Martin Ward has 35 years experience in the software industry. He has enjoyed a successful executive career in sales, marketing and consulting and is a 3x exited co-founder. He is now an angel investor, Board Advisor and NED to startups and early-stage scale-ups, bringing to bear his expertise in sales and commercial strategy to drive growth and shareholder value. Martin recently served as the first West Midlands Tech Commissioner and is now the Royal Society Entrepreneur-in-Residence in Enterprise Lab at Imperial College, where his role is to help the Lab prepare for a major scale-up in its venture operations.