Iain has spent the last 20 years working in the software industry as a CTO, developer, software architect, and consultant, building internal and B2B web applications at startups, agencies, and early-stage companies in Canada and the U.S.

As a practitioner at RingStone, he works with private equity firms globally in an advisory capacity, conducting technical diligence on early and mid-stage companies and preparing companies for the diligence process. He has worked in the diligence sector for six years and has been involved in hundreds of diligence efforts as a practitioner, reviewer, and trainer.

An active open-source developer and researcher, Iain holds a Master of Music Technology degree and is currently completing an interdisciplinary PhD in Computer Science and Music at the University of Victoria, working on applications of Scheme Lisp to algorithmic music and music pedagogy. He is the author of the Scheme for Max open-source programming extension to the Max/MSP audio programming platform and is the founder and developer of the online music education startup SeriousMusicTraining.com.