About us
Brand aura are passionate about delivering technology that gives you different insights into your product and brands. We have developed world beating technology over a number of years of research and development.
Brand Aura was developed to deliver social and business insight by exploiting the vast source of opinions, data, and facts surrounding brand and their aura - their wider context of the brand including their target market,competitors, industry, and surrounding relevant trends.
Overview of key staff
Dr Andrew Starkey - Co-founder and Technology Director.
Dr Starkey created and developed the software technology which is owned by
BlueFlow Ltd an angel
invested spin out company from the University of Aberdeen.
Andrew has worked successfully commercially on entrepreneurial
projects, and before undertaking his PhD had vast client
experience and success working in Edinburgh, London and Paris as a software
consultant and developer. Dr Starkey has many accolades and achievements including: world
expert in his academic field of data mining; obtained fellowship
from the Royal Society of Edinburgh; Proof of Concept Award from
Scottish Enterprise; SMART Award from Scottish Executive; and
listed in the Who's who in the World, Who's who of Emerging
Leaders, and Who's who of Leaders in Science and Technology amongst others.
Steve Bone Director of Sales
Steve has vast technology and business expertise, and has
numerous connections with agencies and institutions. Steve
has worked for over a decade in delivering technology solutions
to meet business needs, with particular focus on social media,
online streaming and e-learning. He has worked across the
UK and Europe with both public and private companies.
Mark Polson - Director of Communications
Mark has prominent skill and expertise and respected
knowledge in marketing and public relations having recently held
senior positions at major corporates within the financial
industry. Mark is currently Account Manager of our
financial industry clients, although his skills extend into many
sectors. His eloquent and humorous style is combined with
perceptive undertanding of the business needs and delivering
bespoke and industry related Brand Aura business solutions.
Robert McWilliam - Software Development Director
Robert has expertise in programming and has experience of a number of open source projects.
His full skill set is too large to described here, but he definitely has the best logo T-shirts in the company.
Vincent Boutillier- Marketing and Sales
Vincent graduated from Amiens University, France with a degree in Marketing in 2009, and since
then has focussed on developing his expertise in marketing analysis in Paris before joining Brand Aura
and is passionate about new developments in the digital marketing world.