If your engagement thrives on the back of our technology and our support, then we can thrive too by continuing our commitment to you.
That all takes great people, at every level of an organisation, but it’s the executive team that has to lead, to set the tone and envision the strategy, and to live the values of what we sell - engagement, connectivity, community and respect.
A quick recap. We may be a young company in years but within this particular space we’re a relative veteran. We were first to market in 2014 with our engagement app, launched the Engagement Success Platform in 2018, developed the unique Social Media for Business suite in 2019 and continue to supercharge the sector as the first vendor to be supporting and delivering augmented reality content.
Privately owned and based in Manchester, we’ve built a close-knit team of leaders, technologists, consultants and project professionals, with an invaluable eco-system of committed investors, advisors and partners.
Phil Wedgwood and Phil Ashworth are ESG’s CEO and CTO respectively, colleagues who have a long track record of success in business technology and are wholly focused on making Engage a leading platform for people-centric change and improvement. They are ably supported by CFO Caroline Pilkington, who has previously worked with the Phils and has a wealth of experience around fast-growing tech businesses.
To that trio add the energy and expertise of John Porter (Read John's story), our co-founder and commercial director, or Mr Engagement for short. It’s not just the years he’s been doing it that matter, it’s the experience and knowledge that he has acquired and can in turn share with you.
John heads up our business development team and whatever engagement challenge you are tasked with – be that people transformation, mobilisation and digitisation, or digital enablement of the whole customer journey - then he’s the man you want sitting across from you.
John works closely with Harad Little, our Engagement Success Director. Harad and her team not only oversee project delivery and onboarding, but also support clients on their onward journey – consulting around hitting success metrics, leveraging our As-a-Service solutions to deepen customer and colleague engagement, and taking feedback on the platform itself.
That's why Joe Barker, our Head of Development, liaises carefully with Harad, so that the Engagement Success Platform evolves in line with what clients actually need - not what we think you need.
And then there’s Rod, Mike and Paul. Every growing company that’s blazing a trail needs a Rod Bulmer, Mike Rogan and Paul Hogarth. Rod has spent much of his executive career at the highest levels of the Co-Op while Mike has built a reputation as one of the most astute investors and entrepreneurs in the North West. Paul is the current Chief Executive Officer of Tatton Asset Management and has built a formidable career within financial services, building some of the most successful businesses in the sector.
And throughout every part of the company, from the designers and QA testers, to the project managers and client service group, we’ve got the talent and enthusiasm you need to succeed at this level. That we’re helping build real quantifiable success across a diverse range of sectors is a great testimony to that team - a team that we hope is a great advert for engagement.
