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Dan Wilson

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Chief Technology Officer at Bright Network
📍 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Dan is the Chief Technology Officer at Bright Network, with extensive experience in scaling startup and scaleup engineering organizations. He has a proven track record of building teams from the ground up and transforming infrastructure to enterprise-grade AWS architecture. He holds a PhD from UCL and an MChemPhys from The University of Edinburgh.

A recommendation highlights his ability to turn an "almost impossible situation into a success by dint of good humour, hard work and a heck of a lot of original ideas. "

During his PhD, he worked with Kodak on the computational modelling of defect structures in silver halides to understand the mechanics of photographic film.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Chief Technology Officer
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Scaling Tech Teams
He has built and led engineering teams from the ground up at multiple companies, including Bright Network and the fashion-tech startup Unmade.
AI in Recruitment
As CTO of a careers platform, he provides public advice on how students can responsibly use AI tools like ChatGPT for job applications and interview preparation.
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Career

Work history

7-2023 - 8-2025
Chief Technology Officer
Bright Network
4-2020 - 6-2023
Vice President Of Engineering
Bright Network
10-2019 - 3-2020
Freelance Software Engineer
Bright Network
4-2018 - 7-2019
Consultant / Advisor
Unmade Ltd
5-2015 - 3-2018
CTO
Unmade Ltd
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Education
2001 - 2005
PhD
UCL
1996 - 2001
MChemPhys
The University of Edinburgh
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