Track record with major technology companies

Founder & CEO, Amit Popat, has a track record of working and developing successful technology companies. With a Masters in Mathematics at University of Cambridge, he went on to set up a successful software development company, specialising in developing financial reporting and payment systems that have been used by major FTSE-250 and multinational companies, including Currys PLC and Herbert Smith Freehills, processing over £50m monthly. He also worked with EasyJet to develop and deploy their new booking system on AWS, scaling to serve millions of customers daily, as well as delivering in-depth analytics to help optimise revenues, which resulted in a revenue uplift of over 5%. Upon entering the travel & hospitality industry in 2019, he discovered a unique opportunity to combine the latest technological advances with the data analytics and machine learning knowledge gained from other industries to hotels, leading to the creation of Hotel Cloud.

Entrepreneur with Theoretical Background

Nikhil Shah read Mathematics at the University of Cambridge before completing a PhD at Imperial College London in Computational Optimization. During his PhD he led multiple R&D breakthroughs with 4 patents invented during a summer internship at Chevron in California. As part of his work with S-Cube, Nikhil used his deep mathematical expertise to develop an industry-leading sound segregation algorithm, attracting major industry partnerships, and being named Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the Asian Business Awards 2019 and Micro Business of the Year at the Growing Business Awards 2021. At Hotel Cloud, he advises on product development and commercialisation driving innovation with our core team of Cambridge Mathematicians. The future is exciting and he will play a key role in our journey to bring revolutionary solutions to every corner of the hotel industry.

Extensive Interpersonal Experience

Thash read Life Sciences in Biology and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Bristol, specialising in neuroscience. As part of his dissertation, he modelled human eyes vs compound eyes using 3D slicer, to better understand how we see the world around us. Thash has worked in hospitality for the past 6 years and since his time at Bristol, has specialised in hotel tech, deep science and automation. Thash consults with hoteliers to understand their business needs and objectives, to become more streamlined and profitable.