Meet the Team

  • CEO: Bill Slatter

    Bill has 14+ years of experience in running successful businesses, with a focus on smart systems and automation for blue chip companies including Ford Europe.

    Having established a relationship with GE Renewables and has provided them with bespoke condition monitoring solutions since 2015.

  • NED: Rich Furniss

    15+ years wind industry experience including 9 with major OEM

  • Chairman: Jonathan Guthrie

    A Chartered Accountant, Jonathan spent time with Ernst & Young and BSkyB before becoming an entrepreneur.

    Founder of Paywizard Group (formerly MGt plc), a Saas CRM and billing platform for the media and pay-TV industry. He is Chairman of Altair Medical, as well as NED of Paywizard and My Simple Mortgage.

  • CTO: Dr Phil Shackleton

    As a first class graduate in mechanical engineering, Phil went on to complete a PhD focused on the computer modelling of the wheel-rail contact for dynamic simulation of rail vehicles.

    Through working on a wide range of research and commercial projects he has continued to become an expert in the application of numerical methods to analyse, and provide solutions to, real-world engineering problems. His work has helped customers achieve system level optimisation, support step changes to sector-wide operational safety, and directly influenced standards change.

  • Data Scientist: Dr Francis Bench

    After being awarded first-class degree in Physics, Francis went on to complete a PhD in particle physics, specialising in statistical analyses of neutrino oscillations. During his studies, Francis gained a wealth programming experience with C++ and Python.

    At Eleven-I, Francis has worked on vibrational analyses of wind turbine blades to validate their behaviour for General Electric.