Derek Colvin

Caresyntax

I lead the exceptionally talented product and engineering teams delivering next generation technology for the operating room.

Chief Technology Officer

Confidential Single Family Office

Senior Advisor

MARCOL

Board Advisor

MARCOL is a pan-European operating investor driving growth, value and innovation. Applying a strategic and entrepreneurial approach, and taking great pride in its people, MARCOL identifies innovative opportunities then invests resources and expertise to maximise the potential of the businesses for the benefit of all stakeholders. MARCOL works in partnership with management teams across an extensive portfolio of international healthcare services, technology and real estate companies. While headquartered in London, it has broad expertise across Europe through its presence in Amsterdam, Berlin, Luxembourg, Madrid and Milan.  

Founded over 45 years ago with an initial focus on real estate, today MARCOL is the principal shareholder and manager of over €3 billion of assets, such as the Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, the globally renowned centre for interior design, Thames Enterprise Park, Europe’s largest regeneration development project, and Atida, the largest privately owned online pharmacy in Europe. 

I advise and manage the Partner's interests across diverse, high growth investment portfolios covering the Healthcare, Real Estate, Energy and Technology sectors. I lead Technology M&A and accountable for developing optimised technology outcomes which meet the Partners long-term investment strategy for digital. 

I have demonstrable experience in the following areas:

Scale up and rapid growth
Turnaround and distressed situations
Culture change
M&A and M&A strategy
Technology, product and platform strategy
Digital transformation
Interim c-suite engagements

Group Chief Technology Officer

Alltime Technologies

Non Executive Director

Alltime Technologies, a MARCOL investment, provides best-in-class technology services to companies owned and operated by MARCOL and other third party companies. Today, Alltime systems support customers generating over £500m of annual revenue. 

Hired the management team to take over the business and grew revenue 4x

Alltime provides hosting, engineering, systems design and consultancy, service desk, desktop support and other technical services to a wide range of businesses, including those under investment management by MARCOL.

Managing Director

Project Red

Project Red is an independent technology consultancy specialising in CTO/CIO interim leadership, distressed project / distressed organisation, technology-focused value creation, tech investment strategy, and operating model design and implementation. 

Our customers include Private Equity, Family Offices, and Institutional investors, along with their operating assets. We work on a 'below the radar' basis in a highly discrete manner.

Managing Partner

DeviQA

Delivering possibly the best, multi-award winning, Quality Assurance services in the world for enterprises, scale ups and startups. QA isn't simply testing, it's about creating an experience promise to your customers, protecting your brand, reputation and revenue. Industry leading expertise in QA strategy, test automation, performance, and functional testing. 

I advise the shareholders on growth strategies, communications and market approaches.

Portfolio Director |  Chief Strategy Officer 

Devico Solutions

Not all engineering companies are equal. For over 14 years, Devico has been building digital experiences which drive customer engagement, a time-to-market advantage and revenue acceleration. Speak to us today about how we can power your business to market success.

I advise the shareholders on growth strategies, communications and market approaches.

Portfolio Director | Chief Strategy Officer 

medneo

medneo GmbH, a MARCOL investment, is an innovative medtech company with headquarters in Berlin that specialises in Radiology as a Service – a new operating model for radiology. I am accountable for leading a large team of highly skilled technology professionals to deliver best in class technology supporting radiology services in Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Working directly with the founders, I am also responsible for leading the M&A strategy for digital and tech.

Cut IT operating expenses by 50%
Renegotiated key vendor agreements
Oversaw substantial repositioning of technology including full spin-out

OpenRad

Openrad, a MARCOL investment, delivers next generation diagnostic imaging software (zero footprint, cloud-delivered RIS and PACS) and hardware (intelligent image management). I led the creation of the build and buy strategy and was the deal lead during negotiations.

Interim Chief Executive Officer

Space Plus Store

Space Plus, a MARCOL investment, is a new player in the German Self Storage market. Space Plus offers a unique, unsurpassable combination of customer-centered services around the individual needs for additional space offering unit sizes from 1 – 20 sqm for both private and business users. I support the senior management team shaping their early technology strategy based on IoT and self service.

I am a highly experienced technology leader & value creator scaling and operating businesses from pre-revenue to £MMM. I specialise in working with investors and their operating assets, and I have a particular expertise in dealing with distress and complex organisational change scenarios relating to technology. I thrive in decision and information poor environments where there is a strong bias for action.

Delivering possibly the best, multi-award winning, Quality Assurance services in the world for enterprises, scale ups and startups. QA isn't simply testing, it's about creating an experience promise to your customers, protecting your brand, reputation and revenue.

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