Futrli's new Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Today, we’re very excited to announce the addition of our newest member of the Futrli executive team, Doug Johnson.

Doug brings over 17 years of invaluable experience to the role of the chief technical officer, joining us fresh from behavioural marketing specialist SaleCycle. He will be responsible for driving the technology strategy and direction for Futrli and contribute to the business goals. Working closely with our Founder and CEO, Hannah Dawson, he’ll be leading the next phase of innovation and growth in Futrli’s platform.

Futrli's new chief technical officer comes with an impressive career history

In the past, Doug has held senior positions at multiple high growth technology companies and contributed to their overarching technology infrastructure, business models and corporate strategy through his excellent technical expertise. During his tenure at SaleCycle, he oversaw the technology transformation which enabled SaleCycle to achieve a staggering 2000% growth in its real-time data processing capability!

Prior to this, he worked for the Sage Group plc where, in his role as Head of Architecture for Sage One, he was responsible for the global technical strategy behind a single platform that enabled the release of online accounting and payroll solutions in 14 different countries. We intend to have him add many more incredible achievements to his roster during his time with us.

Doug’s appointment comes perfectly timed after the news of our selection to join Tech Nation’s 2019 Upscale 4.0 programme. The programme is designed to turn today’s most promising scale-ups into tomorrow’s tech giants, with previous successes including Monzo, Bulb and Bloom & Wild. New technologies and emerging technologies whose company we are happy to be in.

The company's CEO Hannah Dawson comments:

This is a significant appointment for us and as we continue to invest in our technology, we’re excited to have Doug’s extensive experience and knowledge joining Futrli. Doug brings domain expertise, leadership and customer focus to the role and will be instrumental in helping us achieve our growth ambitions.

In 2018 we doubled our workforce and increased our customer base by 30% year-on-year. We expect this trend to continue throughout 2019 and beyond, so introducing talent of Doug’s calibre is critical at this formative time for the business.

Doug Johnson comments:

The vision for Futrli to have a groundbreaking impact on the success rate of small businesses worldwide is truly inspiring.  Having witnessed first-hand the team’s focus, determination, passion and overall capability, I feel privileged to be joining them in February to help bring that vision to life.

Doug will join the Futrli rocketship on the 18th of February 2019 – we can’t wait!

To find out if Futrli could be the place for you, check out our careers page.