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Milos Petrovic

CEO

Daniela Petrovic

Delivery Director

Darwin is a dream come true for Daniela. Entrepreneur, academic researcher and telecom industry consultant for over twenty years, she now has the opportunity to combine industry, government and academia in one innovation project. Daniela’s role in Darwin is shaping and delivering its strategic vision with first-class teams across Harwell Science Campus, Telefonica O2 and Telefonica Madrid, Hispasat Madrid, the Canary Islands, Glasgow and Oxford.

Rodrigo Barreto

Lead Architect

Rodrigo is Darwin's enterprise architect and has over 25 years' experience in enterprise architecture, having developed blueprints for ZTE, TalkTalk and Vodafone. Rodrigo has an MBA from the University of Manchester and a bachelor's in telecommunications engineering from the University of São Paulo. He lives in Oxford with his family and in his free time enjoys cycling.

Ram Kurakula

Project Manager

Ram is a project management consultant with over 20 years of experience, based in Slough. He has worked with big consultancies and has been part of complex transformation programmes. He has a double masters degree: MBA and MEng. Ram's hobbies include cooking and cricket, which he both plays and watches.

Sophia Ward

Operations Manager

Sophia is Darwin's operations manager, supporting Darwin in all legal, HR and operational matters. Sophia has spent most of her professional life in the public and non-profit sector, working with charities, non-profits, trusts, NGOs and local authorities. She has a legal background and a wealth of experience in operational management, as well as regulatory expertise gained at the Financial Ombudsman Service. In her spare time, Sophia enjoys cooking, baking and long country walks.

Nick Cox

Project Manager

Nick is a project manager with Darwin, responsible for delivering an autonomous vehicle insurance product in collaboration with Aviva. Nick has over 30 years' IT and project management experience delivering a variety of initiatives, latterly within the telecommunication industry, working for Orange, Three, Vodafone and Telefónica. Nick also spends time coaching children in tennis at holiday camps and schools.

Harriet Evans

Marketing Analyst and News Blogger

Harriet is an experienced copywriter and copyeditor, enthusiastic about language in all its forms. Her role is to refine, expand and monitor Darwin's online presence, creating content for the project's website and social media.

Leticia García

Translator

Leticia is studying Optics and Optometry at Complutense University in Madrid. Her role is to translate and localise Darwin's online content into Spanish. Leticia's hobbies include travelling, listening to music and hanging out with friends.

David Owens

Head of Technical Trials and Chief Pilot

David’s main role in Darwin is the introduction and testing of new technology solutions in terrestrial and satellite industries. David is also our chief drone pilot, focusing on drone filming for Darwin, and more recently designing, building and testing Darwin’s connected autonomous drones for industrial applications.

Paul Proteasa

Systems Engineer

Paul studied maths and computer science at Liceul Teoretic Lupeni High School in Romania, and went on to study computing and IT at the Open University. Shortly after earning his high school diploma in 2012, he started working as a quality control member in a ZF automotive factory. He is a trained CAV operator and route commissioner with three years of experience driving buses, and he brings his expertise and his enthusiasm for meeting new people to his role at Darwin. He loves travelling, and he enjoys long walks along the river with his family.

Paul Rizos

Senior Business Analyst

Paul Rizos is Darwin's senior business analyst. Paul has 30 years of experience in the IT industry delivering many large business and technical transformation projects. His most recent engagements were in delivering network and online charging systems integration projects with Telefonica. Before this, Paul spent four years with Three Austria delivering business transformation projects for its European operating companies. Paul lives in North Yorkshire with his family.

Adnan Salkic

VP Sales

Adnan has over 17 years' experience as a senior strategy and business development consultant serving clients in the EMEA, North America and South-East Asia markets. He holds an MBA from Imperial College London, a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications from the University of Tuzla, and multiple certificates in business strategy from INSEAD Paris. He is passionate about digital engagements, and he has worked extensively on telecoms-related topics including transformative strategy, business finance, technology strategic planning and business development for IoT solutions.

Irving Galva Tapia

Systems Engineer

Irving has a degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo. He is an experienced HGV and public transport driver, and has trained as a CAV operator and route commissioner. He is passionate about sports, especially baseball, which he plays himself. He loves travelling and spending quality time with family and friends.

Prof. Nuran Acur

Head of Darwin's Business Innovation Lab

Steve Brown

Head of 5G CoE Harwell

Dan Calabrese

Video Production Editor

Andrew Davies

Consultant

Bryony Grimes

Video Production Editor

Bryony’s main role in Darwin is the production of visual content for PR purposes, building strong narratives that resonate with our audiences and bring Darwin’s vision to life. Bryony also supports our chief drone pilot on filming days, ensuring that the public and team are kept safe and that we adhere to the UK CAA’s Drone Code.

Ankita Magdum

Web Developer

Ankita is currently working with Cognizant Technology Solutions and Darwin Innovation Group as a frontend web developer. She has worked with leading telecom services, developing various web applications with the goal of providing an enriching application experience to the end user. She has worked on different technology stacks such as Vanilla JS, Jquery, Angular JS, HTML, CSS, Vue JS and React JS. She is also an acrylic artist and an internationally certified yoga and wellness instructor.

Athar Meo

Network Architect

Rob Searle

Head of 5G

Abuzar Siddiqui

Software Developer

Abuzar is an experienced full stack software developer, who has developed enterprise-based applications both from the frontend and from the backend. He enjoys learning new tech stuff and use it to enhance his tech skills. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with family and playing games with friends, both indoors and outdoors. He also loves to travel to new places and explore our beautiful planet.

Zoran Spasojevic

Lead Architect

Zoran is a strategist, architect, technologist, consultant and technical leader with more than 20 years’ experience in the telecommunications industry, most of it in mobile communications. A passion for technology evolution and the future of the industry has been his driver throughout his career. He leads the Darwin technology and architecture streams on behalf of Telefonica UK, where he has worked for over a decade. Zoran’s main focus is to lead the evolution of 5G technology and all associated platforms in order to meet future demand.

Aidan Syed

Enterprise Architect