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Rob is a seasoned technology leader and innovator with 25+ years experience living and working in Europe, Asia, North America, and Asia-Pacific. He has worked across multiple industry sectors for startups, scaleups, global corporations and Private Equity firms. Rob originally hails from the beautiful Caribbean island of Trinidad.
Startups/Scaleups
Began his technology career building commercial software with emergent web technologies for three cutting edge startup companies in business, procurement and new media - each of which achieved a healthy exit. During his time as an engineer and technical architect he developed deep product engineering delivery experience - building platforms that empowered customers and drove strong revenue growth.
Joined IBM Europe - various roles
Focused on architecture, engineering, design thinking and product innovation at scale. Worked across multiple sectors, geographies and industries designing and delivering a range of large scale digital solutions covering web, mobile, integration and IoT. Key clients were major global names in the automotive, insurance, banking, retail, utilities and telecoms industries.
Joined Telenor Group, Bangkok - VP of Enterprise Architecture & Strategy, CTO
Led and grew the Global Architecture function for Telenor’s 2020 vision to ‘empower societies’ as a Digital Service Provider across Scandinavia, Central & Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia. Responsible for driving the Group Digital Transformation and led 100+ globally distributed architects.
Turned strategy into reality. Led a scaleup team of 50 as CTO and Managing Director reporting into the Group CEO for Emerging Markets. Delivered new Digital Lifestyle & Content SaaS services for 7m+ Telenor customers across Southeast Asian markets.
Private Equity SaaS, Co-Founder of ClimateTech startup plus Insurance, Energy industries
Held Director of Engineering, CTO, and Chief Architect roles. Provided Digital Technology leadership, strategy and hands-on delivery in EdTech, HealthTech, ClimateTech, Insurance and Energy industries. Managed globally distributed technology teams and dived into the low-level detail whenever needed.
Matt and Rob retain access to a close network of trusted professionals
These are people who they have worked with before and able to draw upon to provide expertise in business, financial and mathematical modelling, technical architecture, software development and more - when such needs are clearly identified.
However, that vantage point gives him perspective to see that often it makes more sense to get the simple things right first rather than getting distracted by the shiny new thing. Focusing on customer needs; identifying pain points; mapping, measuring and simplifying processes; and reviewing regularly how you can improve are the things that will make the biggest difference to everyday business performance. That's not to say you shouldn't experiment with new stuff too, but just be mindful of how you prioritise budgets and where your best people are focused.
New software can sometimes help, but it’s that curious state of mind and perseverance which will make the biggest impact over time!