The Floow
Simon Hickling has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and companies. Simon currently serves as the Director of Engineering at The Floow since April 2023. Prior to this, they worked as the Head of Architecture at The Floow from March 2022 to March 2023.
Before joining The Floow, Simon served as the Chief Architect at Covéa Insurance from March 2020 to March 2022. Simon also worked as a Solution Architect at Covéa Insurance from June 2018 to March 2020.
From April 2016 to March 2020, Simon was the Owner and Director of One Eyed Cat Software, a software development company. Their responsibilities included working on a cloud server-based calculation engine for financial services, specifically pensions calculations.
Simon's earlier experience includes serving as a Solution Architect at Cox Automotive UK from December 2016 to May 2018 and at Manheim UK from October 2015 to December 2016. Prior to that, they held roles at Civica, including Systems Architect from September 2014 to October 2015, Technical Architect from January 2014 to September 2014, IT Projects and Implementations Manager from March 2012 to January 2014, Support Team Leader from June 2010 to March 2012, Senior Technical Architect from June 2008 to June 2010, and Business Intelligence Consultant from June 2006 to June 2008.
Simon Hickling attended Lancaster University, where they studied Computing. Simon obtained additional certifications, including TOGAF in July 2017, 70-461 Querying SQL Server 2012 from Microsoft in April 2014, and PRINCE2 Foundation in June 2012. No specific start or end years were provided for their education at Lancaster University.
The Floow
The Floow was founded and incorporated in 2012 by their CEO Aldo Monteforte, their CIO Dr Sam Chapman, and Paul Ridgway.The idea and vision for The Floow was first conceived by Aldo who wanted to make vehicles safer, smarter and cheaper for all. He saw the opportunity to change the telematics industry by making use of data and social sciences inways that could change driver behaviour and lower the risks on their roads.The company name - The Floow - was inspired by a concept in social science. If you experience 'flow' you are in a state of deep concentration and can make amazing things happen. The early days of setting up the company saw the founding team in a state of almost constant flow. And even today, with more than 100 people and having achieved rapid growth and success, it's their shared focus on making mobility smarter and safer for all that keeps the team in a state of flow.
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