{"id":1100,"date":"2016-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/uncategorized\/brighthr-appoints-first-cto\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:37:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:37:25","slug":"brighthr-appoints-first-cto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/brighthr-appoints-first-cto\/","title":{"rendered":"Software company BrightHR appoints first CTO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HR software company BrightHR has appointed its first chief technology officer Alastair Brown, who will join as a board director as part of the firm\u2019s plans for continued rapid expansion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"body \" data-widget=\"tm.omniture.tracking\" data-context=\"11466013\" data-friendly-name=\"Article Inline Link Tracking\" data-max-times-to-track-links=\"5\">\n<p>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\u00a0HR admin processes, from logging sickness and tracking lateness through to running reports and managing employee documents.<\/p>\n<p>Since launching its new HR solution in November, BrightHR\u00a0now employs more than 90 people at its Manchester city centre headquarters. The company says that it has &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CEO Paul Tooth said: \u201cAlastair 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. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>The firm has a nap room (see image), and Alastair added: \u201cIt\u2019s very exciting to be coming on board as the expansion plans gather momentum. 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