Daniel is currently leading Kendraio, which he founded in 1999, to promote an open content marketplace for the Internet. The aim is to drive interoperability between and within every link in the content value chain – enabling artists to manage their digital assets, metadata and workflow more efficiently – driving increased revenue to content owners and a more pleasurable buying experience for consumers. Having raised over 1M EUR in research grants from Europe, UK and Google, Kendraio is funded into 2021.
Daniel has worked extensively in the UK Internet industry. In 1996, Daniel co-founded Cerbernet and served as CEO till late 1998. Under his watchful eye, Cerbernet grew to become the UK's leading independent broadband Internet Service Provider. Cerbernet was acquired for over 4M GBP by First Telecom early in 2000 – at the height of the dotcom bubble. Daniel then worked for Atlantic Telecom as their Content Delivery Adviser till early 2001.
In 1994 Daniel co-founded Cerberus, whose CDJ (Cerberus Digital Jukebox) was the first system for copyright protected Internet-based music distribution. Drawing on video broadcast experience, Daniel specified MPEG compression, encryption and distribution technologies for the CDJ. The CDJ went on to influence a whole generation of online music stores.
Daniel is a keen environmentalist. He is co-founder of NoPlasticApp – an app for shoppers to campaign for living plastic-free. He is CEO and owner of Freewheelers - the international lift share website, matching passengers to car drivers, to reduce journey costs and pollution from car travel. Daniel was educated in art and design at London's Camberwell College. He currently lives in many places and nowhere in particular.
Lisa Farron
Product and Culture
Lisa is a facilitator, product manager and people enabler. Having spent decades managing the interaction between management, clients and software developers she combines a solid technical understanding with the ability to enable and enhance team collaboration.
As a product manager she has worked in both the commercial travel sector as well as for a Children’s Rights NGO working on developing digital strategy and launching campaign sites.
She delivers training on Inclusive Leadership as well as working as a bereavement counsellor at a London based agency with a diverse client base.
When not working, Lisa enjoys spending time with her daughter, going to restaurants and is particularly partial to a bit of karaoke!
Luke Stanley
A developer with a broad background, making websites with animated gif’s since age 12 and backend too, with a love of code literacy, open-source and promoting end-user freedom.
Implemented Web Monetization with Coil login.
Donald Newholm
Developer
Donald Newholm was born in London and thus far has chosen to remain there. Having conquered the music world with his viral hit “The Complete History of the Soviet Union Arranged to the Melody of Tetris”, he at some point turned his hand to code.
Beginning with BASIC and working through Ruby, JavaScript and TypeScript flavoured with Vue and React, Donald brings a breadth of experience to the Kendraio developer team. Outside of this, Donald is working sporadically on a synth and an AI music platform with no AI.
When not performing with the band Dawn of the Squid, he can be found backpacking and pondering the fundamental nature of physical reality.
Kushal Patel
Outreach and Communications
Since graduating in Economics, Kushal (or Kush for short) has worked as a marketer and digital consultant across several industries, including music and financial technology. This has helped him to develop a broad perspective on driving growth in different industries.He brings his wide marketing and communications experience to the team at Kendraio, helping us to engage and support our collaborators, and spread the word about our work and vision for the future of technology.
Carlotta De Ninni
Manager
With a background in audio engineering and Media Management, Carlotta is a queer woman who has been working in the UK music and tech scene for the past 8+ years. Her experience spans from supporting artists’ rights with the FAC, to representing and working with British artist Imogen Heap in different projects, including leading the Creative Passport, a digital identity for music makers. Fighting the patriarchy and supporting diversity and inclusion are among her interests. Outside work, she loves a thrill! She enjoys DIY, a small gig in a pub, kitesurfing and silks. If you need to get some sh*t done, she is your person! She joined Kendraio to help expand the team and operations.
Giorgia Sambrotta
Developer
Giorgia is a Javascript expert, both on the front-end and the back-end, with a decade of experience under her belt. She has journeyed through the tech world, working with early-stage startups, contributing to open-source projects, and collaborating on NGO initiatives worldwide. Giorgia has collaborated with various teams across Europe, the USA, and Africa to build high-traffic apps used by millions of users.
Giorgia has also demonstrated her leadership qualities as a tech lead, steering a bunch of enthusiastic junior developers at a consultancy. She is a passionate educator, having taught at bootcamp schools including WBS Coding schools and OTS Berlin.
Giorgia loves remote working, having embraced it for the past several years while globetrotting in her trusty van, Viktor. She is definitely passionate about freedom of any kind.