Dr John Yardley

Dr John Yardley is Managing Director, Threads Software Ltd. John began his career as a researcher in computer science and electronic engineering with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), where he undertook a PhD in speech recognition. In 1990 he founded JPY Limited, a state-of-the-art software development, distribution and consultancy company. Today, JPY represents manufacturers of over 30 software products, distributed through a channel of 100 specialist resellers. In early 2019, John founded Threads Software Ltd as a spin off from JPY Ltd to commercialise and exploit the Threads Intelligent Message Hub, developed originally by JPY Ltd. Threads software allows for easy searching and retrieval of data by collecting, aggregating and indexing all required digital business communications – both written and spoken.