CYSURE - Key Persons
Following 8 years in the Royal Signals, reaching the rank of captain, Nick spent three years with Logica Space and Defence on projects such as the Logica Computer Security Evaluation Facility.
He founded Strategic Thought Group (STG) in 1987 providing services to organisations deploying enterprise software solutions, particularly using the Ingres RDBMS, TUXEDO and subsequently IBM integration technology, across a wide range of sectors including: government, defence, retail, transport and telecoms.
The company developed a specialization in risk management and delivering risk management solutions. Based on their experience STG developed Active Risk Manager (ARM) that was purchased by an impressive number of blue chip corporations such as Nestle, Tfl, AMEC, RTZ, MOD, BAe Systems and Lockheed Martin who used ARM to manage risk on large projects and programs, for example the F35 / Joint Strike Fighter development. After leading STG to a floatation on the London AIM Market and growing the company into a global organization, Nick stepped down from the board in 2007.
Nick then founded Policy Monitor to provided integration and data analytics products and services, predominantly to the public sector, including the Home Office and the Ministry of Defence. Projects include delivery of an unstructured text mining and analytics solution and the development of battlefield integration software.
Sonja McGurk joined the company in October 2021, having moved back to the UK after 14 years overseas. As a Chief of Staff, she is responsible for all company policies to ensure corporate governance compliance, payroll and company benefits, Board and Executive Committee coordination - as well as coordination with our legal, HR, PR and property support. Prior to joining the company, she worked as an Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in North Macedonia, International Education Consultant for UNRWA in Jordan and Policy Adviser for Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office at the British Embassy in Madrid, Spain. She has a BA degree in English and French and speaks several languages.