Profile
I'm a Liverpool UK based software entrepreneur with 25+ years experience of making computers do the right thing, resulting in a trail of happy customers across the globe.I'm a veteran of several successful start-up exits and work with many start-ups on an advisory basis.
I help many young startups to define their ideas and offering, create early product and, most importantly, land the first few paying clients.
I am a founder, along with the inimitable Phil Simmonds, of Diskette. Diskette is uncovering new ways of bringing software products to market. By combining a dedicated, expert, in-house software team with a unique idea validation process, Diskette pops out fully formed micro-businesses ready for the world to enjoy. Diskette is a 'brain trust' that removes the guesswork out of the product creation and customer acquisition processes.
In the past I've founded and successfully sold and exited other software businesses including Cassette, Qivox and Wranx.
Systems I've personally delivered are used by 10 million UK customers on a daily basis, so building the 'big stuff' is something I am experienced in.
I've also worked as the senior technical resource in a sales team that has landed multi-millions in sales in the past year. Again, the big projects are not things I shy away from!
I also do quite a bit of public speaking, on the topics of behavioural science, society and work.
Skills
My skills include strategic leadership, behavioural science, futurology, design systems, agile processes, presentation and public speaking, mentoring, board-level advisory and good old fashioned sales. I code too, mainly just for fun nowadays, to a high level in Ruby on Rails. I'm also a Microsoft MCPD, MCTS and MCP.