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CEO Testimonial

A comprehensive endorsement from Merlie Calvert, CEO of Farillio

Author: Merlie Calvert
Role: Founder & CEO, Farillio
Partnership: 6+ Years

Full Testimonial

Dan worked for our business in the full-time role of CTO from 1 October 2020 to 27 July 2023. Prior to that, he helped to architect and contribute to the build strategy of Farillio in its very early startup period from July 2017 onwards. He was a non-executive board director from 28 January 2019 onwards, spending 1-2 days each month with senior management and the development team until he joined us in his fulltime capacity, whereupon he became an executive director of the business.

Dan made starting a challenger business with massive ambitions and lots of technological intricacies a much easier task. He was reassuring, pragmatic, customer-centric and outcomes-driven from the very outset.

Dan remains a board director, today in a non-executive capacity, and we are very proud of this continued connection with him and his continued belief in us and our mission.

Dan has always been a trusted, highly valued, and respected sounding board to many team members across all levels of the business. He is inventive, supportive, listens hard and has terrific experience of working in tech businesses, large and small, new, and established.

His real strengths lie in ideation and bringing great ideas to life and helping to pull together stellar teams to execute on them. He is always keen to be involved, is astoundingly bright and has been a wonderful colleague and sanity check in almost every aspect of business life, from helping to evolve our product, helping to impress customers and investors, structuring teams, supporting diversity and cultural initiatives, and hiring colleagues.

If the opportunity arose again to work with him in a greater capacity than we do today, we would be delighted to do so. We highly recommend him to any business looking to achieve the successes that he has helped us to achieve – or their equivalent.

MC

Merlie Calvert

Founder & CEO, Farillio

Dan's Journey with Farillio

July 2017

Fractional CTO & Co-founder

Joined Farillio at the very beginning, architecting the platform and establishing the technical foundation as a "rent-a-co-founder".

January 2019

Non-Executive Director

Transitioned to board role, spending 1-2 days monthly with senior management and development team providing strategic guidance.

October 2020

Full-time CTO & Executive Director

Joined full-time as CTO and executive director, leading the technology strategy and product development for the SME platform.

July 2023 - Present

Non-Executive Director (Current)

Returned to non-executive board role while maintaining continued connection and belief in Farillio's mission.

About Farillio

Founded in 2017, Farillio is a comprehensive platform that supports SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) with high-quality legal content, business tools, and resources. The platform serves thousands of businesses across the UK, providing everything from legal templates and guidance to business planning tools and compliance support.

As a legal technology company, Farillio has established itself as a trusted partner for SMEs navigating the complexities of business law and compliance, offering affordable access to professional-grade legal resources that would traditionally be expensive and difficult to obtain.

6+
Years Partnership
3
Leadership Roles
1000s
SMEs Served
100%
Continued Partnership

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