Her Majesty the Queen Honours LoopUp co-CEO Michael Hughes with MBE
/EINPresswire.com/ -- LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - Jan 17, 2017) - LoopUp (
"It is an incredible honour to be recognised by Her Majesty," said Hughes. "I am very proud to be able to offer UK graduates the opportunity to work for and learn from some of the best tech entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley through SVIP."
Hughes founded the Silicon Valley Internship Programme in 2013 with the goal of giving computer science graduates from the United Kingdom exposure to Silicon Valley's rich entrepreneurial community and hands-on startup experience through a one-year internship. SVIP has had 60 graduates participate in the programme since its inception. The programme is currently accepting applications for 2017 interns.
"The idea for SVIP was a direct result of my experience cofounding LoopUp and building our San Francisco-based product and engineering teams," said Hughes. "Companies in Silicon Valley are hungry for computer science talent, but competition for that talent is steep. At the same time, there is a growing wealth of engineering grads coming out of the UK and Europe. What better way to give back to the UK startup community and provide value to Silicon Valley companies, than to connect worthy UK graduates with companies who need them?"
Hughes cofounded LoopUp alongside co-CEO Steve Flavell in 2003 and is responsible for the company's global product development and platform operations. He holds a Masters of Engineering from Imperial College, an MBA from Stanford as an Arjay Miller Scholar, and was awarded a Sainsbury Management Fellowship by the Royal Academy of Engineers.
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