Our team
Who we are
Upside is based in Manchester and London. Founded in 2013 as part of the Nesta Dynamic Demand Challenge, we have developed relationships with major equipment manufacturers, energy suppliers, National Grid and universities.
Our team has a healthy mix of visionary ambition and commercial rigour – scientists, technicians, business people and industry veterans working towards a shared vision of a better future.
Management team

DEVRIM CELAL
CEO
Yale University (MBA)
Sapient and A.T. Kearney

MATTHEW WAPPLES
DIRECTOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Nottingham University, Imperial College eMBA
Ion

REBECCA MAHONEY
DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMME DELIVERY
University of Cambridge
BAE Systems

DR ANDY MOLINEUX
DIRECTOR OF INTEGRATION
Lancaster University (PhD).
Lancaster University, Tripod