# Robert Fenton

> Robert Fenton is the Irish founder and CEO of Qualio, a cloud quality and compliance software company founded in 2012. Based in San Francisco, he previously founded EasySOP and worked in quality and research roles at Pfizer and LEO Pharma. His public interviews and writing emphasize customer learning, distributed teams, intentional communication, and building software that helps organizations work faster while maintaining quality.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Qualio
- **Organizations:** Qualio, EasySOP, Pfizer, LEO Pharma
- **Nationality:** Irish
- **Education:** Pharmacy, University College Cork
- **Known for:** Represented Ireland at the 2004 International Chemistry Olympiad; his LinkedIn profile reports a silver medal in the All-Ireland selection competition., Founded EasySOP and used its revenue to fund Qualio research and development., Founded Qualio in 2012 and built it as a remote company.

## Career timeline

- **2004** — Represented Ireland at the 36th International Chemistry Olympiad in Kiel, Germany, according to his LinkedIn profile.
- **2010** — Established EasySOP, a compliance-content business in Ireland, according to the company’s early Gust profile.
- **2012** — Founded Qualio in Ireland.
- **2016** — Moved to San Francisco after bootstrapping Qualio in Ireland.
- **2021** — Qualio announced a $50 million Series B led by Tiger Global on May 25; the announcement reported 250 customers and 100 teammates.
- **2022** — Published a tenth-anniversary reflection reporting more than 500 customer organizations and the first customer and partner advisory sessions.
- **2025** — Moderated an LSI USA panel on AI and business building; described Qualio as having supported more than 1,000 customers.
- **2026** — Published The Agentic Compliance Era on August 25, outlining a strategy for AI-assisted compliance work.

## Achievements

- Represented Ireland at the 2004 International Chemistry Olympiad; his LinkedIn profile reports a silver medal in the All-Ireland selection competition.
- Founded EasySOP and used its revenue to fund Qualio research and development.
- Founded Qualio in 2012 and built it as a remote company.
- Led Qualio through its $50 million Series B announcement in May 2021.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Published The Agentic Compliance Era on August 25, advocating AI agents that carry out work with humans retaining control of regulated decisions.

## Links

- Website: https://www.qualio.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertpfenton
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/robpfenton

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Last updated: 2026-10-20