Professional Experience
- Responsible for integration and structural changes following acquisition.
- Negotiated the orderly exit from multiple client and vendor contracts.
- Advised senior executive team.
- Set the AI strategy.
- Designed, built, and supported the Clinical Trial technology which was used to run almost all work undertaken by Cmed.
- Led and was responsible for all Technology R&D, System Support, and Corporate IT.
- The external and internal figurehead for all Technology innovation.
- A key leader and board member.
- Responsible for all technology development and the design of innovative clinical trial system architecture.
- Significantly involved in the raising of venture capital and the public face of the company.
- ThirdPhase was then acquired and became Cmed Technology, a subsidiary of Cmed Group.
- Built a prototype e-commerce system utilising encryption technologies. This integrated peripheral hardware including fingerprint devices, mobile phones, barcode scanners and printers, ECG, vital signs and spirometry medical devices.
- Produced fully working demo system in 3 months.
- Successfully pitched for fund-raising to create ThirdPhase Ltd.
- College Lecturer in Engineering.
- Applying non-linear dynamical methods and Independent Component Analysis (ICA) to novelty detection in time-series data, and for the visualisation and analysis of ECG and EEG traces.
Education
- CASE award from Rolls Royce.
- First class with Honours in Moderations, Finals Part I, and Finals Part II.
- Academic Scholar throughout.
- Faculty project prize for multi-processor simulation of small mobile robot.
- A levels in Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Electronics (4 A's).
- GCSEs (7 A's, 2 B's, 1 C).
My Story
My interest in computers and electronics started at an early age back in the late 70s, building my own computers from data sheets and a soldering iron.
My software skills started at secondary school, when my father and I wrote and sold Physics teaching software to schools. I focused on optimising BBC 6502 Assembler for key routines.
After reading Engineering and Computer Science at Oxford (concluding with a double first), I completed a DPhil in “Explanation from Artificial Neural Networks”. The focus was on algorithms to derive human interpretable and quantifiably trustworthy explanations from general purpose probability estimators (i.e. a Neural Network).
Following a careful exploration of different business areas, I co-founded a company to provide worldwide clinical trial data collection and analysis systems to the Life Sciences sector. I was responsible for the data platform backbone which collected data from tens of thousands of subjects across ~1000 clinical trials, delivering regulatory compliant results for ~150 customers ranging from top-ten Pharmaceutical companies to much smaller innovative Biotech.
We sold the business in May 2021, but I opted to stay on part time to help support the transition, the staff, the customers and their trials.
Since the start of 2026 I have engaged in a much deeper exploration of AI foundations and applications. I feel extremely fortunate to have the experience, and now the time, to take advantage of this exciting revolution.
I approach problems analytically and thoughtfully, and people trust me, which helps me be a confident and natural leader. I enjoy lively collaboration, working closely with smart and hard working colleages who have skills and experience complementing my own.
Other Interests
I have learnt the violin my whole life, and hence enjoyed the privilege of playing extraordinary classical music in many orchestras and chamber groups. A few years ago I decided to pause the violin and take up the cello. The new perspective has been hugely rewarding, and I have now reached a level where I am playing in orchestras and string quartets once again. My new musical journey has only just started!
I chaired the Horsham Symphony Orchestra for a number of years, guiding it through several delicate transitions.
I also love skiing, playing chess, and amateur mathematics.