People
Alan A Richardson
Head of Product
Alan is a digital specialist with over 25 years' experience in web, mobile and collaboration. Alan began his career with pioneering Seattle web agency Saltmine Creative, working with BP and Microsoft in London and Chicago, before joining Vodafone Group. As a consultant, Alan has worked with major organisations worldwide, including Anglo American, ING, National Grid, Pfizer, Royal Bank of Scotland, Standard Chartered, Telenor, and the United Nations.
Dr David Gathercole
Head of Mathematics
David is a mathematician specialising in network analysis and systems forecasting. Studies in graph and network theory underpinned his doctorate on machine learning improvements. David also has experience in modelling power and weather networks, and in the field of power trading products.
Nico Westerdale
Head of Technology Strategy
Nico provides technical leadership to emerging startups. After founding his own successful web and app based businesses in the early 2000s, Nico consulted for major organizations, bringing engineering change and innovation to enterprise clients including Comcast, Conde Nast, WebMD, FIS, and IAC. More recently, Nico lead technology at IncentFit, a corporate wellness platform where he scaled a proof-of-concept to a successful business. Nico then served as Director of Engineering for the Consumer Products at Gopuff, the international instant needs company.
Sara Leatherland
Head of Operations
Sara is an experienced strategic and operational leader with a career across the IT and digital industries and multiple sectors. Her expertise lies in process efficiency, and in building and leading cross-functional teams that deliver digital products and services across web and mobile platforms.
Jason Foodman
Strategic Advisor
Jason is an Entrepreneur, CEO and Strategic Advisor with experience operating companies globally. In his free time, Jason regularly authors business articles on leading sites and is a member of Forbes Business Council. Jason introduce the notion of a “Backup CD” for software e-commerce via SwiftCD, a company he founded and later sold to Digital River. He went on to start FastSpring, a leading software e-commerce provider, now owned by Accel-KKR. Currently Jason is a Strategic Advisor to Leaf.page and Oxzeon.