Top 100 Asian Stars in UK Tech
Honoured and very surprised to be in this list of such amazing people.
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Wow! What a wonderful way to end the year. Honoured and very surprised to be in this list of such amazing people.
See the full list here: https://asiansintech.com/top-100-asian-stars-in-uk-tech-2020/
Congrats to everyone listed and thank you Diversity UK!
About Riaz
I've spent over 25 years founding and scaling B2B companies - as COO, CEO, CMO and CTO, often across the same company's lifecycle. An engineering degree from UCL and an MBA from Bayes means I understand both the technology and how a business actually runs around it.
I co-founded Digital Oxygen, which was acquired by Silverpop and later by IBM. I scaled Profusion from 15 people to 100. I founded and led Radiate B2B for nine years, building the first MCP-based AI connector for LinkedIn Advertising, before closing it in 2026 rather than rebuild around a declining display-advertising market.
Today I run Connected Paths, an AI implementation consultancy, and work directly with a small number of B2B founders and CEOs through advisory, fractional COO/CMO work, mentoring and speaking. I've mentored 50+ founders through Techstars, UCL and Bayes, and chaired the Cass Entrepreneurs Network for its 3,000 alumni and investors.
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