, to marketing copy and outreach work – there is very little he doesn’t do.
From an early age, Ahmed demonstrated enormous potential, taking multiple examinations years early. He achieved three consecutive Gold awards in the UKMT Math. Challenge (awarded to the top 6%) and straight A* grades in his high-school exams, then a First in BSc Physics. He gained a prestigious Institute of Physics scholarship to attend the University of Cambridge. There, he performed with the famed ‘Footlights’ comedy troupe.
Ahmed runs events, organising a stand-up comedy night at tenured venue The Albany, host to comedy events since the 80s. He has hosted high-profile UK comics including the current Edinburgh Award winner – comedy’s biggest award globally. He is involved in private pre-university Physics tuition, partnering a not-for-profit organisation benefiting disadvantaged students.
Alex Dobson
Co-Founder & CPO
As Co-Founder, and CPO, Alex is responsible for all frontend design and implementation, and works across departments to keep Tevent aesthetics consistent with the platform, and brand, itself. His keen eye for graphic design makes him a real oracle when it comes to visual assets.
Alex has always shown an excitement for innovation. While at UoM, Alex developed a revolutionary design for a robotic prosthetic limb - chosen for publication in a peer reviewed journal before he’d even graduated. For his master’s degree, Alex led a team of post-graduates to international success by becoming the winners in a design innovation competition for their creation of a bionic prosthetic hand. Following university, Alex maintained his haste for success, joining Rolls-Royce as a graduate engineer, and moving through roles as an analyst, researcher and finally a design engineer for future gas turbines.
Alex has extensive knowledge and experience in C#, C, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Blazor, .NET5, Python and MATLAB through his education and pastime programming and designing mobile applications and games.
On the rare occasion that Alex isn’t working, he is a keen winter sportsman – who can be found snowboarding, usually, somewhere far away from his hometown of Manchester.
Ilya Ilford
Creative Design Lead
As a Creative Design Lead, Ilya is passionate about crafting authentic, high-level brand stories that resonate with audiences on an emotional level.
He works closely with Tevent's CMO and CPO to align marketing and product strategy through trailblazing campaigns & bold creative assets. Ilya is dedicated to building a happy and healthy design team based on trust, empathy and kindness.
Previously, Ilya worked as a Design Lead at Skyscanner, where he was creating engaging brand experiences for 15 million travellers in 30 markets. Before that, he wore many hats as a growth hacker with strong expertise in content, social media, SEO, paid advertising and analytics. His most notable clients include Microsoft, Philips, Yota and Skyscanner.
Aside from design, Ilya loves making portraits of strangers on his Rolleiflex 6×6 camera and engaging in awkward conversations with people he meets on the street. His series about Leith Walk was featured by the BBC News, Radio Scotland and the analogue photography festival ‘Revela-T’ in Barcelona.
Prasanna
CMO
Prasanna coordinates Tevent's marketing efforts with the aim of creating fulfilling customer experiences while developing and scaling Tevent's unique brand. His extensive experience with data-driven marketing will help develop and execute strategies for Tevent, spanning product, data and marketing.
Having pursued mechanical engineering and mathematics at BITS Pilani Hyderbad, Prasanna developed a deep interest in marketing early in his career. Since then, he has worked in various capacities in environments ranging from startups to multinational corporations. Before pursuing his MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management in 2020, Prasanna worked with Ashoka, a global non-profit.
Prasanna recently realised a lifelong dream of moving to North London to support Arsenal FC. He is an ardent traveler with ever-evolving plans on the next destination. Do ask him about his last name.
Tom Parker
CGO
As CGO, Tom develops Tevent’s growth strategy by monitoring and analysing the market, customer needs, and trends. He sits strategically across sales, customer success, and revenue operations to ensure continuous growth in customer acquisition and retention. With a strong background in start-up growth and go-to-market strategy, Tom also manages our partnerships and key accounts to drive increased revenue.
Before joining Tevent, Tom was a CRO of a number of SaaS SMEs, having successfully supported the early growth journeys of multiple businesses from Seed to Series A. Tom’s 10-year career has been varied, having worked for large corporates (Intel Corp), mid-sized scale-ups (PatSnap), and starting four of his own businesses since graduating from Plymouth University with a BSc in Economics.
When not at work, Tom can be found on the squash court, playing 5-a-side footie, or crushing his opponents online as an avid PC gamer.
Tim Jones
CTO
As CTO, Tim is obsessed with coding with the SOLID principles, and is eager to spot design patterns. His love of lateral thinking in architecture and platform design, afford Tevent both scalability and speed. He’s selected Blazor as the cutting-edge technology of choice to power Tevent’s frontend, and a plethora of Azure services to power the backend, whilst his C# expertise allow him to work across the entire forward-thinking stack.
Before Tevent, Tim worked for several years as tech lead, developing forensic video retrieval and processing solutions, before founding his own software company that he continues to oversee.
When not at work, or spending time with border collie Dexter, Tim is a keen cyclist who has cycled 1000 miles across Europe twice for charity.
