Mark Stanton-Bennett

Introduction

Highly experienced commercially driven technology and product SME. Background in capital markets trading technology and product. Over last six years held CTO and CPO roles in venture backed businesses. Advisory roles to family offices, venture capital funds and ACE (Accelerated Capabilities Environment) that provides private sector innovation expertise to UK government. Board advisory roles for women's healthtech start-up and ethical neo bank.

Sectors

• Finance & Capital Markets
• Renewable Energy
• Media
• Wellness & Social

Technologies

• Blockchain, smart contracts & tokenisation of RWA
• AI (Machine Learning,Generative, LLM, Agentic)
• Computational Simulation
• Big Data & Analytics
• Data Infrastructure
• High frequency and realtime information systems

Experience

Rowan Energy : Fractional CTPO

Brought in to provide strategic direction and rebuild technology and product processes after incumbent CTO left the business. Rowan is building a decentralized network of IoT devices that capture energy generated from commercial solar and wind generators and encode the data to a proprietary low carbon L1 block chain infrastructure. Creating high quality digital carbon offset certificates. The technology and product functions were underperforming and not fit for purpose to support a scaling business and aggressive commercial objectives. Successfully built high performing technology and product teams, technology and product strategy aligned with commercial objectives. Helped secure $10M in funding.

Oba : Fractional CTO

A social fitness platform for people 40+ that connects people through common threads, curated micro-communities and nudges people back into real life. Built high fidelity prototype to support discovery phase for product market fit analysis. Engaged near shore engineering team and implemented agile delivery process. Provided support for capital raising process.

Aedificium Capital : Fractional CTO

Aedificium Capital are a PE practice operating in the renewable energy sector, experts at providing strategic capital and expertise to large scale renewable infrastructure projects.

Fractional CTO for Energy Cloud a JV between Aedificium Capital and Steag a large German utility, building out large scale battery storage to support adoption of renewable energy across Europe. Core concept was designing and building ’storage as a service’ offering a SaaS software layer which abstracted customers from having to own or manage physical infrastructure.

Connectd : Fractional CTPO

Connectd is a three sided SaaS market network connecting founders, strategic investors (angel and early stage VC) and fractional leadership. Responsible for setting up, scaling both the technology and product functions.

Joined initial founding team of four and made significant contribution to bringing the business to 50 employees, $7M ARR and raising $8M in seed funding.

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) : Data Strategy Consultant

Design and implementation of go to market strategies for high value data products. Focus on LCH business, composite interest rate swap benchmarks, price forming swap analysis, blended compression analytics.

Takumi : Fractional CTO

Influencer marketing agency, delivered phase 1 of new platform connecting brands with influencer community, campaign performance analytics. Over saw hire and transition of full time CTO

iPushPull : Fractional CPO

Implementing product strategy and new go to market strategies for fintech omni channel data distribution infrastructure platform.

TimeOut Plc : Fractional CTO

Digital media. Designed and implemented digital content strategy, delivered off the shelf video player (JW Player) into new .com $10M per annum up tick in ad revenue. Restructured and optimized existing technology function and oversaw hire and transition of new CTO.

Skills

·       Technology Strategy & Management

·       Product Strategy & Management

·       Engagement and Growth Strategy

·       Innovation Strategy

·       Design Thinking

·       Digital Transformation

·       Data Strategy

·       Strategic Foresight Planning

·       People Management

·       Business Development

·       Program Management

·       Technology Process Engineering and Change Management

·       Financial Forecasting and Budget Control

·       Vendor Management

·       Governance and Reporting