Our beginnings
Mobysoft was founded in 2003. We began by delivering SMS solutions to a wide range of clients. By 2006, we had taken the decision to work with solely social landlords, helping them reach and support their customers.
By 2006, we had taken the decision to focus on social housing, as we could see that SMS technology could help social landlords to improve their income-collection processes, for the good of all involved. A small, well-timed reminder on a mobile phone made a big difference to outcomes for all parties.
Technology as a win-win-win
By 2011, we’d begun work on the product that would later become RentSense. This product sums up our belief in technology for good.
Today, RentSense is a proven win-win-win proposition, adopted as an industry standard solution by over 170 social housing organisations across the UK:
Win Win Win
Algorithms and predictive analytics
Today, we are experts in the technologies that lie behind RentSense. We understand the power of data – especially large amounts of non-intrusive transactional data – to predict what comes next in terms of an individual’s behaviour. We are experts in the creation of algorithms, the complex rules that prioritise, sift, filter and predict.
By 2012, we’d begun work on the product that would later become RentSense. This product sums up our belief in technology for good.
We’ve looked at the way that banks use algorithms to predict bad debt and fraud, and we’ve put this knowledge to good use in the social housing sector.
Our team
Derek Steele
Founder & Non-Executive Director
Derek founded Mobysoft in 2003, and was driven by his passion about technology delivering customer success and social good, specifically around technology helping customers succeed by unleashing the power of their data.
Derek is a father of three, a football fan and makes the somewhat unfounded claim of being the company’s elite runner!
Jon Brownbill
Chief Customer Officer
Jon joined Mobysoft in 2018 initially as Head of Account Management, eventually joining the leadership board as Chief Customer Officer in 2023. Before Mobysoft Jon worked in social housing for around ten years, and has experience of transforming teams and performance within the sector. This insight is invaluable in Jon’s role of working with customers
In his spare time, you will often find Jon up a hill or mountain, in the Lakes or Peaks, whilst staying at the local campsites.
Paul Evans
Chief Executive Officer
Paul has a wealth of experience successfully growing software businesses, both globally and at a start-up level. Over a 20 year career Paul helped drive international sales at Sage and co-founded his own SaaS accounting software business.
When not working and spending time with his young family Paul is an avid Everton fan and keen golfer.
Nick Treston
Chief Financial Officer
Nick joined Mobysoft in 2019, and brings with him a comprehensive financial management expertise and a track record of managing finance in growing businesses in the technology sector.
Originally hailing from South Africa, in his spare time Nick is a keen cycling enthusiast who enjoys exploring the countryside on the weekends.
Julie Lorraine
Strategic Director
After an extensive career as an executive financial director within social housing, Julie joined Mobysoft in 2021. Julie brings a wealth of board-level sector experience to Mobysoft, Julie also chair of Unitas of Stoke on Trent.
In her spare time, Julie is a devoted dog owner, and enjoys traveling and reading.
James Davison
Chief Technology Officer
James joined as CTO in 2021, prior to which he was CTO for a multinational media organisation. Previously as technology director at ITV he was part of the team that took ITV through a fundamental digital transformation. With nearly 30 years experience James’s passion is to build high performing teams to deliver solutions that make a difference.
In his spare time James loves classic architecture and enjoys touring Britain’s beautiful stately homes with his wife
Ken Briddon
Chair
Ken Briddon was appointed Mobysoft chair in October 2017, he has worked for IT and software businesses for over 40 years’, including heading up PLC’s.
Ken has over 16 years’ experience of chairmanships and non-executive directorships and successfully advising and steering them through the transition to deliver further growth and profits.
Mark Davison
Non-Executive Director
Mark is a non-executive director at Mobysoft, whose NED background focusses on innovation driven growth companies, such as Mobysoft. Mark was one of the founders of Callcredit, overseeing the journey from start-up to trade sale to TransUnion via two PE backed transactions.
Alastair MacKenzie
Chief Revenue Officer
Alastair MacKenzie is Chief Revenue Officer, and is responsible for new business and brings with him a wealth of technology sector experience having held senior posts at Oracle, SAP, and other blue chip software and consultancy businesses.
Alastair has been instrumental in the launch of the company’s new RepairSense solution and taking it to market.
Dan Curtis
Chief Services Officer
Dan has held a series of wide ranging senior positions posts spanning technical and transformation over several sectors (including social housing) and regulated environments. Dan has a proven track record of transforming businesses by developing high-performing teams to deliver modern, effective, and efficient services. Previously to working at Mobysoft, Dan has been IT Director at Equity Housing as well Technology Lead at the Co-op.
Our technology
At Mobysoft we work with other cutting edge tech providers, and our Technology Stack includes Java 8, Spring Framework, Angular (for the obligatory responsive web application front-end), D3 (for really good graphs and charts) all underpinned by Amazon Web Service components. In-fact, the whole business runs on AWS. We make extensive use of AWS RDS, Elastic Beanstalk, SQS and SNS, S3, Elastic Load Balancer and Route 53 (for DNS).
Our product and development teams are highly experienced and constantly growing, as we look to deliver great software and experiences for our customers and theirs too.
Awards
Over the last few years Mobysoft has won and been shortlisted for many awards, here are just a few of them
Our core values
Teamwork
We address challenges together, and we know the best way of succeeding is supporting one another, and we celebrate our success together.
Ambition
We learn from the past to improve in the future and will be better this year than last. We aim to set the bar for excellence for teams and individuals.
Human
We are supportive, humble and friendly. We hold ourselves accountable, and confident to admit mistakes and seek support. We treat everyone the way we wish to be treated.
Driven to succeed
We believe there is always a solution. We agree ambitious objectives and have regular coaching sessions to keep on track. We’re decisive with a will to win.
Customer centric
We agree measurable outcomes with the customer and are tenancious about delivering them. We strive so our customers succeed and we recognise their perspective whatever our role.
Join us
Would you like to find out more about working with us? If you are keen to work for a successful and growing business that at the same helps deliver good to society then please get in touch.