Rob Potter | Chief Technology Officer
Beam Connectivity

As CTO at Beam Connectivity, Rob works with a variety of clients from startups to OEMs to deploy connectivity capabilities. This covers multiple verticals including ebikes and micromobility, motorbikes, on-highway passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles. In his role he oversees automotive hardware, software and vehicle integration, through to cloud data analytics and mobile app development.
Prior to co-founding Beam, Rob led technical delivery of connected vehicle on the Dyson EV programme, building a greenfield connectivity platform and making contributions to the global automotive cyber security community through Auto-ISAC and CCC (Car Connectivity Consortium).
Before entering the automotive sector, he was responsible for web-scale distributed systems in the consumer IoT and government sector. Working closely with hyperscale cloud vendors, Rob has delivered globally scaled solutions used daily by over 5 million people.
Rob has a Computer Science degree with honours from University of Bath, UK and has worked in the UK tech industry for over 20 years with specialisation in cloud architecture, digital identity, and cybersecurity.