Ben Whitaker

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Company Founder and Director in Transit, Mobility, Sustainability and Payments @ Masabi
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West Sussex, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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About Ben Whitaker

Non-Exec Director, Company Founder and Director in Transit, EV's, Mobility, Sustainability and Payments.Ben is an experienced serial entrepreneur having raised money from multiple sources (grant, angel, VC, strategic, debt and PE), grown international teams, landed global B2B and B2G (Government) sales including public tenders, and navigated complex legal and commercial negotiations. Also thanks to a Cambridge Master of Engineering degree and experiences at IBM, Raytheon and Xerox, Ben is a security expert with a strong and varied engineering background, coding Masabi’s award-winning encryptMe cryptographic products and developing electronic hardware and payments software. A Co-Founder and Director at KerboCharge.com Ben works with council highways teams to introduce safe in-pavement EV charging channels enabling 5x to 10x cheaper domestic charging for people with on-street parking, encouraging faster EV adoption and more sustainable off-peak energy use. A Non-Exec and Advisor at YetiPay.me, helping to supercharge in-person retail payments with un-churnable value-added features for each vertical such as same-day tip distribution for staff retention and faster checkout for hospitality, 5x'ing tips in the new cashless world.A Co-Founder and Director of Masabi.com (previously CEO for 12 years), Ben helped define the UK rail mobile ticketing standard and move the weight of industry opinion behind it before taking the company global, exporting electronics hardware, software and payments technology everywhere from Australia & Japan in the East to New York, LA, Vegas and Canada in the West selling over $1bn in tickets each year. He is a familiar face on the EV, mobile, transit & fare collection industry circuits, regularly invited to interviews and speaking slots at major industry events worldwide, and is known for advancing industry thinking and awareness of new concepts such as mobile ticketing, multi-tenant shared SaaS for public sector payments and ticketing, lighter weight “Bring Your Own Ticket” (BYOT) and Outcome Based Procurement - reshaping public sector procurement for better value and lower tax-payer risk.

Ben Whitaker's Current Company Details
Masabi

Masabi

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Company Founder and Director in Transit, Mobility, Sustainability and Payments
Ben Whitaker Work Experience Details
  • Masabi
    Evangelist, Founder, Director
    Masabi Dec 2014 - Present
    London, England, Gb
  • Masabi
    Ceo
    Masabi May 2002 - Dec 2014
    London, England, Gb
    Masabi has been pioneering networked mobile applications since its creation in 2002. We are currently leading the charge in direct mobile commerce, with credit card transactions direct from mobile, with no sign-up, and no usernames or passwords to get in the way. We recently defined the new standard for barcode rail ticketing on mobile in the UK, and are rolling out mobile services allowing people to get train times and purchase tickets instantly on their mobile phones.
  • Kerbo Charge
    Chief Technology Officer
    Kerbo Charge Nov 2022 - Present
    London, England, Gb
    Kerbo Charge is an electric car charging solution for people with no off-street parking to safely get their cable across the pavement or footpath. We're creating a new national charging infrastructure powered by domestic supplies, and making sure the electric revolution isn't just for people with driveways or those paying 5x more for public chargepoints!
  • Tableyeti
    Non Executive Director
    Tableyeti Jun 2021 - Present
    London, England, Gb
    I've been an Advisor, Investor and now Non Exec Director, supporting Oliver and the team at Table Yeti (https://tableyeti.com/) who are transforming the lives of hospitality staff with higher tips and easier closing of tables with Table-Yeti's self-check-out payment terminals and tap-to-tip devices. Table Yeti's pilot programs have exceeded all expectations and are rolling out into full production, massively increasing tips, improving staff motivation and retention, speeding up how many tables can be cleared by the same number of staff, and increasing the number of covers that can be handled in a night.Especially with the accelerated death of cash, companies like Table Yeti are essential to help the Hospitality industry adapt and thrive.
  • Deeptech Labs
    Advisor At Deeptech Labs, The Catalyst For Deeptech Success.
    Deeptech Labs Mar 2021 - Present
    Cambridge, Gb
    Deeptech Labs is a VC fund, accelerator, and the catalyst for deeptech success. Twice a year, its cohort of startups are embedded in a powerful network of successful entrepreneurs, expert practitioners, leading researchers, and deeptech organisations worldwide. Deeptech Labs is founded by Arm, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Martlet Capital, and the University of Cambridge, forefront institutions at the heart of the Cambridge and global technology ecosystems.
  • Ucl
    Royal Society Entrepreneur In Residence
    Ucl Apr 2018 - Nov 2020
    London, Greater London, Gb
    Funded by the Royal Society, I am working with UCL's Internationally engaged Transport Institute supporting staff, researchers and students in finding opportunities to bring the benefits of their research activities into commercial and public reality.Starting with a Symposium on the 7th June, followed by workshops and lectures.
  • Sn-Ap Travel Technology Ltd
    Non Executive Director
    Sn-Ap Travel Technology Ltd May 2017 - Jul 2019
    Advising the new on-demand coach travel company built by seasoned transit industry innovators that is spreading around the UK.Sn-ap provides surprisingly low cost & flexible luxury coach services from anywhere to anywhere, without passengers needing to book the whole coach. They run some semi-permanent routes and can add new routes either as one-off or regular as demand passes a minimum number of seats on their trips.Passengers can make a route happen by using the site to start their journey request, and then send their link around social media to get enough seats sold to make it happen.New commute services give first class experience for well below standard class rail prices.
  • Blue Technologies Ltd
    Director
    Blue Technologies Ltd Jul 2001 - Jul 2009
    Cleveland, Ohio, Us
  • Playtech
    External Consultant From Masabi
    Playtech 2005 - 2007
    London, England, Gb
  • Cambridge University Entrepreneurs
    Founder Committee Member
    Cambridge University Entrepreneurs 1999 - 2001
  • Xerox Parc
    Human Interface Research
    Xerox Parc May 1999 - Sep 1999
    Palo Alto, California, Us
  • Raytheon
    Iff Encrypted Radar Systems
    Raytheon May 1998 - Aug 1999
    Harlow, Gb
  • Ibm
    Object Oriented Programming Department
    Ibm Sep 1996 - Sep 1997
    Armonk, New York, Ny, Us
  • Kemitron
    Electronics Manufacture
    Kemitron May 1995 - Sep 1996

Ben Whitaker Skills

Mobile Devices Mobile Applications Start Ups Entrepreneurship Mobile Commerce Business Strategy Mobile Communications Mobile Technology Product Management Business Development Mobile Internet Strategic Partnerships Strategy Mobile Payments Mobile Marketing E Commerce Cloud Computing Wireless Absorbing Other Heroes Super Powers Teleportation Software Development Agile Methodologies Product Development Telecommunications Venture Capital Business Modeling Business Planning Saas Product Marketing Go To Market Strategy Mergers And Acquisitions Crm

Ben Whitaker Education Details

  • University Of Cambridge
    University Of Cambridge
    Engineering
  • The Kings School, Chester
    The Kings School, Chester

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