About Celerum
Research algorithms, applied to the working day.
Celerum builds planning software for companies that run trucks, trailers and light goods vehicles. The maths came out of a research group in Aberdeen; the product is judged on whether the day's work gets planned faster and run with fewer empty miles.
Our story
Celerum was founded in 2013 to develop and commercialise the work of Professor John McCall, Head of the School of Computing, Science and Digital Media at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.
Professor McCall has more than 25 years' research experience in nature-inspired computing, and has undertaken many projects demonstrating the validity of Celerum's approach to the technology. They include a knowledge transfer partnership backed by Innovate UK with one of Scotland's biggest privately-owned hauliers, ARR Craib, to maximise vehicle use and effectiveness.
To date his research group at RGU has attracted 23 grants totalling more than £2.3 million, including nearly £1 million from six Innovate UK grants.
Meet the team
A small team that has spent years either in transport operations or in software for them. The same people run the platform, the onboarding and the support calls.
David Gladding
CEO
Previously SVP of global sales for a leading fleet management software business. 15 years commercialising fleet management and logistics software, 30 years in commercial senior management, and extensive knowledge of the software industry, more recently SaaS.
Professor John McCall
Founder & Director
Director of the National Subsea Centre at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. More than 25 years' research experience in logistics optimisation using AI, leading industry projects for BT, ARR Craib, Equinor and others with nature-inspired algorithms.
Mark Rosten
Director
35 years' experience in software development across transport, healthcare and fintech, specialising in scalable cloud platforms. Most recent role before Celerum was Senior Vice President Development at Bango plc.
Dave McKay
Chairman
45 years' experience in software development and IT management across corporate and academic environments. Formerly Director of IT for Bristow Group with global responsibility, and a former lecturer at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, where he established the IT management course.
Charles Neau
Developer
Agile full-stack development across blockchain, AI/ML, cloud computing, DevOps, Jupyter, IoT, containers, Kubernetes and CI/CD.
James Mullineaux
Developer
A career spent across customer service, area management, IT support, web programming and IT direction, working on complex, newly defined problems in technology-driven businesses.