Dr Simon Wallace
Tech nerd who learned to speak human.
A statistician turned CTO. Fifteen years translating between business, product and engineering, from Mindshare to his own startups. The Technicians MBA is what he wishes someone had told him on the way.
The short version.
Simon has a PhD in statistics from UCL. He's led data and AI at agencies and startups, grown a data team from one person to seventeen, co-founded a political-tech company, and briefed MPs on AI and democracy. His short videos have been watched over 190,000 times.
Along the way he learned the part nobody teaches technical people: how the business around them works, and how to talk to it. That's what the videos are about.
- 2020 to nowDemonstrandumChief data scientist and consultant across AI, analytics, engineering and data strategy.
- 2024 to 2026SuffragoCo-founder and CTO, from idea to live deployment.
- 2023 to 2024Crowd Wisdom Project and AICHITECTFractional CTO and adviser to two AI startups.
- 2022 to 2023CoralHead of AI and data, as it became an AI-driven insights platform.
- 2020 to 202259AChief data scientist. Grew the data function from one person to seventeen.
- 2016 to 2019Mindshare (WPP)Director of data R&D and data strategy for global brands.
- 2011 to 2016University College LondonPhD in statistics, teaching statistics to undergraduates along the way.
When you need hands-on help: Demonstrandum.
The Technicians MBA is the free, public side. Demonstrandum is Simon's consultancy, for organisations that want data, technology and AI done properly.
Operations
Build and deploy
Building the solutions and putting them into service.
Education
Teach the team
Helping staff get real value from the tools they've been given.
Strategy
Fit it to the plan
Working data, technology and AI into the roadmap, not around it.
The 100-hour build.
Can you build a business in 100 hours? Simon set out to find out with Profolia, and wrote up how it went. It didn't go to plan, and the next 100 hours start soon.
What people say.
“What I value really highly is the honesty and insight that Simon brings.”
“Simon's expertise in AI and data technology makes him an ideal partner for any company.”
“Some fantastic and useful business information for technical practitioners.”