Paul S. Ames founded Deckchair Software LLC. Presently, Mr. Ames is Senior Vice President-Products & Technology at ShotSpotter, Inc.

In his past career Mr. Ames held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Deckchair Software LLC, Vice President-Product Development at PRN Corp., Vice President-Engineering at Bridge Information Systems, Inc., Engineering Director at Bridge Information Systems America, Inc., Senior Director-Engineering at The Dialog Corp., Director-Engineering at Thomson Reuters Corp. and Vice President-Quality Assurance at IZ-ON Media LLC.

Mr. Ames received a graduate degree from the University of Cardiff.