Joel Chippindale

The CTO Coach - supporting start-up and scale-up CTOs to accelerate their development and continue to be successful as their company evolves

Joel Chippindale is a seasoned CTO Coach and Mentor with a rich background in building, scaling, and leading software development teams within startup environments. He has held prominent CTO roles at reputable companies like Econsultancy, FutureLearn, and Unmade. Joel specializes in working with startup and scale-up CTOs to help them effectively navigate the transformations in their roles as their teams and companies expand and advance. He pursued his undergraduate studies in BSc Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge. Joel's professional journey includes diverse roles such as CTO Coach at Monkey's Thumb Ltd., COO at FutureLearn, Technical Lead at FutureLearn, and Ruby on Rails Developer at Freelance. Moreover, he has held key positions at BBC News Interactive, such as Project Lead for Action Network, Product Operations Manager for Action Network, Syndication Team Lead, and Senior Software Engineer.