Interview with Rob Chester, CEO at ubloquity

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Rob Chester started his career as a Saturday worker at Tesco, worked his way up to being a store manager.
Got into compliance and spent the rest of his career in various roles at Asda, Walmart US and China.
When he arrived in China on the back of a food crisis, the term compliance wasn't common parlance. Much of the traditional compliance tools and techniques were found wanting.
And Rob first witnessed how blockchain could potentially help.
At the same time Prof Chris Elliott was compiling his report for UK government on the horsemeat scandal, and many of his recommendations could be applied to China.
Fast forward a few years and Rob was UK MD at NSF International and he was introduced to ubloquity cofounder Kieran by former Asda colleague Dawn Welham.
Kieran had a revolutionary approach, starting at the beginning of a supply chain, not just going back one or two steps from the retailer.
Facing the truth, they spent the day redesigning the compliance model. Rob realised a new approach would enable you to manage risk and add value into supply chains.
Digital solutions were clearly going to start to have a major impact, be that sensors, cameras, telematics. So Rob has taken the plunge and joined ubloquity as its CEO.
He's relishing being in a startup environment where you can innovate quickly and seize opportunities in ways that are harder in large organisations.

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