TouchType was founded in August 2008 by two friends from Cambridge University. Today the team has grown to over 30 people, headquartered in central London.TouchType on LinkedIn
Some members of the TouchType team at the London HQ, October 2011.
Senior members of our management team include:
Jon Reynolds
Chief Executive Officer
Jon is TouchType’s co-founder and CEO, helping to ensure everything (and everyone!) at the company is heading in the right direction. Previously, Jon worked in the UK Civil Service, gaining commercial experience as part of the team managing the £500m financial restructuring of London and Continental Railways. Jon holds a first-class degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge, where he was awarded the 2007 Nature Prize for Physics.
Outside of TouchType, Jon enjoys most sports (particularly an opportunity to beat Ben at tennis), playing the piano and any excuse to travel!
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Dr Ben Medlock
Chief Technical Officer
Ben leads technology and product development at TouchType, where he drives innovation and ensures the company’s products remain at the cutting edge of language interaction technology.
He developed his expertise in natural language processing and machine learning during eight years of computer science research, culminating in a PhD from the University of Cambridge. He has reviewed for a number of prominent academic journals and his work is published in both ACL, the leading conference for research into computational linguistics, and the Journal of Biomedical Informatics.
Ben lives in London, and on the rare occasion that he’s not working, he enjoys playing sport, music and reading theology.
Ben on LinkedIn
Rhodri Thomas
Chief Commercial Officer
Rhod oversees commercial and business development at TouchType. He joined in October 2010, following eighteen months in New York with KGB, where he played a major role in the launch of KGB Deals and oversaw the development of iPhone, Android, Blackberry and WebOS apps. Prior to KGB, Rhod held a management role at Texperts and worked in a variety of other start-ups and established firms since graduating from Aston University in 2000.
Outside work, Rhod follows Welsh Rugby and the New York Yankees with religious fervour, and dreams up fantastical backpacking holiday adventures around the world that are completely impractical.
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Joe Braidwood
Chief Marketing Officer
Joe is responsible for marketing and communications at TouchType, where he primarily focuses on the promotion and product strategy behind SwiftKey. He also represents TouchType at public events and engages with SwiftKey’s growing community of users.
Joe joined TouchType from News Corporation, where he was a founding member of the team of journalists behind the company’s news wire service, NewsCore. Prior to that, he worked as an online producer for Sky News.
Joe holds a law degree from the University of Cambridge and a master’s degree in public affairs from Brown University. Joe loves travelling and photography, combining both where possible. He also enjoys going to the pub with friends, as anyone using SwiftKey on his phone will quickly discover.
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Richard Gibson
Chief Finance Officer
Richard oversees the financial management of TouchType, which includes working the company’s business planning and strategic objectives.
Richard has spent all of his career with growth businesses. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, he spent nine years with NVM Private Equity, where he was responsible for making a number of highly successful investments. Having sat on the boards of numerous businesses, Richard enjoys developing the commercial, financial and strategic direction of firms with a strong focus on creating shareholder value.
Outside of work, he enjoys time with his young family and is a keen golfer, when time permits!
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Brandon Mensinga
VP, Product Management
Brandon is responsible for making TouchType’s big-picture product vision a reality. This includes opportunity assessment, market strategy and roadmap execution.
Prior to joining TouchType, Brandon spent over a decade in the mobile industry, spanning North American to global markets. This included working in strategic roles ranging from P&L responsibility for a $15 million product portfolio to analyst advisory services for the media, OEMs and Operators. As part of his roles with Zi Corporation and Nuance Communications, he delivered mobile software and applications on over 100 million handsets globally, working with handset manufacturers, operators and platform providers.
He also earned a B.A. degree in Business Administration from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada.
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Mark Paterson
Chairman
Mark serves as the Chairman of TouchType. Before joining the board, Mark was General Counsel at the global mobile operator Orange for 12 years, from the founding days of the business. This was followed by roles in business and corporate development. He now enjoys working with organisations, in both the commercial and not for profit sector, with exciting and deliverable aspirations.
Mark is a qualified barrister and was Called to the Bar in 1983 (Middle Temple).
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