What I offer
CTO and software development services
Advisory and Interim/fractional CTO services to early-stage startups and small businesses.
Mentoring, advisory meetings, technology and team audit, down to hands-on software development and recruitment.
My experience covers many technologies along with company management and business strategy.
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Startup Mentoring
Broad mentoring of early-stage startups and founders, including strategy, business, and product.
Helping to clarify the startup's vision and path towards growth - asking the right questions to ensure founders can map out their own journey, and form a realistic plan towards their dreams!
Experiences
Co-founder and CTO/COO at Conversocial
Conversocial is an enterprise SaaS product for Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram, used by companies including Sephora, Groupon, Tesco, Net A Porter, McDonalds, and more.
The business was acquired by Verint (Nasdaq: VRNT) for $50m in 2021.
Ideonate
Ideonate is my personal consulting company, offering software development and interim CTO services to startups and small businesses.
Ideonate also developed its own range of open-source technologies helping data scientists present results to non-technical stakeholders.
Founder at Google Apps Login for WordPress
I built all aspects of this business, including software development, sales, marketing, and customer support, and led it to a successful sale to a US-based portfolio company.
The business generated $2m in revenue over the four years that I ran it, including the final asset sale.
Fractional CTO at Robotics Business
I designed and built a robot and order control system for this new UK business in the marketing industry.
I continue to advise on technical strategy, with a focus on balance between cost, speed, and technical rigour due to the constraints of the business as it grows.
Mentor at Chirpy
I mentor the founders on technical and startup/funding strategy at this exciting edtech startup, aiming to help primary school children practice reading in their own style.
Co-founder and CTO at iPlatform
The first preferred Facebook Development company in the UK which was co-founded by Joshua March and myself in 2008, specialising in bespoke social application development.
iPlatform was acquired by Betapond in September 2012.
Accidentally gave a talk at Google HQ on vacation
While on holiday in San Francisco, I felt inspired to visit the headquarters of Google, Apple, and other famous tech firms. I was only visiting as a tourist, but somehow ended up giving a talk about a project I was working on to a packed lecture room of employees and Silicon Valley tech luminaries!
