# Andrew Bone

> Andrew Bone is the Edinburgh-based co-founder and VP Product of Dayshape, an AI-powered resource management software company. A computer science graduate and former software engineer who trained as a Chartered Accountant and worked at PwC and RBS, he co-founded the business with Dr Alastair Andrew in 2013. He served as CEO until Matt Cockett joined in March 2024, then focused on product leadership.

- **Role:** Co-founder and VP Product at Dayshape
- **Organizations:** Dayshape, PwC, Royal Bank of Scotland
- **Education:** First-class degree in Computer Science, University of St Andrews
- **Known for:** Co-founded Dayshape in 2013., Helped build a company operating in more than 55 countries across six continents, as reported in May 2026., Led the company during three consecutive Scotland regional wins in Deloitte’s UK Technology Fast 50, 2019-2021.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Graduated from St Andrews in computer science and became a software engineer, meeting future co-founder Alastair Andrew in his first job.
- **—** — Trained as a Chartered Accountant; worked at PwC and Royal Bank of Scotland.
- **2013** — Co-founded Airts, later renamed Dayshape, with Dr Alastair Andrew.
- **2016** — Focused the business on accounting and professional services; PwC Poland became a breakthrough customer.
- **2019-2021** — The company won the Scotland regional title in Deloitte’s UK Technology Fast 50 in three consecutive years.
- **2020** — Airts and its product Braid were renamed Dayshape, effective 1 September.
- **2023** — Dayshape received Cow Corner investment and announced a Workday partnership.
- **2024** — Matt Cockett became CEO in March; Bone remained involved as Chairman and focused on VP Product responsibilities.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Dayshape in 2013.
- Helped build a company operating in more than 55 countries across six continents, as reported in May 2026.
- Led the company during three consecutive Scotland regional wins in Deloitte’s UK Technology Fast 50, 2019-2021.
- Helped establish Dayshape’s Workday partnership in 2023.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Discussed Dayshape’s operations in more than 55 countries across six continents, the Workday partnership and support from Scottish Enterprise and GlobalScot.
- **2025-12** — Published an article setting out his view of AI within resource management systems and planned work on insight summaries, conversational interfaces and proactive risk identification.
- **2025-02** — Appeared with Christine Robinson on Resource Revolution to discuss AI, user trust and the strategic role of resource management.

## Links

- Website: https://dayshape.com/author/andrew-bone
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewdfbone/

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Last updated: 2026-10-21