Patrick Verdon
Founder at Youreko
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorPatrick Verdon is an entrepreneurial technology leader and founder with over two decades of experience building internet and mobile products that scale. He has a strong track record of founding and growing startups—co-founding Kan in 1996, leading mobile platform plays at Phonesync and ZYB (acquired by Vodafone), and launching Youreko to drive energy-efficiency-driven e-commerce upsells. Patrick blends hands-on technical leadership (CTO roles, team scaling, product architecture) with commercial execution across telcos, retailers and utilities, often turning integrations into measurable revenue and conversion gains. He’s experienced in agile product development, mobile synchronization, and building developer teams that ship robust platforms. Notably, his work frequently connects consumer-facing UX with complex B2B integrations—helping operators like BT, O2 and Telefónica deploy white-label services and achieving multiple successful exits. Based in Cambridge, he pairs operator-level deployment experience with a persistent focus on practical innovation in energy and mobile services.
8 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
English, French
Github Skills (14)
transparency10
ccpa10
iab10
gdpr10
backbonejs10
advertising10
data-protection9
privacy8
personalization5
cmp5
workitem5
pii4
openxml2
marketing-tools2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
patrickverdon/GDPR-Transparency-and-Consent-Framework
Apr 2020 - Mar 2022
Technical specifications for IAB Europe Transparency and Consent Framework that will help the digital advertising industry interpret and comply with EU rules on data protection and privacy - notably the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that comes into effect on May 25, 2018.
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
digital-advertisingmarketing-toolstechnical-specificationstransparencyconsent-framework
patrickverdon/just-a-bit-of-fun
Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 3 branches in 1 day
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