Starting at an early age, Warren worked for a footwear retail company in the North of England. Getting a good grounding in business he then gained a degree in Computing & Management from the University of Leeds in 2001.

He then joined the NHS as a web developer. Developing their existing intranet into a dynamic knowledge repository and re-designing their internet site to allow automatic pushing of relevant information from the intranet site.

Warren formed Ascendancy in May 2003 whilst living in Sydney, Australia.