Summary
Ed Stephenson is a strategy and business development leader with 11 years of experience bridging engineering, manufacturing and commercial growth at Flowflex, a family-owned industrial components business. Trained as a geotechnical engineer and self-taught in PHP and JavaScript, he blends hands-on technical curiosity with commercial acumen, regularly translating automation and digital ideas into operational investments. He has founded a project-management SaaS (MetiNet) and driven sales, marketing and investment strategy roles that demonstrably align P&L discipline with product and process innovation. Comfortable in the boardroom and on the shop floor, Ed combines executive leadership with a knack for pragmatic technical implementation. Fluent in Italian and Spanish and a former competitive rower, he brings cultural agility, discipline and team-first leadership to growth initiatives.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Masters Degree, Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2:1, Masters Degree, Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2:1 at Newcastle University
GCSE/A Levels, Maths, Physics, Spanish + GCSE's, GCSE/A Levels, Maths, Physics, Spanish + GCSE's at Shrewsbury School
Prep School, General, Prep School, General at Bilton Grange School
English, Spanish, Italian