Summary
Lee-Jon Ball is a Fractional CTO and technology strategist with 13 years of experience helping scale-ups, PE/VC-backed businesses and enterprises turn product and engineering into measurable growth. A former academic (PhD in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) who became an editor, nightclub owner and menswear founder, he combines rigorous analytical thinking with a restless maker’s instinct for building practical solutions. He’s led turnarounds and exits in EdTech, guided product and platform strategy for clients including Expedia, M&S and Notonthehighstreet, and now advises CTO networks and scale-ups across HealthTech, Sustainability and RecruitmentTech. Known for simplifying “impossible” problems by telling computers what to do, he blends hands-on delivery with organisational design to create environments where teams achieve exceptional results. Based in London, he thrives at the intersection of product, people and pragmatic technology.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, PhD Nuclear Magnetic Resonance at The University of Manchester