Summary
Zsolt Pardi is the founder and CEO of ZoVolt, a Hereford-based hardware startup he has been building since 2012 that commercializes devices he began prototyping with his father in 2011. A Cardiff University BA graduate in Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, he blends narrative-led product thinking with hands-on hardware development and draws on prior FP7 research collaborations that inspired his ECG sensor concept. With 11 years of experience in early-stage ventures, Zsolt orchestrates business development, IoT product strategy, and fundraising while integrating industry veterans’ engineering expertise into day-to-day operations. He is currently running pilot deployments with major UK agricultural partners and steering ZoVolt through its first formal funding round. Not obvious at first glance: his background in journalism shapes a customer-focused storytelling approach to technical product positioning and partnership-building.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Journalism, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Journalism at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
Hereford Sixth Form College
English, Hungarian