People
Based in London, Trutap is one of the world's fastest growing mobile social networks. The company is run by a dedicated team of mobile and internet experts, fuelled by coffee and ceaseless enthusiasm, from its Kings Cross office.
Management Team
Doug Richard
(Co-Founder) CEO & Chairman (our dragon)
Doug is the founder and chairman of Library House, vice-chairman of Cambridge Angels and co - founder of the Trutap brand.
He has two decades of experience in developing and leading technology and software ventures. In 2006 Doug won the Queens Award for Entrepreneurship.
David Whitewood
(Co-Founder) Global VP Business Development
As Doug would say "David has more ideas in a week than most people
have in a lifetime." Hotxt was his brainchild, which was where the
roots for trutap came from. He continues to heavily input into product
vision and partnerships. He has over 20 years of business development
experience with high-tech companies in the UK, Europe, US and Asia,
including three companies with Doug!
Carl Uminski
CTO
Carl spent 2 years exploring the future of mobile search in Sunnyvale, California. Before this, Carl was a co-founder and CTO of Overture Europe.
Overture acquired AltaVista and Alltheweb before being bought out itself by Yahoo! in 2003. He's also a die hard Watford fan...yes, that's right...WATFORD.
James Barlow
Finance & Operations Director
James is our Chartered Accountant. He has worked internationally including several startup companies. We like to treat James nicely
because he handles our paychecks.
Board of Directors
Caroline Lewko
David Cleevely
Patrick Dunn
Investors
The very lightweight Trutap mobile protocol means it uses very low amounts of data so low bills are low…And the Trutap application really is great to look at