Starting his career as a Chartered Accountant and with experience of leading and growing multiple businesses, Gerard guides the company’s strategic direction and helps develop ongoing partnerships with key stakeholders for the benefit of Sypro and our clients.
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Gerard Toplass
Simon Hunt
Responsible for day-to-day management of the business and for effective client training and on-boarding, Simon draws from his experience gained working within IT security for government and healthcare organisations.
Dr Stuart Kings
NEC4 drafter and co-author of NEC3 and NEC4 Practical Solutions, Stuart is an experienced NEC and procurement consultant who helps ensure the legal and technical compliance of all Sypro products.
Olivia Toplass
Responsible for all aspects of marketing and customer experience, Olivia helped establish the award-winning customer journey of Contract Manager and Total Risk Manager.
Toby Parker
Having joined Sypro as an apprentice in 2015, Toby has evolved into a Software Developer with a keen eye for design and for driving user experience levels across all platforms.
Matt Skelton
With 8 years’ experience in Project & Operations Management, Matt sits at the heart of the business ensuring all projects run on time, on budget and to the high quality standards our clients demand.
James Kirkby-Kent
A first-class honours degree graduate in Computer Science, James joined Sypro in 2017 and is now responsible for driving innovation in software security and database technologies throughout the company.
Mica Schultz
Mica joined the company at the beginning of August on a yearlong internship as part of her Business Management Degree at Northumbria University. Mica is responsible for supporting the Marketing roles along with bettering the customer journey with her involvement with Total Risk Manager™.
Simone Smallwood
Simone is drawing from her previous experience of customer management and technical support as she takes on the roles of Technical Customer Service Manager. Simone is responsible for managing the customer support channels across our platforms.
Lauren Todd
Starting off her career with Sypro in the new year, Lauren has joined Sypro to take on the role of Client Onboarding Officer and is responsible for all aspects of the Total Risk Manager™ customer journey.
Paul Coull
Having worked as a freelance contractor for many years before joining Sypro Paul brings with him several years of experience with a wide variety of clients and his specialities include both UX Design and Web Development.
Alex Statham
After completing a Computer Science Degree at Hull University, Alex has joined the team to further pursue his interest and skills within our software development team.