Meet the team

The people behind SmartRecruits

SmartRecruits is built by Sendient, the team behind SmartAssessor and SmartEducator. We build AI tools for regulated work, where every output has to be checked and explained.

Rowland Johnson

Founder and CEO

Rowland leads Sendient. He is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for artificial intelligence, cyber security and challenging assumed norms, and he loves building products, teams and companies.

Martin Watts

Chief revenue officer

Martin has spent his career in technology sales and marketing, driving enterprise performance and growth.

Ben Densham

Chief technology officer

Ben has held leadership positions in global technology and cyber security organisations for 17 years. He enjoys technical problems, business challenges and enabling people, products and customers to succeed.

Karen Bolton

Role to confirm

Bio to be supplied.

Karen Emerson

CPO

Karen advises the leadership team, partnering with the founders to shape the people and culture behind a high-performing AI organisation.

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