The IQGeo™ headquarters are in Cambridge, UK with regional offices in Germany, North America and Japan. We are supported by a global network of highly skilled partners.
IQGeo delivers award-winning geospatial software solutions to telecommunication and utility network operators from large multinationals to small regional providers. The IQGeo software suite improves productivity and collaboration across enterprise planning, design, construction, maintenance, and sales processes reducing costs and operational risks while enhancing customer satisfaction.
Our mobile-first, cloud-native software creates and maintains an accurate view of their increasingly complex network assets that is easily accessible by anyone, wherever. Whether our Enterprise IQGeo Platform* or targeted OSPInsight fiber planning and design software, we enable a “System of Action” that breaks down information silos, improves data quality and accelerates decision making.
With over 50,000 active software users, IQGeo has an established and rapidly growing customer base with telecoms and utility companies worldwide. Hear directly from our customers about how IQGeo is helping them to accelerate productivity and collaboration across their business.
*The 6.0 release of our software included a product name change from myWorld to the IQGeo Platform. This change reflects our focus on the IQGeo corporate brand that was launched at the beginning of 2019. Our website and latest product user interface have made the transition from the old myWorld name to the new IQGeo Platform name. Learn more about the IQGeo Platform 6.0 release.
Deliver world-class technology with a proven track record
Enable strategic digital transformation initiatives
Reduce field construction and maintenance costs
Improve response times and customer satisfaction
Facilitate the delivery of high value services
IQGeo has assembled a global team of telecoms and utility industry experts and experienced software industry professionals to work alongside our customers in a creative partnership. We have seen first-hand the challenges faced by our customers and understand that they need innovative solutions to solve today’s complex problems. But it’s not just our technology and the experience of our people that stands out, it’s also the open and transparent approach that we apply across every aspect of our business.
Richard Petti, IQGeo CEO, comments on the IQGeo company culture
Our Management Team consists of a group of experts, each leaders in their respective fields, who work together to drive the IQGeo business.
Our Board of Directors has overall responsibility for the Group. Its aim is to provide the leadership and industry-specific insight required to develop a successful business, through utilizing the broad range of skills and experience of the Board members.
Richard brings 25 years of experience in developing market leading businesses for automotive, financial and industrial customers. He was previously CEO of Asset Control, a supplier of data management systems to leading financial institutions, and COO at WEMA, a leading provider of sensors to commercial vehicle manufacturers
Haywood has significant technology sector expertise, working in both listed and private equity backed businesses spanning almost 20 years. He was CFO of AIM listed software and services provider Castleton Technology PLC where he oversaw growth via 10 acquisitions and organic growth to a £26m turnover business with £6m + EBITDA with c70% recurring revenue. Castleton was sold in June 2020 providing over four times return to initial investors. He also held senior finance roles with Infinity SDC and Northgate Information Solutions. Haywood is a qualified Chartered Accountant having trained at PwC and gained M&A experience working in PwC’s Transaction Services team.
Kyle has over 20 years’ experience in the geospatial industry. A proven business and program leader, he has extensive experience providing direction, strategy and operational guidance that delivers on organizational objectives. Kyle has a Bachelor’s degree in Biology Environmental Science from Drake University in Des Moines, IA, and has a successful history of working with and for organizations ranging from large multi-nationals to small start-ups.
Steve’s career has been concentrated on international marketing, business development and product management for enterprise software and hardware solutions. Having worked for small VC funded start-ups to large publicly listed companies, he is experienced in traditional and SaaS based software revenue models. Steve leads global marketing teams with a resolute focus on metric-driven, revenue generation through inbound and outbound campaign strategies. He has a structural engineering degree from the University of Colorado.
Christian has an impressive track record of building software companies across Europe, including Business Objects, Cognos and Compuware. He worked with T-Systems for more than five years to build the Big Data and Analytics unit globally, taking revenues from $20m to over $180m. Christian joined IQGeo with a strong mix of business and commercial skills gained across enterprise software platforms and applications.
Jay has over 25 years’ experience in successfully building B2B technology sales and marketing organizations. He has worked in large multi-nationals, as well as start-ups in North America, Europe and Asia including GE, Smallworld and Ubisense. Jay has successfully led entry and expansion in telecommunications, utilities, manufacturing, aerospace and military markets internationally and specializes in building high performance highly motivated teams.
Wade brings significant tech leadership experience as the previous CEO of OSPInsight, a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, and the CTO at a startup. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Computer Science degree from Brigham Young University.
Tom has over 20 years of Human Resource experience supporting global geospatial and enterprise software companies. After completing a degree in Geography (University of Vermont), Tom was initially a GIS/Geospatial software analyst. Mid-way through 18-years with ESRI, Tom shifted direction formally into HR, and began recruiting large teams, implementing performance management, and was a business partner to sales, marketing, and technology functions. After joining IQGeo in 2014, Tom obtained the SHRM-SCP (Senior Certified Professional) certification and leads global people-related strategy and initiatives.
Paul Taylor spent over 21 years with AVEVA Group plc and was Group Finance Director from 2001 to 2011. Paul is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants and was recipient of the FTSE250 Finance Director of the Year in 2008. Paul was appointed to the IQGeo (then Ubisense) Board on 28 February 2011. Previously, Paul was a non-executive director of Anite plc, KBC Advanced Technologies plc, Escher Group Holdings plc and Frontier Smart Technologies Group Ltd. He now serves as a non-executive director of Thruvision Group plc and Trustee of CADCentre Pension Fund
Dr Robert Sansom co-founded and was CTO of FORE Systems, acquired by Marconi for $4.5 billion in 1999. Robert joined the IQGeo (then Ubisense) Board on 16 December 2005. He co-founded and was Chairman of the Cambridge Angels from 2001 to 2010. Robert is a non-executive director to enterprises including Arachnys Information Services Ltd, Myrtle Software Ltd, Featurespace Ltd, Camfed International, Cambridge Communication Systems Ltd, CRFS Ltd and Netronome Inc. Robert was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2010.
Max co-founded Kestrel in 2009. He is a fund manager of Kestrel Opportunities and sits on the Investment Committee for KITS. He joined the IQGeo Board on 31 October 2019. Max has been advising and investing in quoted and unquoted UK smaller companies since 1998 and prior to Kestrel was a managing director of KBC Peel Hunt.
Ian has over 30 years’ strategy, engineering and operations experience in the telecoms, utilities and manufacturing industries. He was appointed as a non-executive director to the IQGeo (then Ubisense) board on 23 May 2014. He is also a non-executive director of Surface Generation Ltd. Previously, Ian was executive chairman of Coryton Advanced Fuels, the transport fuels specialists, and a director of Ricardo UK Ltd., the engineering consultants.
Andy is a professional Non- Executive Director and industry consultant after recently retiring from Vodafone Group as Regional Technology Director for the Africa, Middle East and Asia-Pacific Region. Prior to that he was Vodafone's Group Chief Networks Officer and CTO of Verizon Wireless in the US. Since the early 1990’s he has held CEO, COO and CTO positions at major telecommunications companies and has gained extensive public and private experience as a Director on the Boards of companies such as Eircom, Indus Towers, Vodafone Italy and Vodafone Australia. Andy was appointed to the IQGeo board on 21 June 2019, and is currently a non-executive director of Gfinity PLC. Andy holds an MA degree in Materials Science from Keble College, Oxford and an MBA from Warwick Business School, and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2014.
Carolyn is a professional Non-Executive Director with over 25 years’ experience across public and private enterprises. She serves as a Strategic Advisor for AIM-quoted global technology business Bango plc where she previously held the office of CFO. Her current responsibilities include Audit Committee Member and Governor of the College of West Anglia and she is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants having served as Regional Chair for over 8 years. She stepped down as Chair for the Institute of Directors for Cambridgeshire in 2021. Throughout her career, Carolyn held executive positions within high-growth technology and scientific businesses including CFO of Zinwave, CEO of Isogenica, and COO of international NGO, Birdlife International. Carolyn was appointed to the IQGeo board on 26th May 2021.
Richard Petti brings 25 years of experience in developing market leading businesses for automotive, financial and industrial customers. He was previously CEO of Asset Control, a supplier of data management systems to leading financial institutions, and COO at WEMA, a leading provider of sensors to commercial vehicle manufacturers. Richard joined the IQGeo (then Ubisense) Board on 14 December 2016.
Haywood has significant technology sector expertise, working in both listed and private equity backed businesses spanning almost 20 years. He was CFO of AIM listed software and services provider Castleton Technology PLC where he oversaw growth via 10 acquisitions and organic growth to a £26m turnover business with £6m + EBITDA with c70% recurring revenue. Castleton was sold in June 2020 providing over four times return to initial investors. He also held senior finance roles with Infinity SDC and Northgate Information Solutions. Haywood is a qualified Chartered Accountant having trained at PwC and gained M&A experience working in PwC’s Transaction Services team.
The IQGeo partner ecosystem provides a real depth of expertise and knowledge in their specialist areas, delivering innovative operational solutions to customers around the world. We share a common business objective of helping our clients deliver high value services, increase customer satisfaction and reduce the cost of field construction and maintenance activities. To find out more, visit our partners and integrations page.
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Grant Howell, Design Project Manager recently joined us live to share how Portland General Electric utilized mobile geospatial tools to enable easier access to data for their field crews and contractors. Resulting in an increase in process efficiency, improved customer experience and employee safety.
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