John Paterson is a seasoned global operator in the Information Technology sector.

He is he founder and CEO of mid-market hosted cloud CRM company, Really Simple Systems.

Really Simple Systems was started to address the needs of small and medium sized organisations that wanted simple, straightforward CRM that was fast and easy to use. Its web based, on line CRM system delivers easy to use CRM, Opportunity Management and Campaign Management all available for a monthly subscription. There is also a Free CRM system.

John is involved in number of other IT companies in a non-executive chairman, director or consultancy capacity. He also acts a a business angel, investing in small growth companies where he can help though his non-executive participation.

John also acts as a mentor for UCL's SMILE (Selected Mentors and Interims for London Enterprises) programme.

John blogs on the IT industry, Cloud Computing and CRM at contrarythinking.wordpress.com and on the Really Simple Systems CRM blog.