Team
AIRA is led by an expert and grounded team with many decades of experience in software and robotic development and deployment in construction as well as development and deployment of AI and Machine Learning tools within Built Environments.
CEO and Founder Tom Lipinski
CEO and Founder
Tom Lipinski
Founder of a construction robotics company with successful deployment of robots on over 5,000 construction sites across Europe, expert in Building Physics with several academic papers and 500+ citations worldwide, and a Built Environment degree from Cambridge University.
CPO Maddy Clifford
CPO
Maddy Clifford
18+ years experience leading complex technology projects in Business Analysis & Product Owner roles in Technology Industry, has both MSc undergraduate & postgraduate degrees (distinction) in Physics and Energy from Imperial College London.
CCO (UK) Nick Field
CCO (UK)
Nick Field
Former QM-Systems MD, has 20+ years’ experience in manufacturing automation and is an expert in deploying robots & cobots in large industrial settings. Nick holds a Manufacturing Engineering degree from Wolverhampton University.
CISO Philip Mhango
CISO Philip Mhango
17+ years’ experience in military cyber security leadership and risk management for MoD advanced systems, networks and communications, and 3 years as KPMG Cyber Strategy Manager. Phil holds an Information Security MSc.
CFO Nick Simmons
CFO Nick Simmons
A strategic CFO/COO with over 25 years of experience across PE/VC-backed scale ups, FTSE 100 groups, and international corporates.
A co-founder of a cleantech disruptor (raising >£30m) and former senior finance leader at Yahoo!, Opodo, Carphone Warehouse, and Omnicom. Nick is fluent in French & German with exposure across UK, EU, and the US.
Forward Deployed Engineer & Teleops Paul Newcombe
Forward Deployed Engineer & Teleops
Paul Newcombe
With 5+ years’ experience deploying, teleoperating and maintaining robots at Q-Bot, Paul is ideally placed to support AIRA’s rollout to customer sites across the UK.
Whilst at Q-Bot, the AIRA team has successfully developed and deployed robots in challenging environments such as construction delivering over 5,000 jobs that would need to be otherwise done manually by humans (exposing people to unnecessary risks) and has been collecting and processing model-usable scans from productive sites, building up vast expertise in this field. AIRA team has more experience in real-life robotic and Physical AI deployment than almost any other.
