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Founder of Anythink & Better Design. CTO for In Good Company & former Racing Driver 🏎️Turning ideas into apps for start up and scale up businessesI am an award winning digital transformation veteran and host of That Tech Show (Forbes 5 Podcasts for Business Leaders)I have successfully lead numerous organisational transformations to move changing cumbersome legacy systems and often toxic cultures into highly scaled, tested, fault tolerant panaceas of speed, fun and increased revenue.My background includes Prime Video for Amazon, BBC World Service & Worldwide, RadioTimes, Variety.com, Tesco, TalkTalk, DAZN & Masabi amongst others.He's also a former racing driver and has a passion for home automation and DIY.
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FounderAnythinkLondon, Gb -
Co-FounderAnythink Feb 2024 - PresentIt’s like shopify, or wix but for apps - with a comprehensive API and deeper control of your data models.Anythink is a backend for your business, and a one stop place where you can control workflows, content, customer and business relationships, products, events, analytics and insights, payment integrations, development team progress and so much more. -
Co-FounderBetter Design Jan 2023 - PresentLondon, GbTurning ideas into apps.We build and fix software for start-ups, established businesses and investors. We can get you up and running quicker and for less with our Anythink platform. -
Chief Technology OfficerIn Good Company Dec 2021 - PresentPeckham, England, GbAvailable at ingood.appIn Good Company is the Conscious Consumers’ essential guide to “good” small, local businesses that are delivering mission-driven ethical experiences. Our app platforms the best ethical, eco and socially-conscious places to go, including cafes, restaurants, shops, salons and hotels. Unlike existing review and booking sites that treat ethics as optional, we build trust by combining curated quality listings with user-reviews and integrating established accreditations. We're a purpose-driven good company ourselves who exist to champion and grow businesses who are making a positive impact in the world. -
HostThat Tech Show Jan 2021 - Dec 2022London, GbStill available everywhere you get podcasts.That Tech Show is the podcast that takes a deeper look into all things tech with those who make it happen.Each week we talk about the latest developments in technology around the world, and we have a fantastic guest talking about the part they play in the tech industry and how it's shaped their lives. -
Digital Transformation Consultant (Engineering & Programme)Masabi Apr 2020 - Jul 2022London, England, GbProviding Digital Transformation advice, guidance, support and mentoring as Masabi undertake a digital transformation programme. -
Chief Architect & Principal EngineerPalladium Digital Group Apr 2019 - Aug 2021London, London, GbPrimary Objective: Bristow & Sutor Group - a private equity backed group of 3 companies.2nd place in the Digital Tansformation category for the Digital Experience Awards 2020.I designed and built the system from scratch, and lead and trained up the engineering team split across Birmingham, India and Ukraine.A first in the debt recovery sector, we have built an event driven micro-services architecture with kafka, cassandra, react, c# dotnet core, kubernetes, terraform. Best of all, it's cloud agnostic. -
Chief Operating Officer & CtoMagic Milestones Apr 2018 - Oct 2019My second stint with Magic Milestones, this time as a Partner.We ran a team of 15 consultants and managed a network of 100 associates. MM specialise in Digital Transformations, providing teams of people to work on leading and providing change for 6 key areas: recruitment, technology, PMO, product, culture and delivery.
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Digital Transformation Lead And CoachPaypoint Plc Jun 2018 - Apr 2019Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, GbTransformation of the engineering team providing coaching to the CTO and leading a team of 4 consultants, introducing agile ways of working, new event driven microservices architecture. -
Interim Online Delivery DirectorTalktalk Oct 2016 - Nov 2017Salford, England, GbWith a department of 150 engineers, I increased the monthly release count from 2 to 60 in 18 months. A 2900% productivity increase.I introduced a new prioritisation process for the organisation, lean project and programme management techniques, new management mechanisms and increased the engineering maturity of the organisation. -
Interim Technical Programme DirectorDazn Group Apr 2015 - Nov 2015London, London, GbOne of the first to join DAZN my mission was to get the programme off the ground. With 9 development partners I developed agile SOWs that allowed the teams to work together in an agile way and share information to incrementally deliver a platform that could launch in 9 months. DAZN is ‘the Netflix of live sport’ and is now live in 9 countries. -
Associate Technical ConsultantContino - The Devops And Continuous Delivery Experts May 2015 - Aug 2015Liverpool Street, England, GbContino are a London based consultancy who specialise in enhancing the results of software delivery projects through the successful adoption of DevOps, Continuous Delivery and Pragmatic Agile practices. We provide consultancy services, complete delivery teams, and training for organisations looking to deliver software with a collaborative DevOps mindset -
Head Of Engineering ExcellenceTesco Oct 2013 - May 2015Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, GbImprovement to Engineering Working Practices across the Tesco Technology OrganisationAs Head of Technology for Search - July '14- November '14Establish Search Service Team for Tesco building out custom Search and Browse Technology.As Programme Manager - October '13- July '14Work to develop service oriented architecture strategy and vision for Tesco Technology. -
Technical Programme ManagerAmazon Oct 2011 - Oct 2013Seattle, Wa, UsGlobal Amazon Prime Video Platform (replacement for LOVEFiLM in UK and DE) - Programme Management Lead for the scaled agile delivery of 45 teams in 3 continents.Global Silverlight Player Launch - February 2013Amazon Instant Video Mobile Web release US - January 2013Kindle Fire and Fire HD integrated Video launch in UK and DE - October 2012Data-Centre and Development tools migration for LOVEFiLM UK and DE - September 2012LOVEFiLM HD - Launch April 2012LOVEFiLM Instant - Launch December 2011 -
Technical Programme ManagerLovefilm Oct 2011 - Sep 2013London, London, Gb -
Technical Project ManagerBbc Worldwide Nov 2010 - Oct 2011London, GbRadioTimes.com re-launch August 2011.Replace the original site, which was built 12 years previous.The project brief is to create a new, attractive, social and uniquely dynamic site.Managing an agile team of 10; including .Net and UI developers, a tester and a BA; submitting weekly project reports; presenting at project steering group and board meetings;maintaining risk, issue and action logs; sustaining MS Project & graphical project plans; producing burndown charts; monitoring virtual and physical Kanban boards; managing 3rd party and stakeholder relations -
Project Management ConsultantMagic Milestones Mar 2010 - Oct 2011Magic Milestones is a Project Management Consultancy specialising in:New Media.IT.Publishing.Broadcasting.Music andEducation. We are experts in all major methodologies which means they are well placed to decide which method best suits your business and people.Not only will you benefit from our 100% delivery record but working with us will result in an excellent customer experience, an excellent user experience and an enjoyable team experience.. because projects should be magic not manic.
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Project ManagerReed Business Information Jul 2010 - Nov 2010Two confidential projects that involved managing agile teams of 20+; including developers, testers, BA’s; submitting fortnightly project reports; maintaining risk, issue and action logs; sustaining MS Project & graphical project plans; producing burndown charts; monitoring virtual and physical scrum boards; and managing 3rd party and stakeholder relations. -
Project ManagerBbc World Service Apr 2010 - Jul 2010London, GbRapid-Delivery of BBC language news site migrations to a new CMS and new design; delivered in mini-projects of 4 weeks by two concurrent agile development teams.This role involved managing multiple stakeholders across different BBC regions, at different management levels and from different cultures; producing and maintaining project plans; burndown charts; physical scrum boards, coaching and mentoring teams in agile methods and producing daily status updates and collating these with the daily status updates other project manager to feedback project status, risks and issues to the Project Board.Sites delivered:BBC Hausa, BBC Swahili, BBC Nepali, BBC Somali -
Project ManagerEmployers' Forum On Disability Sep 2008 - Mar 2010London, GbOne of three project managers responsible for delivering the Disability Standard 2009 benchmark assessment programme undertaken by 100 businesses and organisations including: Price Waterhouse Coopers, UBS, Houses of Parliament, GlaxoSmithKline, Barclays Bank and the MOD.This role involved managing two members of project support, B2B relationship management and Digital and Print production.Projects Delivered:Disability Standard 2009: Website, Sales, Workshop events, Assessment pack, Company Reports, End programme reviewAdditional projects delivered include development of project governance procedures, delivery of biennial conference event for Disability Standard participants and e-check web accessibility assessment. -
VolunteerProject Management Institute 2009 - 2010Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, UsAs a member of the Project Management Institute UK Chapter I worked as a volunteer contributing technical assistance and guidance for the PMI UK Webinar programme and the creation of the new UK website. Most notably working on the International Project Management day with responsibility for coordinating speakers and controlling and managing the accompanying Audio Visuals -
Vice PresidentLiverpool Guild Of Students Aug 2007 - Aug 2008Liverpool, GbElected by the students of the University of Liverpool to be one of 4 full time Student Representative Officers of the Student Union.This unique position combined the roles of representing the voice of the student body to the University, and at national level with the NUS, on issues such as tuition fees, degree courses, accommodation and entertainment, with direct responsibility for the delivery of key projects and services, and strategic and financial control of the organisation’s vision and future as an Executive Board Member, Council Member and Trustee.Projects Delivered: Future University Residences plan, Environmental impact assessment, Student Activities reform, Governance and voting reform, 2 Charity Variety events raising £3k. -
PresidentUniversity Of Liverpool Band Society Sep 2005 - May 2007New constitution and governance structure and replaced broken assets to allowing the Society to seek additional revenue streams with over 20 revenue generating events, increased membership by 200% and increased turnover by 1900%!
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It And Systems Project ManagerMtec Mar 2006 - Oct 2006Managing the creation of a central expandable network for the organisation. The project consisted of the design, procurement and construction of the physical network and of the hardware and software to create the system.Completion of the project enabled the organisation to streamline working practices and explore new avenues of business.
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It SupportAdvance Dial Communications Ltd Jul 2002 - Sep 2004Whilst studying for GCSE’s and A-Levels I learned the basic practical application of computing technology in business included: Statistical Analysis, Tape and DVD Backup, Network assistance, Repair and Re-build of PCs, Graphical Web Design and Database Management.
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University Of LiverpoolComputer Science
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