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Former Google Head of Digital and Business Transformation Joins Bot-Hive

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Bot-Hive, a global ecosystem which enables engineers to build flexible automation solutions for industry which includes the extensive use of robots, announces that it has appointed Stephen Griffiths as an external board member at their Bristol Office.

With offices in Cardiff, Bristol, and Amsterdam, Bot-Hive offer a comprehensive range of services to their clients, including web and mobile app development, digital marketing, e-commerce solutions, cloud services, custom software development and IT consultancy. Their team of professionals are committed to providing bespoke solutions that are tailored to meet the specific needs of their clients.

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As part of Breakthroo Limited, Griffiths is an advisor to boards and executives of businesses that need to transform, or scale. He advises private equity funds, corporate venture funds and portfolio businesses. His experience is backed by 20-years of interim management, from start-ups to global brands and innovators such as Google, where he was Head of Digital and Business Transformation in EMEA.

Griffiths has also advised the Avis Budget Group, Bupa, O2, NHS, Orange, Nokia, T-Mobile, BBC Worldwide and BT Vision.

He is currently Digital Advisor and Growth Board Member to Admiral Pioneer (a Cardiff-based Venture studio building new businesses as part of the Admiral group) and a start-up Investor at Xoogler.co.

Griffiths sits on the Bot-Hive Board on behalf of its investor, the Development Bank of Wales VC fund.

Commenting on his appointment, Griffiths said:

“I’m really looking forward to working with the Bot-Hive team. They have a strong vision and I hope to be a great help as they provide much-needed flexible automation solutions to industry. We are at that very exciting stage when dramatic change is on the horizon and Bot-Hive is a key driver of that.”

Bot-Hive co-founder and CEO Jacques Bonfrer added:

“We consider it a real coup that Stephen has joined our board. He has advised some of the globe’s largest brands and his help will be invaluable as we build our proposition at a time of great change and disruption.”

With over 80 different devices, Bot-Hive’s single interfacing platform enables customers to create multi-application robotics systems with fast tool changes, easy-end user configuration and centralised commands.

 

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