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Meet Our Founders

Complementary expertise in compliance-focused development and AI-powered innovation, building trusted solutions for regulated industries.

Our Foundation

Complementary Expertise, Unified Vision

William and Kola bring complementary skill sets to Metasession, forming a founding team capable of delivering premium compliance-focused development and QA services while building innovative product solutions.

William Thompson

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thompson@metasession.co
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William Thompson

Co-Founder & Head of QA

William brings extensive experience in quality assurance, compliance, and governance to Metasession. He specializes in establishing robust ISO 27001 and GDPR frameworks, building test architectures, and leading quality-focused teams to deliver production-ready solutions for FinTech, HealthTech, and SaaS clients.

Key Skills

Quality Assurance & Test AutomationISO 27001 & GDPR ComplianceAgile/DevOps/BDD/TDDTest Strategy & Architecture

Experience Highlights

Co-Founder & Head of QA

Metasession (Sept 2024 - Present)

  • • Defining operational strategy and product vision for venture studio
  • • Architected unified QA framework adaptable to multiple technology stacks
  • • Establishing compliance frameworks for ISO 27001 and GDPR

Previous Experience

  • • QA Analyst, Scottish Government (2022-2023)
  • • Test Engineer, Accenture UK (2019-2022)
  • • Test Manager, G4S (2013-2016)
  • • Senior Test Analyst, Barclays Bank (2011-2013)
Kola Grey

Contact

grey@metasession.co
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Kola Grey

Co-Founder & CTO

Kola brings leadership experience, managing teams, mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, and aligning technical solutions with business goals. They are skilled in launching MVP projects or scaling existing platforms, with works functioning to deliver end-to-end solutions that create meaningful impact.

Key Skills

JavaScriptReact.jsNode.jsAngularAI/LLM EngineeringPython

Experience Highlights

Co-Founder

Metasession (Sept 2024 - Present)

  • • Co-Founder & CEO building scalable AI platforms with clear revenue leverage
  • • Led Product: AI CPU for high-value businesses around AI
  • • End-to-end scalable digital solutions delivery

Previous Experience

  • • Independent Contractor, Andela (2021-2025)
  • • Senior Software Engineer, Tempo Software (2022-2023)
  • • Senior Software Engineer, GoPuff/GoBrands (2022)
  • • Senior Frontend Developer, Catalyst/Totango (2021-2022)

Ready to Work With Our Team?

Connect with William and Kola to discuss how their complementary expertise can help transform your business challenges into compliant, scalable solutions.