Summary
Yann Eves is a pragmatic software leader and founder with 14 years of experience building high-performance web platforms and AI-driven products from Brighton, UK. As CTO & Founder of Gadabout.ai he combines hands-on engineering with product strategy to simulate diverse user interactions and accessibility needs using AI personas. His background spans fintech, energy, legal tech and geospatial analytics, delivering measurable outcomes like slashing FX platform load times from 30s to under 3s and enabling >100% YoY growth through self-service dashboards. He’s equally comfortable leading distributed teams and shipping code—often stepping into technical executive roles to stabilise products, introduce test-driven practices, and scale organisations. A calm, curious technologist who grew up in Norway, he’s fascinated by the “ubiquitous self” and thrives on short bursts of inspiration that turn into pragmatic, customer-focused features.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
International Baccalaureate Diploma with Honours ITGS DT Economics Mathematics English Spanish TOK Extended Essay, International Baccalaureate Diploma with Honours ITGS DT Economics Mathematics English Spanish TOK Extended Essay at ACS Egham International School
Cert HE Computer Science (Games), Cert HE Computer Science (Games) at University of Brighton
English, Spanish, Japanese