Product discovery, innovation, and ideation for a new product/service offering from R3 targetted at financial services firms and application developers.

Directed technology product strategy for Mozaic Markets, an FCA-regulated digital asset platform with propositions developed for UK, EMEA, and North America.

Conceptualised the product and tech vision to build an enterprise-grade software product to disrupt the global digital identity market. Led a multidisciplinary team of six engineers distributed across UK, Uruguay, Eastern Europe.Tech stack: Node.js, React Native, Kotlin (R3 Corda), AWS natives services, DevOpsKey Contributions:- Guided the company to be selected out of hundreds of startups for European Union's Next Generation Internet accelerator for digital identity companies.- Won an industry accelerator competition sponsored by R3 for innovative tech solutions in the Covid-19 crisis, as well as AWS Activate accelerator.

Lead Solution Architect for Blockchain & Digital Identity in Accenture UK. Disruptive Technology Lead at Fintech Innovation Lab, a Fintech accelerator run by Accenture.- 20+ projects in blockchain / DLT projects in R3 Corda and Hyperledger Fabric across UK and EMEA- Executive-level client workshops on blockchain tech architecture- Faculty on global training programme on blockchain & distributed ledger tech- Biometric technology deployment at large UK retail bankRecognition & Industry Participation-- Patent-pending innovation on multi-cloud, multi-framework blockchain deployments (open-sourced as Hyperledger Labs Blockchain Automation Framework)- Chair of Digital Identity Infrastructure Working Group at TISA UK- Nominated for Accenture's UKI "Greater Than" Awards in 2019 for "Extraordinary Talent Developer of the Year"- Representative on Tech UK's Distributed Ledger, Digital Identity, and Financial Services Working Groups

Technical Lead at Liquid Studio London, Accenture's global innovation team, with a portfolio of 30+ cross-industry Emerging Technology projects using Design Thinking methodologies.- Solution Design for scalable products in Artificial Intelligence built on AWS, Azure, IBM Bluemix, and Google Cloud Platform- Solution Design for blockchain proof-of-concepts on R3 Corda, Hyperledger Fabric, Hyperledger Indy- Patent-pending innovation on optimising artificial intelligence API services in multi-cloud environments- Facilitated C-suite / Executive-level product strategy workshops for AI, blockchain, DevOps, and Enterprise Agile transformation- Security Design and Client Data Protection for in-house multi-channel chatbot product- Cybersecurity advisory on biometrics strategy for global Digital Identity projects- Faculty on global training programme for Blockchain Strategic Growth Initiative- Certified Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) PractitionerRecognition & Industry Participation- Winner of Emerging Technology group award for Contribution to DevOps and Agile delivery- Outstanding contribution to employee Health & Wellbeing as part of Mental Health Enablement committee- Speaker at Blockchain Summit 2018 on "Performance Engineering on Enterprise Blockchain Applications"- Panelist on industry-wide expert panel at artificial intelligence conference CogX 2017 on "AI and Mental Health"- Nominated for Accenture's UKI "Greater Than" Awards in 2018 for "Talent Developer of the Year" and in 2017 for "Outstanding Contribution to People Programme" and "Outstanding Technical Delivery"

Infrastructure Projects at global retail bank- End-to-end technology architecture design and implementation for a complex Digital Identity enterprise application--- Overall solution comprising of Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, IIS, Apache Tomcat, Gigamon packet capture, F5 load balancers, CRM desktop software integration, monitoring and logging (IBM Tivoli), backup (Networker)--- Delivered multiple phases of non-functional testing, user acceptance testing, penetration testing--- Managed resources across UK, Czech Republic, India- Technical advisor on Fintech Innovation Lab, a fintech startups accelerator run by Accenture

Infrastructure Projects at a global retail bank.- Technical Lead for resources across UK, Czech Republic, and India on a large-scale bespoke application infrastructure deployment across multiple technology stacks--- Delivered a user-acceptance / non-functional test environment integrating with backend CRM applications and voice telephony infrastructure--- Introduced Agile methodology technical delivery within the framework of the client's delivery process- Awards and Recognition--- Nominated for Accenture UK&I People Oscars for Innovation in teams; received 1 "Recognize Performance" award--- Second prize winner at NatWest "Bank of APIs" hackathon for a predictive financial tracking mobile app- Additional Roles--- Communications Lead on UKI-wide "Accent on Enablement" disability network--- Committee member on UKI-wide Mental Health Enablement Network--- Fintech / Innovation within financial services building proof-of-concepts and evaluating new services / products--- Participating in and mentoring at hackathons

Network and Infrastructure Engineer in the Voice and Data Team at global retail bank.- Technical lead managing resources across UK and India on Cisco UCaaS telephony--- Designed data networks architecture on Cisco Integrated Service Routers (ISR) to provide fully resilient solutions in a high business risk environment--- Deployment successfully completed to manage transition from legacy analogue telephone systems- Technical lead managing resources across UK, India, and Czech Republic on migration of 1000+ users to three London-based business sites to Cisco UCaaS and CCaaS telephony platforms--- Managed data and voice networks technical teams to deliver technology architecture design integrating networks across distinct logical networks--- Managed technical recovery during unplanned service impacts in the process of migration without any customer-facing downtime- Technical lead managing two resources in UK and India on roll-out of Sourcefire Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) capability--- Deployment successfully completed in two data centres in Singapore, providing improved vulnerability and threat management in APAC region--- Provided technical guidance to client projects investigating Sourcefire IDS use for mandatory / regulatory requirements in monitoring voice and data network traffic- Data and Voice Networks resource on migration from legacy BT ITS and NICE voice infrastructure to a centralised IPC Unigy Integrated Trading Platform- Software developer on Cisco UCaaS / CCaaS reporting tool--- Created new reporting capabilities for telephony traffic and usage analysis in UK, India, US, and EMEA regions--- Provided technical guidance to third-party vendors for migration to new strategic reporting platform- Awards and Recognition: Nominated for Accenture UK&I People Oscars; received 6 "Recognise Performance" awards

Network and Infrastructure Engineer in the Voice Team at global retail bank.- Technical lead managing four resources in UK and India on roll-out of Sourcefire Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) capability--- Deployment successfully completed across the UK, providing improved vulnerability and threat management capability to the client- Implemented voice and data network deployments / decommissioning across 25 sites in the UK and Ireland--- Onshore voice and data network lead for legacy branch equipment decommissions across 7 UK sites--- Rolled-out migration from legacy Aspect contact centre solution to Cisco Contact Centre-as-a-Service (CCaaS) across 5 UK sites- Software developer in maintaining and upgrading call record analytics platform, critical to the bank's fraud investigation / compliance / legal investigation requirements across its Cisco Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) voice estate--- Reporting provided crucial for significant cost savings in voice service usage--- Analytics capabilities also provide capabilities for MI / BI reports across hundreds of UK client sites- Managed third-party vendors to deliver critical upgrades to Aspect contact centre infrastructure across two key disaster recovery sites in the UK, used by ~100s of client business teams within a period of two months- Key technical resource on three high visibility / potential customer impact technology changes on the client's core voice infrastructure--- Technical acceptance testing of migration between data centres for core voice equipment--- Change management and compliance, risk mitigation, incident management, and third-party vendor engagement for powerdown activities at one of the client's primary data centres- Won 4 Accenture Core Values “Recognise Performance” awards...for exceptional technical delivery of projects...for contributions to the social experience on the client account

UX / UI design for a web app to control flying drones.

Contract web developer for departments within University of Surrey. - Worked on content management for University of Surrey website within the university's Digital Platforms / Marketing team.- Developed a custom PHP / PostgreSQL based content management system (CMS) for a department website.- Performed maintenance and updates on content management system based sites running on Joomla, as well as added new functionality.

- Developed and conducted software quality assurance testing on schematic / layout / simulation Process Design Kits (PDKs) for Tanner EDA's Tanner Tools suite for analog and mixed-signal IC design. PDKs written in C/C++ and TCL.- Experience in migrating Cadence / HSpice PDK code to Tanner Tools.- Developed C/C++ macros to automate IC design layout tasks, TCL/Tk macros for schematic design rule checks.- Bug triaging and technical support for Tanner Tools customers in UK / Europe region.- Provided technical support for Incentia's digital synthesis and analysis tools, and Berkeley Design Automation's FastSpice simulator.- Managed Windows Server and Linux-based internal IT infrastructure.

Research internship sponsored jointly by Singapore Government and Nanyang Technological University with a grant of S$3000.- Developed a continuous speech recognition engine tailored for Asian-accent English speakers (primarily focussed on Singaporean, Indian, Chinese accents), based on Hidden Markov Toolkit (HTK).- Assessed and improved performance of speech recognition engine based on real-life recording data, i.e., test speech data recorded in non-acoustically-clean rooms.

- Developed and conducted usability testing for Surrey University internal websites.- Conducted workshops for training students and staff on web development and video editing software- Organised logistics for events and conferences at University of Surrey, including managing IT setup.- Marketed personal development events aimed at students and staff within the university.