Senior Leadership Team
Kevin Butler, Founder and CEO
Dr. Robert Elliott Smith, Science and Tech Adviser
Dr. Robert Elliott Smith, Science and Tech Adviser
Kevin is an AI HR technology industry expert with two decades of experience working for technology firms such as SAP, Sage, and IBM, as well as several of their professional services partners. As founder of Centigy, Kevin provides advisory services on HR digital transformation, with particular expertise in the auditing of AI HR systems.
Kevin is an AI HR technology industry expert with two decades of experience working for technology firms such as SAP, Sage, and IBM, as well as several of their professional services partners. As founder of Centigy, Kevin provides advisory services on HR digital transformation, with particular expertise in the auditing of AI HR systems. He is co-host of 'Investigating the Invisible' podcast, an Expert Advisor Board Member for 'We and AI' and board member of the ‘People Tech’ group for ‘Global Tech Advocates'
and is a regular speaker on the topics of AI and HR Technology for organisations such as 'BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT'.
Dr. Robert Elliott Smith, Science and Tech Adviser
Dr. Robert Elliott Smith, Science and Tech Adviser
Dr. Robert Elliott Smith, Science and Tech Adviser
Dr. Smith is an expert in artificial intelligence, particularly evolutionary algorithms, knowledge representation and machine learning. Over his 30-year career he has helped to create (among other things) software systems that describe immune system behaviour, learn innovative fighter jet manoeuvres, reveal emotion in financial markets,
Dr. Smith is an expert in artificial intelligence, particularly evolutionary algorithms, knowledge representation and machine learning. Over his 30-year career he has helped to create (among other things) software systems that describe immune system behaviour, learn innovative fighter jet manoeuvres, reveal emotion in financial markets, and suggest how social networks propagate political polarisation. Clients have included the Bank of England, NASA, Boeing, the European Union, British Aerospace, Airbus and British Telecom. He is a Senior Research Fellow of Computer Science at University College London. He has published a large body of academic work, articles in the popular press, and the acclaimed book Rage Inside the Machine, which was shortlisted for UK business book of the year 2020. Furthermore, he is a founding member of the Royal Institution's Challenging Pseudoscience group which is focused on preventing scientific misinformation online.