Founder & CTO · Melbourne, Australia

Building the platforms that move ambitious ideas forward.

CTO, Azure Cloud Architect and product leader with more than 20 years of experience across cloud platforms, SaaS, software engineering, DevOps and technology strategy.

  • 50+Products developed
  • 25+Start-ups advised
  • 1M+Solution users
Paul Johnstone
Building KloudStack
Technology Advisor CTO Product Leadership Research & Development SaaS AI Cybersecurity Start-ups

About

Technology leadership from strategy to production.

I help organisations turn complex technology challenges into practical platforms, products and roadmaps. My work spans concept development, architecture, delivery leadership, application modernisation and building high-performing engineering teams.

01

Cloud platforms

Azure architecture, SaaS/PaaS platforms, modernisation and reliable cloud operations.

02

Product leadership

Product strategy, discovery, market fit, prototyping and paths from MVP to scale.

03

Technology advisory

Clear roadmaps and investment decisions grounded in commercial outcomes and delivery reality.

04

AI & automation

AI-native systems, intelligent agents, DevOps automation and responsible adoption.

Selected experience

A career built around products, platforms and people.

Trusted advisor

Created long-term client partnerships.

Helped Simply Energy deliver Australian-market firsts and meaningful customer-experience improvements.

Founder & business builder

Built folio1 into a successful technology consultancy.

Grew the organisation to 12 staff and 20 contractors, establishing strategic partnerships, sales capability and end-to-end delivery.

Product leadership

Developed more than 50 products.

Led products from discovery and market fit through prototyping, MVP, commercialisation and scale.

People leadership

Built high-performing, distributed technology teams.

More than 10 years leading teams with up to 12 direct and 20 functional reports, with a focus on recruitment, development and retention.

Strategic partnerships

Became the region’s leading Progress Software solutions partner.

Established relationships with Microsoft, AWS, Atlassian, Sitefinity, SnapLogic, DocuSign and other technology leaders.

Service delivery

Built services supporting more than 1 million users.

Delivered solutions across 750 clients and established a 24/7 support capability underpinned by SLAs and IT service-management processes.

Worked with

Also worked with Timelio, Raw Materials, Global Supply Line and RCI.

Current venture

KloudStack

Building an AI-native operational control plane for self-managing cloud infrastructure—powered by intelligent agents and guided by human insight.

Azure AI Agents Cloud Operations Platform Engineering

Let’s talk

Have a platform, product or cloud challenge?

I’m always interested in thoughtful conversations about technology, architecture and building what comes next.