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I am an accomplished and technically-proficient Senior Director of Technology with a progressive senior-level career spanning 20 years, delivering projects and programmes including digital transformation initiatives in highly-regulated environments. I am recognised for success in developing robust roadmaps to achieve long term vision of clients, whilst also leveraging cutting-edge technologies to drive change that delivers tangible business benefits on a global scale. I am passionate about delivering change in areas including authentication, fraud, big data and cloud, and have been instrumental in implementing, embedding and enhancing systems and processes.One of my core strengths is my ability to conceptualise, gain buy-in for, and implement technology solutions that streamline and automate activities including financial in sports betting, financial services and online gaming environments. As a manager, I am experienced in leading and developing global teams of up to 200 (direct and indirect) reports to guide performance and facilitate achievement of client objectives. Notable successes:- GCP Platform and Cloud Adoption lead responsible for design assurance, platform architecture, process and strategic adoption of public cloud within Lloyds bank.- Leading the Authentication team to deliver Lloyds Bank’s pioneering Cloud migration strategy involving migration of Intelligent Finance and St James Place Bank brands to the cloud.- Delivering a commercial banking app, Kinetic, for HSBC as Authentication Lead / Architect to improve end user experience and application performance.- Re-architecting bet365 transactional platform to reliably scale to almost £47bn of transactions per annum.Specialities:IT Management and Strategy / Enterprise Technology Transformation / Project and Programme Management / Agile Delivery / Identity and Access Management / Digital Change and Transformation / Cloud Computing and Platform Design / Technical Design and Architecture / Business Development / Procurement / Large Scale Distributed Systems and Automation / Authentication and Fraud Strategy / Global People Management

Listed skills include Java Enterprise Edition, Java, Linux, Sql, and 16 others.