Julian Howison

Chairman

An electronics engineer by training, Julian started his career developing electronic instruments and data communications systems software for companies such as Plessey and Siemens. This included a spell in the early 1980s working for the Department of Defence in the USA on the development of embryonic Internet protocols and systems.

Returning to London in the mid-1980s he worked as a management consultant with Price Waterhouse Coopers helping large corporates such as NatWest, Lloyds, Maxwell Communications and the London Stock Exchange formulate and implement their IT strategies. Prior to founding Arrk he spent several years working as a board-level IT Director in the insurance and financial services sector. He has managed IT and business operations in the UK, US, Ireland, India and France.

Brenden Holt

Non-Executive Director

Having attained an Honours Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering Brenden’s early career was spent in the design and development of hardware and software systems. Much of this work was in real-time and safety-critical systems for military and defence applications. In the late 1980s, he progressed into project management roles managing large, complex projects.

He spent much of the 1990s working for Admiral plc, a very successful IT Software and Solutions Group which was acquired by Logica Plc. At Admiral, he developed his career from technical project management, into sales and marketing and latterly into executive management. He has managed P&Ls ranging from early stage start-ups to £55M multi-national businesses and lead management teams across Europe and the USA.

In April 2002 Brenden completed a self-funded MBI into an early stage software products company (VeSys Ltd) and in December 2004 after rapid growth in sales in the UK, Europe and the USA he sold the company to a large US-based software vendor. The VeSys suite of products was aimed at design, electrical simulation and manufacture of wiring solutions. In addition to his work with Arrk Group, Brenden is Chairman of a number of technology companies including Quadratica (UK) Ltd and Deposit Sense Ltd.

Gary Gautier

Director Customer Success

Gary began his career as a software developer for a niche systems integrator before expanding into managing development and infrastructure teams for public and private sector clients. His strong customer relationships and successful project delivery led to his appointment on the board of a mid-tier IT services firm, overseeing development, professional services, and solutions.

Later, as Deputy CTO of a data-services company, he pioneered outsourcing, successfully piloting offshore projects that reduced costs, improved quality, and increased flexibility. Certified in PRINCE and ITIL, Gary has led multi-million-pound projects across the UK and Europe. A seasoned professional, he is known for his commercial acumen, customer focus, and delivering award-winning industry results.

Hariharan Iyer

Vice President

Hariharan Iyer (Hari) has joined Arrk in 2004. He holds bachelor’s degree in commerce and holds professional qualifications in Cost and Management Accountancy (www.icmai.in), Corporate Laws (www.icsi.edu). Prior to Arrk he was associated with retail, consultancy, ERP and ITES services business. He has been a pillar of Arrk in the matters of Finance, Commercials, Resourcing, Out-sourcing, and Compliances. His journey with in Arrk over the last 17 years has been remarkable, multi-faceted, go-to-person in any crisis. Over a period, he has developed quite deeper hands-on leadership qualities in operations. Although a non-technical guy in the technology driven organization, he has evolved to elaborately analyze and pursue value creations for Arrk, its employees and its customers.

Currently he is responsible for Resources, Commercials, Market initiates, Compliances etc. within Arrk.

Saurabh Herwadkar

Senior Technical Architect

Saurabh has been responsible for multiple technical and managerial roles during his career such as team leader, Technical leader, Technical architect, and Delivery lead. In the recent stages of his career Saurabh has been more involved in working towards low cost, hi-tech and sustainable technology solutioning for multiple customers.

He is passionate about adopting technology for automation of manual efforts and cost savings with an eye without any compromise on good engineering and architecture practices. An avid reader and a technology buff, Saurabh in his free time loves to read up on the latest trends in Technology along with an interest in music and history. He is a firm believer that to be a good Technology person everyone must focus on clarity of the fundamentals to achieve success in the confused and ever-changing world of Information technology.