Ian Randolph Top-Executive
Most founders try to get traction by shipping more features or hustling for more growth. Few understand that traction is a behavior-change problem, or the behavioral science that drives their customers' decisions to adopt or avoid their product.
I spent five years learning the principles that empirically shift human behavior at Yale, the LSE, and with DARPA. Then fifteen years testing them in the wild, shipping 8 zero-to-one AI products across 7 industries, contributing to 5 raises and 2 exits, including Trainline's £2Bn IPO.
This culminated in the hardest adoption challenge of all: pivoting a stalled SaaS product into the world's first AI CFO, and winning early product-market fit by getting founders to trust an AI with their finances.
Now I help seed-stage AI founders find the real reason people aren't adopting their product and fix it fast, so they walk into their next board meeting with the numbers their Series A needs.
If your product isn't taking off and you can't say exactly why, book a free 30-minute call at ianrandolph.com
Headquarters:
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Title:
AI Product Advisor
Company:
Alumni Ventures
Company Industry:
Venture Capital & Private Equity
Company Linkedin:
linkedin.com/company/avgfunds
Company Size:
51-200
Current Job Duration:
2 mos
Country:
United Kingdom
Work Experience:
Title: AI Product Advisor
Company: Alumni Ventures
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alumniventures/
Industry: Venture Capital & Private Equity
Company Size: 51-200
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 06-2026
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: Chief Product Officer
Company: Nume
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/numeai/
Industry: Internet
Company Size: 1-10
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 05-2024
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: Chief Product Officer
Company: Scaleup Finance
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scaleup-finance/
Industry: Internet
Company Size: 51-200
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 05-2024
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: Founder
Company: None
Company URL: None
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 05-2023
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: VP of Product
Company: Qured
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qured/
Industry: Health, Wellness And Fitness
Company Size: 11-50
Location: Greater London
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 05-2023
Ends At: 05-2024
Description: None
Title: Head of Product and R&D
Company: Tailify
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tailify/
Industry: Marketing And Advertising
Company Size: 51-200
Location: United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 03-2020
Ends At: 03-2023
Description: None
Title: Head of Product and R&D
Company: Trudy
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trudy/
Industry: Computer Software
Company Size: 1-10
Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 03-2020
Ends At: 03-2023
Description: None
Title: Senior Product and R&D Manager
Company: Huma
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/humaforhealth/
Industry: Computer Software
Company Size: 501-1000
Location: London, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 11-2018
Ends At: 03-2020
Description: None
Title: Senior Product Owner – Web and Data Science
Company: Trainline
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trainline/
Industry: Internet
Company Size: 1001-5000
Location: London, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 10-2015
Ends At: 11-2018
Description: None
Title: Product Lead
Company: Visualdna, A Nielsen Company
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/visualdna/
Industry: Internet
Company Size: 51-200
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 07-2014
Ends At: 09-2015
Description: None
Education:
School: Yale University
Degree: B.A.
Field: Cognitive Science
Period:
School: The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Degree: MSc
Field: Decision Science
Period:
School: Landmark
Degree: Team
Field: Management
Period:
School: St. Ignatius College Preparatory
Degree: High School
Field: Diploma
Period:
Headline:
Helping AI founders solve adoption with behavioral science • 15 years building AI products • Author of Sculpt the Future
Followers:
6300
Connections:
6047
Skills:
Leadership, Strategy, Product Management, Team Leadership, Enthusiasm, Kindness, Entrepreneurship, User Experience, Marketing Strategy, Data Analysis, Statistics, Quantitative Analytics, Research, Business Strategy, Economics, International Relations, Policy Analysis, Operations Research, Public Policy, Research Design, Public Speaking, Communication, Management, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Agile Methodologies, Organizational Design, Analytics, Web Analytics, Social Media, Consulting, Qualitative Research, Teaching, Team Building, Eye Tracking, Decision Modeling, Systems Thinking
Experience:
Title: AI Product Advisor
Company: Alumni Ventures
Location:
Start: Jun 2026
End: Present
Title: Chief Product Officer
Company: Nume
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Start: May 2024
End: Present
Title: Chief Product Officer
Company: Scaleup Finance
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Start: May 2024
End: Present
Title: Founder
Company: Ian Randolph
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Start: May 2023
End: Present
Title: VP of Product
Company: Qured
Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Start: May 2023
End: May 2024
Title: Head of Product and R&D
Company: Tailify
Location: United Kingdom
Start: Mar 2020
End: Mar 2023
Title: Head of Product and R&D
Company: Trudy
Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Start: Mar 2020
End: Mar 2023
Title: Senior Product and R&D Manager
Company: Huma
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Start: Nov 2018
End: Mar 2020
Title: Senior Product Owner – Web and Data Science
Company: Trainline
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Start: Oct 2015
End: Nov 2018
Title: Product Lead
Company: VisualDNA
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Start: Jul 2014
End: Sep 2015
Title: Cofounder
Company: Samos Analytics
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Start: Sep 2011
End: Apr 2014
Title: Instructor in Advanced Behavioural Decision Making
Company: London School of Economics
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Start: Sep 2011
End: Jun 2012
Title: Research Analyst
Company: SCL Group
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Start: Feb 2011
End: Sep 2011
Title: Behavioural Research Consultant
Company: Nutmeg
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Start: Jun 2011
End: Aug 2011
Title: Research Fellow
Company: Pacific Research Institute
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Start: May 2007
End: Aug 2010
Publications:
Sculpt the Future: Master the essential skills for your first role in product management (Dec 13, 2023)
Exploring the ethical implications of business analytics with a business ethics canvas (European Journal of Operational Research · Apr 27, 2019)