Simon Woodhead
Executive Chairman
Simon led a successful early career in finance, becoming the youngest qualified member of the Securities Institute. In 1996, Simon founded Simwood (then ‘eSMS’), the world’s first global gateway between the internet and mobile phones.
As CEO and architect, he has shaped Simwood to be the business and network it is today. Simon is passionate about technology, privacy and open source software. He speaks worldwide at industry events; sharing Simwood’s extensive and sought-after research. He was also a Director and Chairman of LINX, the world’s largest mutual internet exchange.
Charles Chance
Group CTO
In 2010, Charles founded Sipcentric Ltd from which he developed an entirely flexible and reliable hosted telephony platform for global use. Simwood acquired Sipcentric in 2019 and Charles is responsible for the ongoing reliability and interoperability of all networks across the Simwood group.
Charles is forward-thinking and driven to continually develop and improve Simwood’s network and technology, whilst also being an active contributor to several open-source projects within the telecoms sector.
Tom Hadden
COO (US)
Tom has more than 25 years of experience in the design, development and marketing of telecoms, as well as VoIP, wide-area networking and storage management products. Tom has left his mark on the telecoms industry globally, including being President of Vaultline, Inc., Chief Network Officer for Universal Access, Inc., CEO of Kinloch Telephone, Inc. and co-founding Vault Telephone, Inc.. Prior to joining Simwood, Tom was responsible for the merger and acquisition of the independent CLECs, including TNE Telephone Inc.
Frazer Barnett
Head of Sales
Frazer has had a thriving career in telecoms, beginning as technical support at Virgin Mobile over 17 years ago. He later moved into sales at VoIP provider Gradwell, where he speedily progressed to management and helped take the company from £5m to £7m turnover during his time. Joining Simwood in 2016, Frazer continues to work his magic by increasing Simwood’s turnover as the company rapidly grows. Frazer has an in-depth knowledge of the telecoms industry and an infectious joie de vivre.