Jonathan Boyd
Head of Product (Co-Founder) at Data Quality Index DQI
Based in United Kingdom · 25+ years experience
Summary
Business and Product Specialist
About
My career spans product leadership, enterprise technology, consulting and business development. Across those roles, I have worked on a consistent challenge: helping organisations make better decisions about technology and build the capability to realise its value.
I bring a broad perspective to leadership with hands-on experience across the technology and software development space. I have advised technology leaders, built a product-management function, led multidisciplinary teams and taken responsibility for product strategy, commercial development and profitability. My experience covers enterprise software, service management, cloud and platform modernisation, data integration and applied AI.That breadth shapes how I approach business challenges. I consider the customer, the commercial model, the technology and the organisation together. Setting a direction means understanding the opportunity, making deliberate investment choices and ensuring people have the ownership, skills and support to deliver.
Consulting and enterprise customer work across EMEA and the Americas have given me experience of different organisational priorities, operating environments and approaches to change. I am comfortable discussing strategy with senior leadership and working through product and architecture decisions with delivery teams.
Career achievements include:
• Established a product-management function, built and directly managed a multidisciplinary team of 30, and conceived an integration product that reached revenue within 12 months.
• Led a US$4m platform and new-product programme, reducing hosting costs by approximately 60% through platform modernisation.
• Helped a public healthcare provider establish a seven-person Business Relationship Management team and adopt a framework for improving digital capability.
• Co-authored the Digital Capabilities Management Model (DCMM), helping leaders assess organisational capability and prioritise improvement.
My work as co-founder of DQI extends this interest into data quality and AI governance, with a focus on evidence, accountability and practical adoption.
I lead through clear direction, informed judgement and trust in people. I value constructive challenge, stay close enough to the detail to ask useful questions and take responsibility for the commercial and organisational consequences of decisions.
Based near Edinburgh, I am open to senior product, technology and AI/data leadership opportunities, alongside selected interim and advisory work. I work remotely with reasonable business travel.
Skills
Software Architecture, Cloud & Infrastructure, Platform Modernisation, Cybersecurity, Engineering Leadership, Vendor Management, DevOps, Governance & Risk, Data & AI
Regions covered
France, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, United States, Europe, North America, Africa, South America, Middle East, Ireland, Germany, Canada
Industry experience
Government, Fintech, Professional Services, Retail, SaaS, Healthcare
At a glance
Jonathan brings hands-on experience across Software Architecture, Cloud & Infrastructure, Platform Modernisation, Cybersecurity, Engineering Leadership, Vendor Management and 3 other areas. Available for engagements across France, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, United States, Europe, North America, Africa, South America, Middle East, Ireland, Germany, Canada. Industry experience includes Government, Fintech, Professional Services, Retail, SaaS and 1 more.
How fractional CTO engagements with Jonathan work
Jonathan works on a fractional basis — typically one to three days a week for an agreed engagement length — so you get senior technical leadership without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire. Engagements commonly include technical due diligence, board reporting, engineering team leadership, technology strategy, architecture reviews, hiring support, and stepping in as interim CTO during a transition.