Edinburgh based entrepreneur and serial technology investor, nxd, advisor and Chair. Founded Rocela Ltd in 2002, an enterprise B2B disruptor focussing on Fortune 500/FTSE 100 clients of Oracle.The business achieved significant and profitable growth to over £30m revenue, 60 staff and 4 offices globally. As CEO, led organic growth, institutional fund raising and the successful acquisition/integration of another trade player with the Rocela co-founder. Success was largely attributed to a highly differentiated value based product, and a continuous belief in the company core values. Rocela won a plethora of awards, notable Sunday Times Tech-Track, Fastrack and Best Workplaces. The business also featured on the Deloitte Fast50 and European Fast500 for over 5 years. Ernst Young Entrepreneur of the Year winner for Tech and Comms in Scotland. The company achieved a trade exit in 2015.Earlier career working at IT giants such as Oracle Corp.Investing predominantly in tech and tech services companies his active portfolio of over a dozen young companies includes the like of Version 1(Dublin based IT specialist – exited to PE company 2018), QikServe (the food ordering innovator, which recently acquired Preoday) served as advisor then 3 years as Chairman. Stampede (digital marketing innovator in the hospitality space). Working with innovative and ambitious founders to guide through the challenges of fund raising, strategy and scaling.His experience is called upon as judge in some of the Digital Technology, Entrepreneur awards. Chaired ScotlandIS annual digital awards since 2016 and also judged for EY, Wedo Scotland and Scottish Edge.Recently, with some other local creative, growth and brand enthusiasts, he has set up Trove, a networking and social event organiser that brings together founders, funders and generally fun people across the technology and creativity industries. It’s really just about getting inspiring and entertaining people together without a fixed agenda. Combining his love of endurance cycling and giving back to the community, he works with the board of Tour de Forth, a charity that runs an annual iconic Edinburgh cycling event to raise funds for local children with the Cash For Kids charity.