Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Technology executive with twenty-five years of experience across diverse areas including artificial intelligence, graphics, communications, and RISC-V CPU. I lead large global software organisations and pride myself on consistently exceptional delivery whether building high-performing, highly engaged teams, delivering polished and innovative software solutions, or trouble-shooting the most intractable issues to make organisations the most effective they can be. I am currently leading the software organisation at Fractile, Europe's most exciting deep-tech start-up! We are building a world-class team of exceptional engineers who are developing a comprehensive, high-performance software stack for our ground-breaking AI accelerators to radically accelerate frontier model inference. I'm looking for outstanding people who want to build the best products of their careers in the best team they'll ever be a part of. If that sounds like you, check out our vacancies at https://www.fractile.ai/jobs.
Building and leading Fractile’s software organisation as we create a comprehensive, high-performance stack for Fractile’s ground-breaking AI accelerators as we radically accelerate AI inference in the data centre. The software teams in London and Bristol are unlocking the incredible potential of our hardware with a wide range of exceptional software: - Inference server and ML framework support, - runtime and device drivers, - system software, - highly optimised device-side code, - MLIR compiler stack, - development tools, and - a full set of software simulations for architectural analysis, verification, and software development. We're growing fast: check out our roles at https://www.fractile.ai/jobs A member of the executive team reporting to the CEO, I also contribute to the broader leadership and development of the business, Europe's most exciting deep-tech start-up!
I led Imagination’s global software development team of over 300 engineers in 11 countries and managed a budget of over $30M. Addressing automotive, mobile and desktop segments, I led teams implementing graphics drivers and tools, AI software, and RISC-V CPU software. I was also responsible for modelling, test development and both hardware and software QA teams. Thus, my teams delivered a critical part of Imagination’s products and were an essential driver of the business's revenues. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team reporting to three successive CTOs, I contributed to wider business and engineering strategy. This included building out the software components of the company’s five-year strategy and roadmap.
I joined Imagination in 2013 to lead a newly established development tools team in the digital communications business unit, building solutions for digital TV, digital radio, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS. From 2017 I also managed their verification modelling team. In that time, I increased productivity with world-class tools and accelerated product delivery with improved simulation. I also led a BU-wide initiative to define and embed externally audited software development processes and generated eight diverse software patents.
Built a comprehensive set of high-quality development tools for ST’s embedded Linux distribution.