Our People

The Antivia team draws upon a wealth of experience in the business intelligence industry and beyond.

Mark Sands

Mark comes to Antivia with twenty years of business intelligence industry experience having held sales, consulting and general management positions in a variety of software and services organisations.

Mark cut his technical teeth in the days of decision support and executive information systems, long before Howard Dresner first coined the term ‘Business Intelligence’.  The early part of his career was spent getting to grips with real world implementation challenges whilst working in the consulting organisation of EIS pioneer Pilot Software.  Having made the move into sales in the early 1990’s, Mark went on to enjoy successful spells with Sybase, Information Advantage, ETI and Acta Technology.  More recently, Mark relocated his skills Down Under to establish and head up BI solutions specialist Edgewing and, following their acquisition by Business Objects, was responsible for the latter’s reorganisation and launch of their new professional services organisation in Australia and New Zealand.

Mark holds an Honours degree in Computing in Business from the University of Huddersfield.

Mark Hudson

Mark brings to Antivia a wealth of relevant experience gained from a career spanning both sides of the customer-vendor divide.

Mark has seen at first hand the challenges associated with the timely adoption of new techniques to address business problems and deliver significant value in the real world at organisations like St George Bank, Adidas, Abbey National, Orange and BSkyB.  This experience was the foundation for Mark’s subsequent success as an entrepreneur in the business intelligence industry, a career in which Mark also holds the rare distinction of having held senior roles as a customer, business partner and employee of Business Objects.

Mark was the driving force behind the rise of Blue Edge Software and, having overseen its successful integration into Business Objects following their acquisition, was instrumental in the definition of the product roadmap for information delivery.  Mark re-located to Australia where, as a member of Business Objects ANZ management team was responsible for an initiative designed to foster effective, cross department support for Business Objects most strategic customers in Australia and New Zealand.  Mark went on to be a key player in Edgewing’s successes in the region with the strategy and solutions to which he was a major contributor being a significant factor in Business Objects decision to acquire Edgewing in 2006.

Mark holds an Honours degree in Computing from Leeds Metropolitan University.

Paul Vallender

Paul’s background is firmly rooted in software development and he continues to be driven by the ability to remain true to those roots yet still have the opportunity to work in almost every conceivable industry.   It is this attribute of software that keeps Paul’s unwavering interest in and admiration for software and its creators even after many years in the industry.

From the early days of keying in program listings from magazines via a rubber keyed ZX Spectrum keyboard through to the design of Web 2.0 applications, Paul has developed software for use across a broad range of application areas, including Scientific Research, Warehousing & Distribution, Financial Services, Aerospace and Defence.   Paul has been a key contributor and has led development teams in new technology start ups in business intelligence and real time information delivery.  From small development teams to large R&D organisations, Paul has experienced the full spectrum and has learnt just what works and what doesn’t in professional software development.

Paul holds an Honours degree in Software Engineering from Leeds Metropolitan University.

Jason Lilley

Antivia is fortunate indeed to benefit from Jason’s enormous experience in software development. He has held lead development and architect roles with software vendors in the business intelligence and real time information delivery sectors. Jason’s early career also enabled him to develop his expertise working in the Financial Services, Satellite Television and Health industries, the latter being responsible for Jason’s understanding of the true nature of mission critical software applications, having designed and developed software for Intensive Care Unit and Operating Theatre applications.

Jason’s expertise covers a broad range of technology and application areas. From online mortgage trading services to video on demand, Jason has been responsible for the design of software applications built on technologies such as Web Services, .Net and J2EE. More recently Jason has applied his expertise in the field of commercial software development, in particular taking a lead role in the development and enhancement of Business Objects information delivery platform.

Jason holds an HND in Information Technology from the University of Huddersfield.