Dr Godfrey Gaston, Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Specialist
Dr Godfrey Gaston MBE is a Cyber Security Innovation and Entrepreneurship consultant and currently advises and supports several cyber security startup companies. He has a PhD in Semiconductors and an MBA from Henley Management College.
He was formerly Executive Director of the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT), and Director at the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT), based at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland. Prior to this, he worked in the semiconductor industry for GEC Plessey Semiconductors, start-up BCO Technologies (acquired by Analog Devices) and Engineering Manager for Analog Devices. Current interests include supporting technology startups (especially in the cyber security sector), development of cyber security ecosystems and the linking of these ecosystems internationally.
Godfrey also co-founded the network security start-up company, Titan IC, acquired by Mellanox Technologies/NVIDIA in March 2020.
In 2023 Godfrey was named Chairman of Sitehop, a thriving cybersecurity firm headquartered in Sheffield.
