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Over 20 years experience in developing enterprise scale applications for a variety of clients across disparate business domains. Experienced in building and leading high performing engineering teams as well as establishing an operating business units in new regionsAble to interface directly with the business to drive out requirements, and experienced in bespoke software development, product development and agile enablement. Speaker at XP2010.

Listed skills include Agile Methodologies, Scrum, Test Driven Development, Design Patterns, and 20 others.

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  Chief Expertise Officer

  Equal Experts

  Oct 2021 - Present - South Africa

  Equal Experts is a global network of over 2,000 technologists, based across five continents. A consultancy made up of senior practitioners, we bring the step change customers need to sustain a culture of digital innovation.We do this by helping them to make better decisions with data, use design thinking to unlock value faster, and accelerate the pace of delivery as they scale. We have long-term relationships with clients like HM Revenue and Customs, Pret a Manger, The Home Office, John… Show more Equal Experts is a global network of over 2,000 technologists, based across five continents. A consultancy made up of senior practitioners, we bring the step change customers need to sustain a culture of digital innovation.We do this by helping them to make better decisions with data, use design thinking to unlock value faster, and accelerate the pace of delivery as they scale. We have long-term relationships with clients like HM Revenue and Customs, Pret a Manger, The Home Office, John Lewis & Partners, and O2.Since our 2007 launch, we have selected only senior technologists. People who want to stay hands-on and deliver valuable software. Experts who want to work with other experts, so they can keep learning from each other. In years of experience, our consultants have twice the industry average. 90% of our team members have over ten years in the business. Typically across seven or more organisations.We provide our customers with undiluted expertise from people with deep knowledge, who draw from valuable life lessons. Our network is made up of permanent staff and independent contractors. Each selected following stringent processes. Each valued equally.Being low ego, grown-up experts with intrinsic motivation to learn and grow means we minimise hierarchy. This frees consultants to focus on the needs of customers. Blending culture and capabilities from both organisations, and creating the flywheel effect of making innovation easier over time.What sets us apart is our Expertise. It works because we treat each other and our customers as Equals. This is what makes us Equal Experts. This is how we bring the step change needed to sustain innovation. Show less