Benjamin Hopkinson

Benjamin Hopkinson is the current Chief Financial Officer at Splash Damage. Benjamin has held this position for 7 years and 11 months, and has also served as the Vice President of Information and Operations Director at the company. Prior to their work at Splash Damage, Hopkinson was the Tech Director and Founder of Rackage, an IT Manager at ICTCambridge, and they have a total of 15 years of experience in the IT industry.

Hopkinson has been instrumental in the success of Splash Damage, helping to establish the company's Cloud-based Platform-as-a-Service offering, and supporting the launch of multiple successful titles including Chrismas 2012 No1 RAD Soldiers (iPad/iPhone) and Warner's Batman: Arkham Origins (PC, XBOX360, PlayStation 3). Benjamin has also managed and supported Devops using Amazon's AWS Infrastructure-as-a-Service, VMware Hybrid Cloud, Azure and Rackspace.

Under Hopkinson's leadership, Splash Damage has grown from a small startup to a thriving business with over 250 employees. Benjamin has overseen the relocation of the company to a new 25,000 square foot facility, and has upgrade the company's core network to support increased load on their Virtualised Tiered Storage and VMware Infrastructure. Additionally, Hopkinson is responsible for group-wide IT Corporate Services & infrastructure for three companies with distinct requirements.

Hopkinson is also a member of the Operations Board at Splash Damage, where they work towards establishing company culture, values and increasing morale. Some of their key projects in this role include defining strategies & targets for industry leading levels of Pay & Benefits, Values based hiring process, Long Service Awards, Social Events, and 20% time.

Benjamin Hopkinson has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Bristol. Their field of study was physics, with a specialization in particle physics specifically the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) experiment at CERN's LHC (Large Hadron Collidor). Their thesis involved writing the L1 and L2 Hadron and Energy Calorimeters in VHDL to spot and therefore record interesting interactions in the accelerator in real time.

Will Lowther, VP of Business Development, Marc Fascia, VP of Technology, Kate Lindsay, Head of HR, Griff Jenkins, COO, and Craig Mitchell, VP of Global Marketing, all work with Benjamin Hopkinson, CFO.