Tom Ball

Tom Ball runs web development company Cognac Systems who specialise in complex, web systems to bridge the online/offline divide. Tom recently sold Cognac, which helped clients explain their strategy to staff. Clients included RBS, HBOS, Orange, Aviva, Vodafone, Prudential and HBOS. Projects included communicating Dubai's new healthcare system and helping a start-up attract $5 billion of funding. Tom previously built web agency CD9, dotcom DomainAudit, organises parties for up to 1,000 entrepreneurs and owns a bar and a boardroom on a bus.