One dedicated team
multiple disciplines

Steve founded Smart Technology Advisers following a career spanning more than three decades delivering complex, high‑value technology projects across the superyacht and UHNW sectors. Prior to establishing Smart, he built and led what became the largest AV integration business in the superyacht industry, delivering some of the most technically ambitious projects of their time.

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Steve provides strategic leadership and owner‑focused guidance across the business, ensuring technical decisions are informed, disciplined, and aligned with long‑term operational value. A Fellow of the Institute of Directors, his experience navigating complex stakeholders, commercial risk, and delivery pressure brings calm authority and clarity to projects where technology performance and reliability are critical.

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Outside of work, Steve has a lifelong interest in engineering, aviation, and classic motorsport, and enjoys spending time outdoors with his dogs.

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Ian is responsible for the commercial, financial, and governance oversight of Smart Technology Advisers, working closely with the senior leadership team to ensure the business operates with clarity, stability, and long‑term sustainability.

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A Chartered Accountant by training, Ian brings extensive experience managing complex, high‑value projects and businesses through periods of significant commercial risk. His background includes senior international financial leadership roles and steering businesses through the global financial crisis, ensuring continuity, supplier confidence, and long‑term viability. At Smart, Ian provides disciplined commercial insight across contracts, risk management, and strategic decision‑making, ensuring the company’s advice remains transparent, robust, and aligned with the best interests of owners and stakeholders throughout each project lifecycle.

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Outside of work, Ian enjoys travelling, hill walking, real ale, cooking, and is a lifelong supporter of Hull Kingston Rovers.

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Howard supports Smart Technology Advisers’ communications and content activity, working closely with the senior leadership team to assist with podcasts, marketing initiatives, and external engagement. His role focuses on supporting how the business communicates complex technical ideas clearly and consistently across different audiences.

With a background in professional audio, media production, and communications, Howard brings strong experience in content creation, storytelling, and production. He holds a degree in Sound and Recording Arts and has worked internationally across broadcast, post‑production, and creative media projects. At Smart, he plays a key role in supporting podcast production and marketing activity, helping present the company’s expertise in a clear, engaging, and accessible way.

Outside of work, Howard enjoys travel and adventure, classic cars and motorbikes, the outdoors, and creative pursuits that combine technology, sound, and storytelling.

Tom is responsible for defining and maintaining Smart Technology Advisers’ technical strategy, standards, and engineering governance across all projects. As Chief Technology Officer, he works closely with the senior leadership team to ensure consistency, quality, and long‑term reliability in every system the company designs, specifies, or oversees.

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Tom has been with Smart Technology Advisers for over a decade and has played a key role in building the consultancy into what it is today. A Chartered Engineer, he is a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and a Fellow of the British Computer Society. His role includes reviewing complex architectures, supporting consultants on high‑risk programmes, and ensuring technology decisions remain practical, scalable, and aligned with long‑term operational needs across demanding yacht and UHNW residential projects.

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Outside of work, Tom enjoys travel, architecture, music across a wide range of genres, and time in the mountains whenever possible.

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Shane is a member of the senior leadership team, working closely with the company’s founders on commercial strategy, company direction, and long‑term growth. He also collaborates with the CTO to define technical standards and ensure consistency across the technology consultancy team.

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Shane leads a number of complex yacht and UHNW residential projects, acting as a primary point of contact for owners, representatives, and project teams. As one of the company’s longest‑standing consultants, he provides continuity, commercial awareness, and trusted technical oversight from concept through delivery. Shane holds a BEng in Electronic Engineering, is a Member of the Institute of Directors, Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Member of the British Computer Society, and serves as the Employee Trustee.

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Outside of work, Shane enjoys Formula 1, motorbikes, and maintaining his Lotus ( more regularly than he'd like).

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Jack is a member of the senior leadership team, with responsibility for resource management and operational support across all SMART projects. He works closely with project leads to ensure the right expertise is deployed at the right time, supporting consistent delivery across a diverse and demanding project portfolio.

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Jack began his career in the industry as an apprentice CAD engineer and has worked across design, site delivery, coordination, and team leadership roles. He has spent more than 17 years working alongside the company’s founders and played a key role in building and supporting technical teams across multiple offices and international projects. His experience spans superyacht, construction, and technology‑led healthcare environments, giving him a highly practical, delivery‑focused perspective that underpins Smart’s ability to scale while maintaining quality and control.

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Outside of work, Jack spends most of his time with his family and enjoys the outdoors, travelling, live music, and following Hull City home and away.

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Gurmeet is a Senior Technology Consultant supporting the delivery of complex technology systems across superyacht projects. He works closely with owners, representatives, and project teams, providing structured, analytical advice that supports safe operation, regulatory compliance, and long‑term system performance.

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Gurmeet holds a first‑class Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering and began his career in renewable energy research before transitioning into technology consultancy. His engineering background underpins a methodical approach to problem‑solving, with a particular interest in navigation systems and the interaction between technology, regulation, and real‑world operation. Within Smart, he is recognised for his clear thinking, attention to detail, and ability to assess why systems behave as they do — especially when performance matters most.

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Outside of work, Gurmeet enjoys travelling with his partner, visiting family in Punjab, following Manchester United, and exploring interests in astronomy and history.

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Jay is a Senior Technology Consultant with extensive experience designing, delivering, and supporting integrated technology systems across high‑end residential and complex private projects. His work spans AV, control, and lighting control systems, with a strong focus on solutions that are intuitive, reliable, and well suited to long‑term use.

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Jay’s career began with hands‑on engineering and installation before progressing into system design and senior technical leadership roles within the residential automation sector. He brings particular depth in control platforms and lighting control, alongside a strong understanding of build coordination, commissioning, and lifecycle support. A Crestron Certified Programmer, Jay is known for his structured approach, attention to detail, and ability to translate complex system requirements into practical, well‑engineered outcomes.

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Outside of work, Jay enjoys travelling with his family, exploring architecture and popular science, and continuing his long‑standing interest in engineering, audio, and how complex systems work.

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Chris is a Technology Consultant with extensive experience delivering complex AV and IT systems across superyacht and UHNW residential projects. He brings strong hands‑on knowledge, detailed technical understanding, and a practical delivery mindset to every stage of the project lifecycle.

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Chris began his career in AV at an early age before progressing into the marine sector, where he spent several years delivering large‑scale new build projects, including leading installation teams on yachts in excess of 100 metres. He later worked directly for a UHNW family office as a Technical AV Specialist, overseeing the design, maintenance, and upgrade of advanced systems across a large residential property portfolio. More recently, he held a Technical Manager role within an internal integration business, managing design, delivery, commissioning, and long‑term support across marine and residential projects throughout Europe. At Smart, Chris applies this broad experience to support technically demanding projects with a focus on quality, precision, and reliability.

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Outside of work, Chris enjoys spending time with his family and is a lifelong motorsport enthusiast with a strong interest in engineering and Formula 1.

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Chris is a Technology Consultant specialising in lighting design and lighting control, strengthening Smart Technology Advisers’ capability in this critical and fast‑evolving discipline. He supports complex yacht and UHNW residential projects, ensuring lighting solutions are technically robust, thoughtfully designed, and integrated seamlessly with wider control systems and architecture.

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With over 25 years’ experience in the industry and a background in electrical engineering, Chris has worked extensively with architectural lighting and control platforms since the early adoption of systems such as Lutron HomeWorks. He joined Smart to help further develop the firm’s lighting offering, drawn by its collaborative, vendor‑neutral approach and emphasis on clear, objective technical advice. Chris brings a strong focus on simplicity, system clarity, and long‑term usability, particularly as projects increasingly adopt IoT‑driven and intelligent environments.

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Outside of work, Chris enjoys staying closely engaged with emerging lighting and control technologies and how they can be applied to create elegant, future‑ready spaces.

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