Name

Paul

Position

Board Advisor

Location

Bristol

Big Business Experience

Learnlight

Vodafone

Small Business Experience

Validis

Corethree

Summary

Paul is a technology operations and AI leader with more than 20 years experience helping SMEs and scale ups turn strategy into scalable execution. He brings board level judgement across product, engineering, AI, cloud, data, operational resilience and commercial change.

As a former CTO, CIO and transformation leader, he has led international teams, strengthened platforms, improved service performance and reduced operating costs. He now advises founders and leadership teams on operational efficiency, practical plans, responsible AI adoption, technology roadmaps, delivery discipline and building the leadership capability needed for sustainable growth.

Qualifications

• BEng (Hons), Electrical and Electronic Engineering — University of Leeds
• BTEC National Certificate, Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology Bedford College of Higher Education
• Full Member, Institute of Directors (IoD)

Key Areas of Expertise

• Board and technology strategy
• AI, cloud and digital transformation
• Product, platform and operating model development
• Scaling engineering and technology teams
• SaaS reliability, resilience and service operations
• Technology due diligence and M&A
• Cost optimisation, governance, risk management and vendor management

Experience

• Advises early-stage businesses on product focus, practical operating plans and scalable delivery.
• Leads an AI ecosystem designed to help SMEs adopt responsible, commercially useful AI through R&D, testing and customer experience capability.’
• Served as CTO of a global digital learning provider, leading a remote technology organisation supporting 500,000+ annual training sessions for 1,200+ clients.
• As CTO in fintech and payments, stabilised platforms, strengthened teams, reduced operating and vendor costs, and improved delivery performance.
• As CIO/Head of IT for Vodafone Malta, led 100+ onshore and offshore staff, cut major incidents by 69%, and delivered a €3m CRM, middleware and billing upgrade.
• Has led technology strategy, transformation and operational improvement across transport technology, enterprise software and multinational groups.
• Has assisted in multiple successful investment rounds
• Has helped build a startup from first inception to scale, including successful investment rounds, IPO and final sale.