Rowan Hick

Founder and Principal Engineer

GlobalWorkshop is Rowan's invention - starting from getting his own car built by Fraser Cars back in 2010, he looked at the way the industry kept clients informed and thought "well that could be done better!"

Version 1 was built in 2010, but like more than a few good ideas it was a bit too early - namely phone cameras were terrible ! So while GlobalWorkshop's servers were kept online development was paused while he followed the corporate software track - culminating in being co-CEO for Soft Tech Group which is a leading provider for Window & Door fabrication software globally. Soft Tech was then acquired by Compusoft Group - In late 2021 he decided to step down from his MD role which re-ignited getting GlobalWorkshop back into action.

Spend 5 mins with him and could probably guess he might like things with engines. Any client visit he loves going on shop tours, meeting clients and seeing what you're working on. We caution you not to get him started on his motorsport simulator (driven by 9 servo drives formerly found on CNC machines....)

Professionally he's lead teams and developed mission critical software systems across a variety of industries and delivered projects for recognisable brands worldwide. Rowan's at a very unique intersection, as one of our clients put it "a self confessed petrolhead and tech geek"

In his words this is my dream job!