Our story
Good things come to those who don’t wait.
Things may work better connected—but it hasn’t been a smooth ride
Retail, agriculture, education, transport, healthcare—every industry out there should benefit from the efficiency, safety, and sustainability that the Internet of Things offers.
But uptake is slow. MNOs are hindered by their size, unable to focus their resources on providing IoT at its full potential.
And many businesses don’t yet understand how IoT can help them.
That’s why Dan Cunliffe and Chris Romeika founded Pangea in 2015
Both Dan and Chris cut their telecoms teeth with the UK’s biggest network operators—and they’re no strangers to the red tape that holds back experimentation and innovation.
Like our namesake—the supercontinent that connected the world before separating into the continents of today—we’re connecting everything.
Through IoT, we’re bringing data-driven decision making, game-changing automation, and exciting new revenue streams to businesses across the planet.
Because things work better connected.
Our approach
We’re doing things differently:
We’re quick.
Our team is structured so that we can equip your businesses with IoT now, not later. We don’t need to jump through hoops or wade through rounds of approval to get things done.
You need it? We’re on it.
We’re flexible.
Our strong relationships with network operators allow us to fully customise the services we provide. We’ll add to, trim, or entirely reshape a solution until it’s exactly what you need.
We’re dedicated.
We’re partner-only: we exist to help you succeed. You team up with us, and we put our entire IoT ecosystem in your hands; along with the tools to use it.
No half-measures. We don’t win unless you do.
We’re experts.
And we don’t say that lightly. With some of the brightest minds in tech, we live and breathe connectivity and IoT solutions.
But don’t take our word for it—check out our IoT blog for our in-depth tech guides, or take a look at our 5G project to see how we’re bringing the power of 5G to healthcare and triage.
Meet the leadership team
Dan Cunliffe
Managing Director & Co-Founder
After graduating from Stellenbosch University in South Africa with degrees in applied mathematics and computer science, Dan completed a PGCE to become a Maths teacher. Following his move to the UK, he switched career paths and joined Telefónica as Head of BE Wholesale; later becoming Head of Partners and Strategy at O2 UK before co-founding Pangea in 2015.
Outside of Pangea, Dan has a real love for both following and playing sports—especially rugby, cricket, and the odd round of golf.
Chris Romeika
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder
Originally from Sydney, Chris has held a number of high level operational and technical roles in UK and Australian telecomms. Starting with maintaining dial up technology in the 90’s he’s since designed, implemented, and supported multiple carrier and service provider networks for DSL, fibre, and mobile services, as well as led operations at O2 Wholesale.
Being your typical Aussie, Chris can often be found travelling overseas. He’s also well known for stealing the mic at karaoke.
Bernie McPhillips
Sales Director
Following 11 years at one of the UK’s major mobile network operators, Bernie joined Pangea in 2017. No stranger to collaboration, he’s held a number of senior sales management positions within partner and channel environments in IoT—but lists his move to Pangea as one that’s allowed him to be more dynamic; “to make a decision in the morning, implement it in the afternoon and see the impact tomorrow.”
Today, Bernie holds the fort at the Scotland office, living with his wife and son in Glasgow. Much of his spare time is spent enjoying family life, travelling, and live music.
Our virtual trophy cabinet
Our awards: earned through blood, sweat, and IoT
Comms Business Awards
3 x Winners and 5 x Finalists
Show awards
2021
Winner – Pandemic Response Award
Finalist – Best Wireless Connectivity Provider
2020
Winner – Best Wireless Connectivity Provider
2019
Finalist – Specialist Supplier
Finalist – Deal of the Year
Winner – Ones to Watch
2018
Finalist – Channel Supplier Best IoT provider
2017
Finalist – Best M2M / IoT provider
Comms Dealer’s Channel Champions
(Previously Comms Dealer Sales and Marketing Awards)
5 x Winners, 2 x Highly Commended, and 11 x Finalists
Show awards
2022
Winner – Marketing Team of the Year
Winner – Sales & Account Management Team of the Year
Winner – Executive Leadership Team of the Year
2021
Finalist – Sales & Account Management Team of the Year
Highly Commended – Engineering & Technical Support Team of the Year
Winner – Marketing Team of the Year
Highly Commended – Executive Leadership Team of the Year
2020
Finalist – Service Provider Channel Sales Team of the Year
Finalist – Service Provider Channel Marketing Campaign of the Year
2019
Finalist – Service Provider Channel Sales Team of the Year
Finalist – Service Provider Channel Marketing Team of the Year
Winner – Service Provider Channel Marketing Campaign of the Year
2018
Finalist – Service Provider Channel Sales Team of the Year
Finalist – Service Provider Channel Marketing Team of the Year
Finalist – Service Provider Channel Marketing Campaign of the Year
2017
Finalist – Service Provider Channel Sales Team of the Year
Finalist – Vendor Best Partner Programme
Finalist – Service Provider Channel Marketing Campaign of the Year
Comms National Awards
4 x Winners, 1 x Highly Commended, and 13 x Finalists
Show awards
2021
Winner – Best Wholesale Service Provider (up to £10m)
Winner – Best Channel Support Service
Finalist – Best Supplier Innovation
Finalist – Best Network
2020
Finalist – Keeping Britain Connected
Finalist – Best Wholesale Service Provider
Finalist – Best Channel Support Service
2019
Finalist – Best Channel Support Service
Highly Commended – Best Wholesale Service Provider
2017
Winner – Best SME M2M/Wireless Solution (Pre-Ethernet)
Finalist – Best Enterprise M2M/wireless solution
2016
Finalist – Best SME M2M/Wireless Solution
Finalist – Best Enterprise M2M/Wireless Solution
2015
Winner – Best Enterprise Mobile Data Solution
Finalist – Best Mobile Data Wholesale Service Provider
Computer Reseller News awards
3 x Finalists
Show awards
2020
Finalist – Best COVID-19 project
2017
Finalist – Sales and Marketing awards: Best Partner Programme
2016
Finalist – Specialist Vendor of the Year
Connected Britain
3 x Winners, 5 x Finalists
Show awards
2022
Winner – B2B Service Provider of the Year
2021
Finalist – The IoT Award
Finalist – B2B Service Provider of the Year
Finalist – The Community Improvement Award
2020
Finalist – 5G initiative
Finalist – SME service provider
Winner – The IoT award
Winner – Commercial connectivity project
Glasgow Business Awards
2 x Finalists
Show awards
IoT Global Awards
4 x Finalists
Show awards
2020
Finalist – Best Product or Service within Automotive, transport, and travel
Finalist – Best Product or Service within Smart cities & Government utilities
Finalist – Best Product or Service within Connected Health
Finalist – Best IoT Ecosystem
Kingston Borough Business Awards
2 x Finalists
Show awards
2021
Finalist – Innovative use of Technology
Finalist – Resilience and Adaptation
Kingston Business Excellence Awards
4 x Winners, 1 x Highly Commended, and 1 x Finalist
Show awards
2019
Winner – Best Small Business
Winner – Entrepreneur of the Year
Winner – Best Business
Highly Commended – Best Business for Tech and Innovation
2016
Winner – Tech Innovation of the Year
Finalist – Best Start-up Business
Mobile News Awards
2 x Highly Commended, 1 x Finalist
Technology Reseller Awards
5 x Winners
Show awards
2023
Network Vendor of the Year
Industry Leader of the Year – Dan Cunliffe
2022
Winner – Technology Reseller Award for Innovation
Winner – Communications and Networking Vendor of the Year
Winner – Communications Product of the Year
Utilities and Telecoms Awards
1 x Finalist
Show awards
2016
Finalist – Best Use of Technology (Pre-Ethernet)
And if rugby’s your thing…
#O2BizRugby Champions 2018
1 x Winner
As a Telefónica m2m Authorised Distributor, we were delighted to be invited to take part in the annual #O2BizRugby tournament at none other than the home of English rugby, Twickenham stadium.
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