Executive Team

Zeus has an established Board and Executive team that bring to the company in-depth commercial and industry-specific experience, from organizations such as Cisco, Equant and Symbian.

Paul Brennan - Chairman and CEO

Paul Brennan brings over 20 years of executive-level experience in the IT sector to Zeus. Previously he was Chairman of Apptix ASA and VisionOSS and was partner and CEO of Korral Partners and Chairman of Xtractor AS and Trustix AS among others. He was the CEO of Metamerge AS, where he managed the company through its successful acquisition by IBM Corporation. Prior to that, as Vice President and General Manager of Actional Corporation and NetFRAME Systems Inc, he established the European operations for the US parent companies. Brennan was also the Sales & Marketing Director of Europe for EQUANT, and was part of the European management team through its successful dual listings on the New York and Paris exchanges. He started his career with 10 years at IBM Corporation in Europe and Australia after graduating with a degree in Geology and Geophysics from the University of Sydney.

David Day - Chief Technology Officer

David has over 24 years experience in the IT industry, joining Zeus in early 2002. David provides technical leadership for Zeus, with overall responsibility for the company’s technology vision and strategy, leads all aspects of Zeus' product development and plays a key role in establishing Zeus' strategic partnerships. David has been on Zeus' Board of Directors since 2004.

Previously, he was the Smartphone Program Manager at Symbian, Operations and Technical Manager at Origin, and has worked in a number of senior operational and high tech product development roles. David holds a 1st Class Honours degree in Engineering.

Travis Reed - General Manager, Americas

Travis Reed brings to Zeus his wealth of experience as a software analyst on Wall Street as well as over 12 years experience in selling and marketing technology solutions. Travis is responsible for developing strategic partnerships.

Travis’ background includes sales positions at IBM, BEA Systems, Bowstreet, and Microsoft. Travis also worked at both Soundview and Merrill Lynch as an analyst before launching his own research and consulting firm specializing in the software industry. He has MBA degrees from the Haas School of Business and Columbia Graduate School of Business.

Steve Webb - Vice President, Strategic Accounts

Steve Webb has over 20 years senior sales and marketing experience in high technology joining Zeus from IT intrusion prevention company Prevx where he was VP Sales EMEA. From 1997 to 2002 he was director of business development and marketing for Articon-Integralis and a member of the management team that grew revenues from $10M to more than $200M and created pan-Europe IT security distributor Allasso. From 1988 to 1997 he held sales and marketing management positions with Silicon Graphics (SGI) and prior to this worked at Apollo Computer and Prime Computer. An electronics engineer, he holds an MBA from Henley Management College/Brunel University together with a post-graduate diploma in Marketing.

Charles Hobley - Financial Controller and Company Secretary

Charles has held financial management roles for a number of early stage companies over the last six years, most recently as Finance Controller of RiboTargets through its successful combinations with British Biotech plc and Vernalis plc in 2003. Prior to this Charles gained extensive experience with Ernst & Young in Cambridge. He holds a degree in History from Leicester University and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Kieron Thorpe - Director of Systems Engineering

Kieron has over 20 years experience working with high technology ISP’s, Internet Exchange Points, automated manufacturing and military telecommunications. He was the Operations Manager at The London Internet Exchange (LINX), which he left to join XchangePoint as a founder member of the engineering team where he lead the European build, deployment and support strategy. Most recently he was the Network Operations Manager for Timico, a leading communications provider to the business market. Kieron holds a Diploma in Management from the University of Leicester.