Stephen Jones · Founder
From trading floors to AI-native teams.
BSc Computer Science (University of Hertfordshire). Thirty years moving from hands-on engineering and architecture to leading product and engineering organisations across fintech, gaming, events, mobility and ticketing.
2022 – 2026
TickX
Director of Engineering
- — Led delivery of 'IQ', an analytics product unifying data from external ticketing platforms
- — Built an AI-native operations bot for product, compliance and security queries
- — Scaled engineering 3× with a rigorous hiring process
- — Delivered SOC 2 Type II and PCI certification
2017 – 2022
AppyWay
CTO → Chief Product Officer
- — Scaled product & engineering from 6 to 30
- — Delivered mobile and B2B GIS ecosystems for local authorities and drivers
- — Introduced modern CI/CD and agile delivery
2014 – 2017
Cvent
Director of Engineering
- — Directed 5 cross-functional teams (50+ people) across the UK and US
- — 95% roadmap compliance; microservice architecture
- — Led two companies through acquisition
2011 – 2013
Rank Interactive
Head of Business Technology
- — Represented IT on the digital leadership team, delivering B2C and B2B products
2009 – 2011
Samvo Entertainment
Senior Development Manager
- — Teams in London, Hong Kong and China building low-latency, high-availability trading systems
2006 – 2009
LostWax Media
Product Development Manager
- — Java development, architecture and delivery management
1999 – 2004
Rabobank International
Lead Engineer / Architect
- — Java, MQ, SOA and ESB architecture
1995 – 1999
Lloyds Treasury
Lead Engineer / Architect
- — C/C++ trading and back-end systems