Ian has over seventeen years commercial experience in the software development industry. Having completed a post-graduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Ulster in 1997 Ian went on to work for several successful technology firms as a Software Developer before founding his first company Lemma Solutions in 2006. Ian set up the online video technology company Taggled in 2013.


Lemma Solutions, a software house located in Belfast, specialise in cloud based bespoke business applications.

 Five of Lemma's clients; Wilson's Country, Gilfresh Produce, Envirogreen Recycling, NWP and SlurryKat have all received prestigious Innovation awards for their software solutions; cementing Lemma's reputation as one of Northern Ireland's leading designers of bespoke software.
The concept for Taggled was born when Ian was chatting to a friend who was frustrated after wasting hours looking for a coat he had seen in a movie. Ian knew there should be a simpler way to locate products in video/film and soon it was all he could think about. After developing Taggled's innovative video tagging technology, the company officially launched in April 2013. With Taggled users can easily add interactive clickable tags to video – from product tags to music tags, people tags and place tags. Viewers can now enjoy a truly interactive and exploratory video experience, and can even buy items featured in the video directly.