Ed Hickey

(he/him)

Ed Hickey

DabApps

Board and Commercial Director

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Ed Hickey is Board and Commercial Director at DabApps, a Brighton-based software company. He has been with DabApps for over ten years, first as Commercial Director and now in a board-level commercial leadership role. His experience spans commercial strategy, account management, product leadership and client relationships across technology and risk-focused businesses. Before DabApps, Ed was Vice President of Global Product at Certn, and previously held senior international roles at HireRight and Kroll, including Managing Director APAC and Head of Client Relations. His background gives him a strong mix of commercial, operational and product experience across global technology and screening markets.

Sessions

Build Responsibly

Building powerful systems comes with obligations that are easy to overlook when teams are moving quickly. This block asks what responsible technical delivery looks like in practice. From the environmental cost of software and cloud infrastructure, to the deployment of real-world voice agents, to the safety and governance challenges created by increasingly autonomous systems, these sessions are for builders who want to move fast without losing control.

Build Responsibly

Building powerful systems comes with obligations that are easy to overlook when teams are moving quickly. This block asks what responsible technical delivery looks like in practice. From the environmental cost of software and cloud infrastructure, to the deployment of real-world voice agents, to the safety and governance challenges created by increasingly autonomous systems, these sessions are for builders who want to move fast without losing control.