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Tieback

One operator. One executive. 40 years inside regulated industries.

The same pattern, observed from both sides of the table.

Founder · CEO
Joe Lapierre
25
years as CEO / CTO / MD
Founder & CEO
Joe Lapierre

Wet chemist turned executive. 25 years as CEO, CTO and Managing Director — leading corporates and startups across regulated industries. Executive Board at ERGO, Regional CTO at Generali and AXA across Asia Pacific, 15 years at Cigna scaling digital health to £100M revenue. Active mentor and coach to founders and operators.

"Enterprise transformation is a business-change problem with a technology delivery component. Most programmes are funded as though it's the other way around. Tieback is built to fix that."
Founder
Sam Kumar
15
years operating
Founder
Sam Kumar

Started implementing ERP in process manufacturing. 15 years consulting across regulated industries — pharma, nutraceuticals, chemicals, paints, cosmetics, telco, insurance — on production efficiency, regulatory compliance, traceability, and recall.

"The companies that struggled most weren't the ones with bad technology. They were the ones with fragmented data and compliance held together by spreadsheets. We are building the platform we wished existed."
Inside the resumes

ERGO · Cigna · Generali · AXA · Munich Re · Bayer · Nestlé · Oxford Saïd · Strathclyde MBA · MIT Applied Agentic AI

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