Simon Wardley

CEO

Burmarsh, England, United Kingdom30 yrs 6 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Twice voted in the UKTech50
  • Judge in prestigious tech competitions
  • Co-Chair of major tech conferences
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Cloud Computing expert with a focus on strategic leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Wardley MappingStrategyMoldable DevelopmentOpen SourceFuture TrendsCloud ComputingSoftware Development Life Cycle (sdlc)SecuritySoftware Development

Other Skills

Public SpeakingLeadershipOrganizational DesignAgile MethodologiesBusiness AnalysisChange ManagementBig DataTrainingGameplayMappingSituational AwarenessGovernanceBusiness Operations

About

Explorer of uncharted spaces. Twice voted in the UKTech50, Judge in Nesta's Open Banking and Netflix's Open Source competitions, Co-Chair of OSCON Europe, Cloud Camp and Map Camp. Regular speaker on the global tech circuit.

Experience

30 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
13 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Esynergy

Advisor

Jul 2024Present · 1 yr 9 mos · UK

  • eSynergy is a client, working on creating systems with demonstrable value from financial to social to political.
  • The identification of provable value is a non trivial task which has long been pursued by the industry. Easy to say, much harder to consistently demonstrate.
Wardley MappingStrategyLeadership

Feenk

Advisor

Feb 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · United Kingdom

  • Feenk is a client, that is developing, writing and helping to rewild software engineering with moldable development - https://moldabledevelopment.com/
  • An exciting and radical concept for software engineering on par with the impact of Wardley mapping on business.
Moldable DevelopmentWardley MappingStrategyLeadership

Swardley maps ltd

Owner

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · United Kingdom

  • Advice & guidance built on research using Wardley Maps, working for a small number of companies on a retainer basis - a few of which I list here. I also speak around the world at conferences on Wardley Mapping, Rewilding Software Engineering and issues of Sovereignty.
  • The home of Wardley Mapping by the inventor - https://www.swardleymaps.com/
Wardley MappingPublic SpeakingStrategy

Mozilla internet ecosystem

Member

Oct 2022Dec 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · Remote

  • Member of Mozilla's Internet Ecosystem (MIECO), exploring the gaming industry - https://future.mozilla.org/mieco/
  • MIECO was a group of selected individuals around the world, chosen to explore specific topics under a one year programme. I had the honour of being selected in the 2023 cohort.
Future TrendsWardley Mapping

Difrent

Advisory Board

May 2019Sep 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Startup. Software engineering house using mapping focused on the public sector.
  • Acquired by Panoply
Wardley MappingStrategyLeadership

Hyperledger

Advisory Board

Mar 2015Jun 2015 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Startup. FinTech. Creating a decentralised ledger platform for the real world.
  • Acquired by Digital Asset Holdings.
Wardley MappingStrategyLeadership

Open forum europe

Fellow

Jan 2013Present · 13 yrs 3 mos

  • OpenForum Europe (OFE) is a not-for-profit industry organisation which was originally launched in 2002 to accelerate and broaden the use of Open Source Software (OSS) among businesses, consumers and governments. I have the honour of being a fellow.
Open SourceLeadership

Cloudscaling, elastic hybrid clouds, powered by openstack

Advisory Board

Oct 2010Oct 2014 · 4 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Startup. Private and Public Cloud Technology.
  • Acquired by EMC
Wardley MappingStrategyCloud ComputingLeadership

Enstratius

Advisory Board

Aug 2010Mar 2013 · 2 yrs 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Startup. Cloud management software.
  • Acquired by Dell.
Wardley MappingStrategyCloud ComputingLeadership

Dxc technology

Director Strategy & Growth

May 2010Dec 2023 · 13 yrs 7 mos · United Kingdom

  • Specialist in situational awareness through Wardley Maps. Advisor and teacher to governments and corporations on:
  • strategy
  • nation state competition
  • technology strategy
  • digital aspects of business strategy
  • organisational structure
  • supply chains
  • competitor analysis
  • leadership & principles
  • M&A
Future TrendsWardley MappingPublic SpeakingStrategyLeadership

Canonical ltd.

VP Cloud

Oct 2008Apr 2010 · 1 yr 6 mos · United Kingdom

  • Directed Canonical's global cloud business. Using Wardley Mapping, Ubuntu rose from being a relatively minor player in the operating system market (compared to Microsoft and RedHat) to become the dominant operating system in cloud computing (with around 70% Market Share).
Wardley MappingPublic SpeakingStrategyCloud ComputingOpen SourceLeadership

Gardeviance

Researcher

Oct 2007Sep 2008 · 11 mos · United Kingdom

  • Development of Wardley Mapping into a fully fledged field.
  • Competitor intelligence, M&A and weak signal analysis.
Future TrendsWardley MappingPublic SpeakingStrategy

Fotango

2 roles

CEO

Promoted

Apr 2003Aug 2007 · 4 yrs 4 mos

  • Fotango was a pioneer of many modern cloud computing concepts building the first public PaaS (platform as a service) in 2005. I ran the company, taking it from a loss making venture to a highly profitable group. I also developed Wardley Mapping.
Wardley MappingPublic SpeakingStrategyOrganizational DesignLeadership

CIO

Nov 2000Apr 2003 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • Startup. Online Photo service.
  • Acquired by Canon Inc.
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Agile MethodologiesOpen SourceLeadership

Hermes technology ltd

Technology Director

Jan 1998Oct 2000 · 2 yrs 9 mos · United Kingdom

  • Security consultancy.
Security

Quantum consulting ltd

Program Manager

Jul 1994Jan 1998 · 3 yrs 6 mos · United Kingdom

  • Software engineering consultancy.
Software Development

Education

University of Cambridge

Master of Arts - MA — Natural Sciences

Sep 1987Jun 1990

Glasgow Caledonian University

MSc — Energy & Environmental Management

Jan 1992Jan 1993

IMD

Canon Corporate Executive Development Program

Oct 2003Oct 2003

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