The Cybaverse difference

We’re on a mission to enable and build a hybrid consultancy and managed security service which is completely tailored to our clients wants and needs, delivering only the highest of standards

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Who are Cybaverse?

Our team began Cybaverse to create a consultancy and MSSP hybrid that proposes new ideas alongside solid foundations, to offer professionalism and excellence in cyber security services for companies, 365 days a year.

This ethos stems from years of experience and working together across the Ministry of Defence, large financial institutions and cyber security consultancies.

A team of highly skilled, motivated and qualified individuals, companies can depend on. Offering routine to bespoke services whilst striving to surpass customers expectations. We guide our clients to be a step ahead of the adversaries in the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape.

Our Values

Cybaverse has a clear ethos which drives the company internally and externally, this excels our client experience and reputation.

Greatness

Going above and beyond in everything we do.

Reliable

Following through with what we say.

Inspirational

Inspire our peers, client and industry.

Perseverant

Determined to achieve our goals.

Ollie Spence

CEO

A versatile, experienced CEO with a deep breadth of technical knowledge in cyber security, alongside years of senior management and leadership experience. Ollie gained extensive experience in cyber security and red team operations during his 10-year career in an elite specialist UK Armed Forces Unit, where he learned and subsequently taught covert reconnaissance and surveillance techniques.

With a predominant focus after his military career on physical and open-source red team engagements, Ollie enhanced his skillset by undertaking deep technical studies within penetration testing and cyber security. Ollie holds numerous qualifications such as CREST CRT, TigerScheme QSTM, CHECK Team Member (Penetration Testing), CREST CRTIA (Threat Intelligence) and ISO27001 Lead Implementer (Compliance), to name a few.

As a lead penetration tester for a global cyber security company, Oliver led multiple red team operations spanning industries such as Automotive, Financial, Government (UK and overseas), Legal and Retail. One of his particular successes was leading a team to conduct an end-to-end red team engagement with a Premiership Football Club, which resulted in a long-lasting relationship with the client to enhance their security continually.

Previously Ollie worked for a leading UK cyber security organisation. He built and delivered a 10-week training package for middle eastern clients, ranging from awareness courses to advanced technical courses. He has given training at conferences and events, using a mixture of technical demonstrations together with his ability to translate technical language to a technical and non-technical audience.

Former to his commercial career in cyber security, Ollie carried out Open-Source Intelligence and surveillance projects for high profile cases across the United Kingdom. Whist operating in this role, he traced a criminal across the globe and orchestrated a surveillance operation that led to the prosecution in a high-profile fraud case.

Since founding Cybaverse alongside his business partner, they built the business from ground up with only a laptop to their name to start to today a company with over 15 team members and a client base of over one hundred clients. Wanting to continually improve the business and himself, Oliver recently undertook a government backed course, Help to Grow: Management Course, alongside this he was accepted onto with Innovate UK called Pitchfest aimed at companies going through investment.

Being a passionate surfer and father, he spends the rest of his time surfing the waves or spending time with his three daughters and partner.

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Ollie Spence

CEO

Gemma Blake

CCO

Gemma has 15 years’ experience within sales, management and training, predominantly within the recruitment sector. Gemma started her career as a sales consultant and worked hard to work her way up within the company. Within her second year as a recruitment consultant she came no.6 within the company for the most revenue made.

When Gemma went into management she led by example and spent her time using her knowledge which she had built up over the years to train staff ad help them to find their own unique ways of selling to their best potential and exceeding targets. Having been appointed to rescue underperforming offices from closing later in her career, Gemma streamlined processes, rehired staff and looked at ways in which the offices could realign their focuses to generating revenue and profit. Having done this successfully and managing multiple offices as one of the youngest managers she started to train all new staff within her area. In one quarter half of her team won awards for highest achievers.

Gemma’s main aim is to look for ways which in an office can run efficiently by putting in stringent processes and procedures for all to follow whilst making achieving targets for her staff achievable and creating drive to exceed them.

Throughout Gemma’s career she has worked with small SMEs to multinational companies and takes time fully understand what a client wants and needs to in order to sell to them exactly what they want. She has won clients in the first call and some over 5 years of trying to get them to come away from longstanding relationships which in the end she has won through loyalty, setting expectations and achieving them and listening to what the client wants to offer a consultative approach to best advise them on what they will need and way.

Gemma’s passion for sales and exceeding expectations of not only sales but herself has been the main driving factor for her career and with still a lot more to prove it will continue to drive the rest of her career.

When not selling Gemma spends her time with her family looking after her two young daughters.

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Gemma Blake

CCO

Juliette Hudson

CTO

As CTO, Juliette is dedicated to developing and implementing Cybaverse's vision, strategies, and service lines, with a focus on incident response, managed detection and response (MDR), penetration testing (PT), and compliance. She will lead and mentor the technical teams, ensuring they are equipped to meet the ever evolving security needs of clients.

Juliette brings extensive expertise in both defensive and offensive security, with a solid background in networking. She holds multiple SANS certifications in digital forensics, incident response and intrusion detection. Prior to joining Cybaverse, Juliette led the EMEA MDR service for global clients at Kroll.

Outside of Cybaverse, Juliette enjoys gundog training and competing with her working Labrador, Cooper. She also has a passion for travel and cooking.

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Juliette Hudson

CTO

Michael Jepson

Penetration Testing Manager

Michael Jepson has a well-established military career spanning over 17 years as a Senior Rating working for the Ministry of Defence; Michael worked in various IT and Warfare Tactics fields supporting operations across the globe. The knowledge gleaned from working on bespoke advanced military IT equipment, paired with military ethos, paved the way for Michael to join a cyber security unit of the Royal Navy and make an easy transition to the role of a Penetration Tester.

A strong passion for Red team engagements and hands-on experience has developed Michaels skills quickly. Social Engineering is a strong asset, with skills gained from the military leading to successfully capturing sensitive information direct from targets, for example, Two Factor Authentication Codes. Physical Security testing is also a natural attribute, with prior experience in the military.

Having qualified as a CREST Registered Tester, besides Red Team Engagements, his daily routine includes Web Application, API, External and Internal Infrastructure testing, Wireless and Mobile Security, capturing and exploiting a wide range of vulnerabilities.

Michael prides himself on a strong client rapport, ensuring any findings discovered are articulated thoroughly in reports to maximise remediation and explain the real-world threat.

When he’s not further developing his offensive security skills online, he likes to spend time with his loving wife, gorgeous son, daughter and a 75kg St. Bernard.

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Michael Jepson

Penetration Testing Manager

Alice Valverde

Head of Product and Marketing

Alice has 10 years of experience in Marketing and Business Management across various sectors. She began her career in Engineering, followed by stints in Recruitment and the Legal industry. With an MSc in Business and Marketing, Alice possesses a deep passion for marketing strategy and enhancing the customer journey.

Having worked with numerous CRM systems, Alice serves as our in-house HubSpot expert, managing the processing and storage of client data and information. In her role as a leader within our Marketing team, Alice ensures that our clients have a clear understanding of our offerings. She collaborates closely with our sales team to ensure timely handling of all enquiries.

Alice's primary objective is to explore innovative approaches to attract customers and establish long-lasting, successful relationships with them. She diligently monitors the return on investment (ROI) for each marketing channel and manages our marketing budget.

In addition to her marketing responsibilities, Alice actively contributes to the development of our Cyber Security platform. She plays a pivotal role in ensuring the timely development and rollout of new features, as well as collecting feedback from clients to ensure that we consistently add substantial value to our clients' operations.

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Alice Valverde

Head of Product and Marketing

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