Experience

Sense

• United Kingdom
• Computer Hardware Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • May 2022 - Present

  At Sense, our mission is to empower frontline workers amidst today's challenging operational landscape. Our Sense Workplace Platform stands as a testament to this commitment. 🚀 **Sense Tech** offers transformative wearable solutions, tailor-made for frontline workers navigating dynamic environments. With its real-time data-sharing capabilities, we're bridging the communication chasm between workers, management, and senior executives. Our aim? Simplify tasks, enhance productivity, and… Show more At Sense, our mission is to empower frontline workers amidst today's challenging operational landscape. Our Sense Workplace Platform stands as a testament to this commitment. 🚀 **Sense Tech** offers transformative wearable solutions, tailor-made for frontline workers navigating dynamic environments. With its real-time data-sharing capabilities, we're bridging the communication chasm between workers, management, and senior executives. Our aim? Simplify tasks, enhance productivity, and provide a seamless conduit of insights right from the frontlines. No more juggling multiple systems; just unified, actionable intelligence to drive efficiency and foster a culture of support and recognition. Then comes **SenseHR** - our modern HR system designed for today's diverse workforce. From smooth onboarding to effortless HR admin tasks, SenseHR offers clarity in a world of evolving work paradigms. We prioritise employee empowerment, enabling workers to take charge of their schedules, financial wellbeing, and career growth. It's not just about managing a flexible workplace; it's about crafting an ecosystem where every member thrives. As I spearhead initiatives at Sense, I'm inspired daily by the resilience of our frontline heroes and the HR professionals who hold the fort. It's more than technology; it's about catalysing positive change in the workplace. Join us in this revolution! Show less



meditating on stuff

• Guru meditation*

  • Apr 2021 - May 2022

  I’ve decided to spend the next year or so going back to my roots and re-exploring the fascinating world of computer programming. Guru meditation is an error message shown by certain computer operating systems when things don’t quite go to plan. As a young programmer, it’s a message I saw quite a lot! But it taught me a valuable set of lessons: persistence, learning from failure, and how the smallest change can make the biggest difference. I’ve been fascinated by computers for as… Show more I’ve decided to spend the next year or so going back to my roots and re-exploring the fascinating world of computer programming. Guru meditation is an error message shown by certain computer operating systems when things don’t quite go to plan. As a young programmer, it’s a message I saw quite a lot! But it taught me a valuable set of lessons: persistence, learning from failure, and how the smallest change can make the biggest difference. I’ve been fascinated by computers for as long as I can remember. I’ve taken them apart, I’ve put them back together - sometimes successfully - and I’ve even blown up the odd CPU. I’ve spoken to them in their native tongue of 0s and 1s using machine code and assembler. And, of course, I’ve simply observed. The thing that’s currently holding my attention, is the way certain fragments of code unintentionally group together to change lives in such positive ways. We never hear of these anomalies, even though we hear so much about unintentional bugs! So after a busy couple of decades bringing world-class software solutions to market, I’m excited to be going back to the basics, and re-lifting the lid on the mechanics of it all. And hopefully I’ll hit plenty of new error codes, and perhaps learn something new! Show less



Access PeopleHR

• United Kingdom
• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• MD at People , an Access company

  • Nov 2019 - Apr 2021

  I am particularly proud of the team at People. The software created by People is a unique administration system that takes creative care of the HR procedures within a business, and because it’s made up of all the things HR software has been missing over the years, I'm glad as an earlier stage investor I was able to inspire and guide the team at People to deliver such an exceptional platform and then later leading the team at People to become part of the Access Group.



People

• Investor

  • Mar 2013 - Nov 2019

  UK People is a compact company of very experienced professionals, all working hard (and working together) to deliver something outstandingly different in the field of Human Resources. The software itself is very ambitious, and allows the HR professionals using it to be the very same. Throughout my career facilitating software operations and bringing ideas to life, I’ve been proud to support a different way of working. This different way of working has been proven in the results I’ve seen… Show more People is a compact company of very experienced professionals, all working hard (and working together) to deliver something outstandingly different in the field of Human Resources. The software itself is very ambitious, and allows the HR professionals using it to be the very same. Throughout my career facilitating software operations and bringing ideas to life, I’ve been proud to support a different way of working. This different way of working has been proven in the results I’ve seen from the variety of start-up projects I’ve helped to support and launch throughout my career, and I’ve managed to successfully encompass this in the Employee Handbook (https://www.peoplehr.com/files/PeopleHandbook.pdf) that was created for employees of People. In a nutshell, it highlights my passion for cutting through the red tape of business operations, and allowing true creativity and skill to outshine the hurdles put in place by more traditional hierarchies. Show less



Croner (Wolters Kluwer UK)

• Head of Software Operations

  • May 2009 - Sep 2012

  Heading up WK's information technology team building innovative products aimed at providing organisations of all sizes with combined content and software.



Simply Personnel (Acquired by Wolters Kluwer)

• CTO

  • 2005 - 2009

  UK Responsible for introducing one of the first SME Human Resources solution into the UK market place. Simply Personnel quickly became the number one HR software tool for SME organisations, before being acquired by Wolters Kluwer.