Cliff has had experience with software start-ups in the UK, Europe and USA.  He set up a European office for a software company in the early 1980‘s.  He was part of the start-up team at Oracle in the UK in 1984 and experienced 10 years of 100% growth through the 1980’s.  He helped set-up the management team, incubate and spin-off of Kalido from Shell as CTO in 2003. 

He has advised the executive team in numerous software companies through formation, fundraising, and early stage growth. 

He has carried out technical due diligence and fulfilled an advisory role for some of the most prestigious VCs in the world.