Bio

Alan is an entrepreneurial management professional working within the IT and Technology markets for over 25 years covering the breadth of software products, consulting and outsourcing services. He has held CEO, Managing Director and executive commercial roles for the previous fifteen years before joining WTA, with full responsibility for P&L, strategy, commercial development and operational transformation of multi-million-pound business streams. He has detailed experience and involvement in business acquisitions, mergers and fundraising working on many of WTA’s client buy and sales mandates including the sales of EP Morris, Transend, Elgin, Ardenta, Union Solutions, Halcyon Software, and working with Civica to help them acquire businesses as part of their portfolio build. Alan is particularly knowledgeable of the transport and logistics sector, public sector software and hosting & managed Services. Prior to WTA he was most recently Managing Director and a shareholder of Cloud Amber, a software products company providing Integrated Traffic and Transport (ITS) information systems. He exited that business after successfully selling the company to idox plc. Previously he has held multiple executive and vice president positions with ACIS, a leading transport information software supplier, Intervoice, a speech solutions business and 7C, a contact centre outsourcer. He also spent over twelve years at CMG completing his time there as a Divisional Managing Director. He has a B.Sc (Hons) in Engineering from Manchester University.