About Ian Richardson

With 20+ years of experience in both IT and the cruise industry, Ian Richardson co-founded theICEway in 2007, a leading IT solutions, technology consultancy and managed services provider. He currently services as CEO. theICEway ecosystem of companies understand the challenges of IT at sea. The company has been an executive partner of the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) for many years and a driving force behind the CLIA Executive Partner Technology Initiative, bringing cruise lines and vendors together to use technology to address key industry challenges. Ian regularly speaks at conferences in Europe and America on technology challenges for the cruise and travel industry, digitalization, and future technologies and is proud to be Seatrade Global’s Technology Ambassador.