Bradley Scott
CPO | CTO | SaaS startups and scale ups
Currently Chief Product Officer at Gentrack Ltd
I work with Product and Product engineering leaders to help them do their best work and help their teams improve. Throughout my career I have worked at a number of start-up and scale-up software product companies. I am currently working with an established New Zealand software company that has significant expansion ambitions.
Recommendations
What colleagues and leaders say about working with me
Daniel Szekely
Partner at EVP
Board Member • July 11, 2024
I work directly with Bradley at Mooven where we are an investor and I am a board member. He is an exceptional operator capable of scaling from the conceptual to technical and execution in a way that not many CTO/CPOs can. He's a straight shooter that is able to identify, analyse and solve complex problems and will always say it how it is.
Professional Experience
15+ years of leadership in product management, engineering, and strategic operations
Gentrack Ltd
Leading provider of software solutions for utilities and airports sectors serving over 50 energy and water companies worldwide
Chief Product Officer
- ▸Leads Gentrack's product management teams across UK, Australia and New Zealand
- ▸Responsible for product strategy and direction of all of Gentrack's products
Key Learnings
- ✦Public company executive management experience
- ✦Revenue and operating models of established mission critical enterprise software products
Vice President, Product
- ▸Responsible for Gentrack's product teams in NZ and Australia and the products they create
- ▸Substantially improved employee engagement after moving team structures to values stream model
Mooven
Develops tools for Transport Industry to reduce traffic congestion
Chief Technology Officer
- ▸Directly responsible for Product management + development, platform reliability
- ▸Executive team leader contributing to governance, capital raising, and Board meetings
- ▸Achieved ARR growth from <1M ARR to >4M
- ▸Improved GDR from low 80% to 96% through pivot on existing revenue model
Self-employed
Coach and Advisor
- ▸Coach and Advisor for Product management and engineering leaders
- ▸Clients included: Sharesies, Unleashed Software, Tradify, Mentemia, UneeQ, FlowAccount
UneeQ
Platform for creating digital human experiences (AI-powered customer experience ambassadors)
Chief Operating Officer
- ▸Responsible for Product management + development, platform reliability, customer success
- ▸Also handled Legal and IP, privacy and data protection, day-to-day finance activities
- ▸0 to 315k MRR in 1 year through moving from services-based to standardized recurring revenue model
Key Learnings
- ✦Governance and board stakeholder management
- ✦Venture fundraising
- ✦SaaS contracting
- ✦Global privacy frameworks
Xero
Leading cloud-based accounting software platform serving millions of subscribers globally
General Manager SMB Products (Acting)
- ▸Responsible for product management and development teams for Xero's small business products including Xero's core accounting product
General Manager Practice Products
- ▸Product strategy and roadmap for portfolio worth approximately 22M ARR helping accountants and bookkeepers run better businesses.
- ▸Led Product development in Auckland and Melbourne with R&D budget of approximately 11M
- ▸Significant portfolio strategy reset including intentional disruption of legacy revenue streams
- ▸Introduction of new product line (Xero Projects) and new platform (Xero HQ)
Key Learnings
- ✦Broad scale capability building
- ✦Product strategy evolution
- ✦Product marketing and messaging
General Manager Product Development
- ▸Responsible for product management and product development across 6 development sites (NZ, Australia, USA)
- ▸Implemented scaled cross-functional team and agile methodology
- ▸Enabled doubling of product development team to over 400 while increasing engagement
Key Learnings
- ✦Management of talented senior individuals
- ✦Leadership at scale
Education & Training
Academic background and professional development
Education
Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
The University of Auckland
Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of NZ in 2008
Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)
Information Systems
The University of Auckland
Professional development
Onboard governance program
Onboard • 2021
An annual program, in which high potential applicants are selected to begin their governance journey through quarterly training course modules on governance fundamentals, and a startup Board Observer role
Governance for Growth
NZ Institute of Directors
A workshop for founders, managers, investors, directors, aspiring directors to learning about how a growth-focused governance board operates, and how to get the most from your board.
Future Leaders Programme
New Zealand Leadership Institute
Recipient of Asia:NZ Young Leaders Network Scholarship for an 18 month leadership development programme
Skills & Expertise
Core competencies developed across leadership roles in product, engineering, and operations
Leadership & Strategy
Product & Technical
Business & Operations
Domain Expertise
Beyond Work
When I am not thinking about work I am thinking about these topics
Dad to daughter
Dog owner
Hobbyist Developer
Home Automator
Golf divot-digger
Runner