Manufacturing Test, Measurement and Automation Solutions
Since 2014
Devtank Ltd is a Derby based business specialising in test and measurement, automation, and smart solutions. Since our founding in 2014, Devtank has grown into a team of passionate engineers and developers. We have two core brands, HILTOP and OpenSmartMonitor.
Founder Owned. Customer Focused.
At Devtank, we remain proudly founder owned and managed. This means the same people who built our company from the ground up are still directly involved in every major decision, ensuring integrity, innovation, and long-term commitment to our customers.
Without intermediaries or compromises, our decision-making stays aligned with what matters most — delivering the right solutions for our customers and their success.
We’re not building to sell — we’re building to last. Our founders have experienced many solution providers stop support when it matters and we want to see our customers continue to grow and bloom.
While our founding directors continue to lead Devtank’s growth, they remain hands-on — actively driving innovation and working closely with customers to develop effective, forward-thinking solutions.
The Devtank Founders
Tim Telford
Founder and CEO
Tim Telford is a co-founder and CEO of Devtank. With a background in hardware engineering and embedded systems, Tim has been instrumental in leading innovation across Devtank’s product lines. He ensures quality, sustainability, and openness are at the heart of every solution, while remaining hands-on with technical development and customer support.
Joe Burmeister
Founder and CTO
Co-founder and CTO at Devtank, Joe has a world full of software knowledge. He spent 20 years within the games industry before coming into the world of test, measurement, and automation. At Devtank he manages the software team and gets stuck in himself when it comes to bespoke software projects as well as further product developments.