One of my ex-colleagues (Jamie MacDonald) recently presented at Securi-Tay. His presentation "A Practical Guide To Getting Security Right On AWS" is one of the clearest and most straightforward descriptions of getting security on AWS right from the start. #security #cybersecurity #infosec
If you are working in security on AWS, it is a definite 'must-watch'. Video is here.
Genba Digital - Award Winning
At Blue Ocean Insight, we get to work with some of the UK’s fastest-growing and most interesting companies. We help those companies to grow faster and to build better product and it is great when those companies are recognised by others.
I am proud to say that one of the companies I work with, Genba Digital, won ‘Cyber Cloud Provider of the Year’ at the National Cyber Awards last night.
A great result for a team that has real focus and an amazing product.
SujiBFR - Non-Executive Team
I am very honoured to have been invited to join SujiBFR’s board to help them with their rapid growth.
You can learn more about SujiBFR and the team here.
SujiBFR is creating a global community of athletes and clinicians dedicated to improving muscular performance through the use of BFR training.
The Company develops the Suji-System: A mobile integrated tool to streamline the process of BFR training whilst providing users with great peace of mind. At the touch of a button, the system calibrates to the user and calculates their personalized pressure. Users are guided through the setup and use on the mobile interface and the whole system is affordably cable-free.
Designed with professionals in sport the Suji-System has been developed to help athletes & people:
Maintain & improve performance during periods of non-weight bearing.
Manage exercise volume to prevent overtraining injuries and fatigue during periods of dense competition.
Collabco Board Member
I’m very pleased to have been asked to join the board of Collabco Ltd, an Ed-Tech company based in Liverpool.
Collabco have a very strong team and an excellent product and I look forward to helping them continue to successfully grow.
RBS Entrepreneur Network - 19th February
I've been invited as speaker to one of the RBS #powerup events on 19th Feb at St Andrews Square, Edinburgh as part of the Royal Bank Entrepreneur Accelerator.
If you're eligible, you can get tickets here.
I’m looking forward to talking with some really exciting companies and founders about the need for adaptable teams and a strong culture to make tech a success.
Judging Best British Tech Pioneer
I’m excited to be judging the next round of @kpmguk’s Best British Tech Pioneer competition on 17th January 2020, to discover the next rising tech star coming out of Edinburgh. #BBTP https://bit.ly/39VyGfy #BlueOceanInsight #ScalingTech #ScaleUp #Edinburgh
There are some great companies pitching, including:
ClinSpec Diagnsotics Ltd Developed the world’s first cost effective blood test for brain cancer with a mission to be a world leader in blood analysis using artificial intelligence for early detection of cancers and other diseases.
Cyan Forensics builds and sells new transformative technologies to help law enforcement social media companies and cloud providers find and block harmful content from paedophiles and terrorists. •
Boundary Technologies Ltd A smart intruder alarm; the first to be built to UK & European standards which offers a police response in the event of a break-in. Our phone app will be incredibly simple our hardware beautiful and the usability will be seamless. Self-install and self-monitoring will also be an option. •
Intelligent Growth Solutions Ltd Create and supply Vertical Farms for indoor agriculture and Grid Platforms for commercial property.
Zumo Liberates the benefits of crypto. Zumo allows you to buy send and store crypto simply and securely. Zumo lets you exchange crypto seamlessly with traditional currency and pay for goods and services anywhere with our Convertible Debit Card and ZumoPay gateway.
Criton (Information Apps Ltd) Platform which creates guest apps to allow hotels to deliver the prefect guest journey and maximise in stay spend.
Airts AI-powered planning software for professional services.
Candidate.ID World's first talent pipeline automation software that is used to create genuine talent pipelines that allow you to see which candidates are cold warm and 'hire-ready' in real-time and reduce time-to-shortlist by 50%.
Metix Medical Ltd High acuity / emergency patient monitoring and telemetry .
Talking Medicines Limited Data tech company, captures the digital voice of the patient, changing the way that global Pharmaceutical Companies buy insight data about how people consume their medicines in the real world. • HubSolv SaaS platform to manage the full Insolvency and Debt Management space.
HubSolv SaaS platform to manage the full Insolvency and Debt Management space.
I work with a lot of start-up and scale-ups in Edinburgh and this event really highlights the vast amount of talent and the amazing tech in the Edinburgh and Scottish area.
Best wishes to all and fingers crossed that an Edinburgh company make it to the final at MWC
Launching into a Blue Ocean
First posts are hard. You don’t want to sound like a cliche but there is only so much that you can say!
I promise to add more here soon.