Brightsolid Bolsters Tech Team With Two Key Appointments

Thom Carter

09 March 2023, 10.17am

Brightsolid Bolsters Tech Team with Two Key Appointments

Brightsolid, the Scottish cloud services company, has bolstered its tech team with the appointments of its new CTO, Andy Sinclair, and new Head of Cyber Security, David Taylor.

A trusted AWS Partner, Dundee-headquartered Brightsolid designs, builds, and manages secure and scalable cloud environments for its customers.

As the Scots tech firm’s new CTO, Sinclair brings over a decade of technical experience across engineering, architecture, and transformation. Sinclair made the move over from iomart — the Glasgow-based cloud computing and IT managed services business — where he served as its Head of Product.

“I’m thrilled to join Brightsolid as it enters its next phase of growth,” Sinclair said on his appointment.

“I was drawn by the opportunity to deliver a compelling managed cloud solution to the market, but what really stood out to me was Brightsolid’s incredible internal culture, which places such high value on our people and our relationships with customers.”

Brightsolid’s new Head of Cyber Security, David Taylor, started his tech career in the military, spending over a decade onboard Britain’s nuclear submarines managing their communications and information systems.

Over the last ten years David has been building and managing Security Operations Centres, securing cloud and on-premises infrastructure, and conducting information security and compliance audits.

“As well as a market leading MDR [managed detection and response] product Brightsolid has an amazing culture which I am very excited to be part of,” Taylor commented.

“I can’t wait to work with the team to further develop our managed cyber security offering while continuing to deliver our fantastic levels of customer service.”

For Elaine Maddison, the CEO of Brightsolid, these latest appointments are a key part of the company’s strategy. “I’m absolutely delighted that both Andy and Dave have decided to join Brightsolid. We want to attract the best talent out there and that’s exactly what we’ve done here,” she said.

“We’re an ambitious business and both Andy and Dave bring unrivalled expertise and experience to drive our growth plans.”

The news comes just two months after Brightsolid — which DIGIT named as one of the most exciting tech companies to come out of Dundee — announced that it added Andy Laing to its senior leadership team as CFO.