Founder & CEO of Thyngs Ltd
Neil is the Founder & CEO of Thyngs which transforms ordinary objects into extraordinary commerce experiences. He was previously Founder & CEO of Proxama plc, which became a global leader in mobile wallets (before the launch of Apple Pay)and mobile proximity marketing (using N FC and Bluetooth Beacons). Before that, he was a Board Director of Consult Hyperion, a specialist digital commerce consultancy.
He’s been really fortunate to be involved in creating & shaping globally disruptive innovations like mobile contactless payments, proximity marketing and mobile wallets from the very early concepts, through
technology development to the current level of market maturity, working closely with many large global brands.
He has always been guided by a strong belief that the real world and digital world can be better connected via smartphones, with simple, easy to use technologies like NFC enabling mass-market adoption of omni channel commerce through awesome experiences.
He’s also passionate about the evolution of Norwich, UK, as a Tech City and Norfolk, UK, as a wonderful place to live. Neil has a MEng and DPhil from York University (building AI for speech recognition), and is also a Charted Engineer. He loves spending time with family, renovating old properties, being outdoors and playing guitar.
