Paddy Byers is a veteran technology leader and co-founder currently serving as CTO of Ably, where he owns the real-time infrastructure behind a global messaging platform. With nearly 40 years building tech businesses and 14 years of hands-on startup experience, he blends deep research pedigree (PhD in theoretical computer science) with practical engineering across embedded systems, JavaScript, Java, C/C++ and Node.js. He has founded multiple companies and led R&D and standards work—most notably creating WebVM and helping shape OMTP BONDI/WAC—demonstrating a rare ability to turn protocol and standards work into shipping products. Comfortable at both executive and implementation levels, he has run engineering organizations of 50+ and repeatedly moved ideas from prototype to market. Based in Stony Stratford, he pairs academic rigor with entrepreneurial grit and a long track record of dependable, security-conscious systems in transport, telecoms and cloud realtime services.
14 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
MA Mathematics, MA Mathematics at University of Cambridge
PhD Theoretical Computer Science, PhD Theoretical Computer Science at University of Surrey
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