Co-founded
Gohesive
An outreach platform that finds prospects, messages them over LinkedIn and email, and scores every reply.
Built the platform, the data pipeline and the AI reply scoring, and I run the engineering team.
CTO · Fractional CTO · Product · AI
Daniel Richardson
I have spent over ten years building software, from research labs and schools to startups. I co-founded Gohesive in 2020 and have been its CTO since, and I work as a fractional CTO for early-stage founders. I took Addie from concept to 200,000+ users and a filed patent, and the companies I have been CTO for have raised over £3M. I live in Tokyo and work with teams in London and across the UK. I like taking a messy MVP and turning it into a system a team can own.
Now
Co-founder and CTO at Gohesive
Gohesive builds software and outreach systems for startups and growth-stage companies. I lead architecture, delivery and the engineering team, across infrastructure, APIs, mobile apps and customer-facing platforms.
Projects
All on GitHubProducts I have built or led, from first commit to production.
Fractional CTO
Doqit
Keeps important documents in one place and reminds you before they expire.
Took it to production on iOS, Android and web, with payments, biometrics, analytics and secure file delivery.
Fractional CTO
MindClass
A mental health platform for workplaces, with courses and counsellor matching.
Built the MVP and first production release, with course delivery, counsellor matching and CI/CD.
Co-founded
Addie
A productivity app for people with ADHD, built with clinicians.
I led the whole technology side: architecture, the app, a clinician dashboard, video sessions with AI-assisted notes, and the patent for AI task scheduling.
Fractional CTO
Jetpack
A VC matchmaking platform for startup founders.
Designed and seeded a database of thousands of investors, and built the AI-assisted app with email delivery and tracking.
Side project
Toad Tutor
Custom Magic: The Gathering cards, decks and a table life counter.
Built for fun and used by real players, with print-ready cards and a Tabletop Simulator exporter.
Writing and research
Perceptual learning deficits mediated by somatostatin releasing inhibitory interneurons of olfactory bulb in an early life stress mouse model
A computer-implemented AI integrated method of scheduling one or more tasks
Computational Thinking, Mini Coders, Python Fundamentals, GCSE Computer Science, Web Design Fundamentals
Tracking software contribution to a Journal of Anatomy publication
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Recognition
Awards and shortlists for products I built and my own work.
Entrepreneurship World Cup, top 250
Doqit · Global Entrepreneurship Network
UK StartUp Awards, South East shortlist
Doqit
UK Fintech Challenge winner, £45,000 award
Doqit · Smart Data Foundry and FinTech Scotland
UWS Court Medal, most distinguished student
University of the West of Scotland
Digital Futures: honourable mention, best project and keynote speaker
UWS Game Jam, first place
Experience
6 yrs, 8 mos
2020
now
now
Co-founder and CTO, Gohesive
Gohesive · Tokyo, hybrid
I lead the design, build and delivery of secure, scalable software for startups and growth-stage companies, keeping every build tied to commercial goals.
- End-to-end technical leadership across infrastructure, backend APIs, mobile apps and customer platforms
- Turned client requirements into systems that scale and meet strict security and compliance standards
- Built and managed engineering squads, introduced agile delivery and mentored developers
- Launches across SaaS, fintech, healthtech and productivity
2 yrs, 3 mos
2024
now
now
Fractional CTO, Doqit
Doqit · Remote
Took an AI-powered document and life-admin app to production on iOS, Android and web.
- Payments and revenue tracking, biometrics, ad analytics and secure file delivery
- Launched on the App Store and Google Play
Previously as fractional CTO
Fractional CTO, Jetpack
VC matchmaking SaaS, investor database and AI-assisted outreach.
Fractional CTO, MindClass
MVP and first production release of a workplace mental health platform.
2 yrs, 9 mos
2022
2025
2025
Co-founder and CTO, Addie
Addie · London, hybrid
Led the entire technology strategy and build for an AI-powered, clinically backed productivity app for people with ADHD, from concept to launch and scale.
- Full technical architecture, backend infrastructure, CI/CD and analytics
- Clinician dashboard with secure user and counsellor interaction
- Video sessions with AI-assisted note-taking and real-time tools
- Led the technical work behind patent application GB2306330.8
2 yrs, 2 mos
2020
2022
2022
Director of Products, Education AI
Education AI
Led product and engineering for an EdTech platform used by schools, directing a team of five engineers and reporting to the CEO.
- Owned the product lifecycle from architecture to deployment and client feedback
- Shipped machine-learning features on Azure
- Hiring, mentoring and aligning technical decisions with business goals
1 yr, 11 mos
2018
2020
2020
Before 2020, the path to CTO
Research labs first: tracking software for neuroscience, VR teaching tools, and a degree in computer engineering and games.
Education
BSc (Hons) Computer Engineering and Games Technology
University of Glasgow
TEFL Master Certification
TEFL Academy
Japanese
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