Software company BrightHR appoints first CTO

Joining from Laterooms.com where he has held the position of director of delivery since 2014, Alastair will join BrightHR as it provides a SaaS to help companies with their HR admin processes, from logging sickness and tracking lateness through to running reports and managing employee documents.

Since launching its new HR solution in November, BrightHR now employs more than 90 people at its Manchester city centre headquarters. The company says that it has “a wide range of customers in virtually every sector, although our core audience ranges from businesses with 20 employees through to 250. Typically small businesses start to need a solution like ours when they pass 10 or so employees and their HR and absence management needs begin to get more pressing, which is where we can help.”

CEO Paul Tooth said: “Alastair joins the business at a very exciting time. Our product has launched to market with great success and our brand is fast gaining recognition as a major player in the HR software arena. “

The firm has a nap room (see image), and Alastair added: “It’s very exciting to be coming on board as the expansion plans gather momentum. This is a key moment in the development of the business and I’m looking forward to the product offering growing greatly in scale and scope to meet and exceed the requirements of BrightHR’s customers.”