High flying software Chair & CEO, Phill was diagnosed with Parkinsons' in 2017. Retiring, Phill founded Boardwave in 2022, a networking community for Software leaders to connect, share ideas, & build better businesses and a European software sector able to compete with Silicon Valley. Boardwave is an independent impact-driven business that puts community before profit, and offers free membership too all European Founders and CEOs, meaning everyone is equal and their are no financial barriers to inclusion. Over 32 years Phill was CMO of Salesforce.com (Silicon Valley), and CEO of IRIS (UK) and Exact (NL), two of Europes largest PE-backed businesses, as well as several other Chair, CEO, NED or Advisory roles. He also Chairs the Cure Parkinsons' Development Board. Great episode with some fascinating lessons and takeaways shared based on Phill's extensive journey leading multiple high growth software businesses.

Connect with Phill here https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillrobinson

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A life the day : Phil's blog from the early years after diagnosis of Parkinson’s - some people just diagnosed find it useful

http://stirrednotshaking.com

Phill chairs the development board for Cure Parkinsons, the only charity focussed entirely on finding a Cure for Parkinsons

https://cureparkinsons.org.uk/

Phill's just giving page, for anyone minded to make a donation to help find a cure for this degenerative disease

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/phill-robinson3

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