Co-Founder @ AI Connect - a modern Data & AI partner.We help companies scale their Data & AI capabilitiesAI Connect is a modern Data & AI talent partner providing bespoke solutions to our clients hiring challenges.We have been created to advise, support and enable organisations to attract exceptional Data and AI talent in the pursuit of achieving their commercial goals.

The Scottish Tech Army Limited is a not for profit company and a volunteer Covid-19 technical response team that helps the Scottish Government, Local Authorities, and other organisations across the country with rapid technical development projects to address current Covid-19 related challenges, and post pandemic economic recovery. We are non-political and have no agenda other than wanting to help the Scottish government access the world class technical talent that we have in this country to support those on the front lines and in our communities. We work with the team at CivTech and the Digital Directorate of the Scottish Government; many of the requirements come from the public sector, and CivTech is coordinating digital projects across the Scottish Government.The Scottish Government has had many offers of support from companies across Scotland and triages the results in terms of importance. The Scottish Tech Army helps with direct action on some of these projects where we feel we can make a difference.We welcome talented Scottish technical staff, furloughed or not, to our team, with many volunteers coming from the broad range of the tech development world including software developers, project and programme managers, social media and marketing, business analysts, application deployment, operations expertise and Salesforce design and customisation skills.

As a recruitment mentor in the RBS entrepreneur/ accelerator programme, I work closely with the companies on the programme and advise and support with any and all recruitment/ scaling plans. In my “day job” at MBN Solutions, I have successfully delivered a number of projects on behalf of clients which include advising them on budgets, timelines, talent market and strategy. I understand the challenges companies face in attracting top talent in this highly competitive market and can provide solutions to a variety of Talent Acquisition processes and challenges, budget planning/ market rates, terms of business, 3rd party supplier engagement, contracts of employment etc. I was keen to be a mentor in the accelerator programme as I am passionate about giving back to an industry that I am heavily involved in and have empathy for the challenges companies face with recruiting and scaling in their early years.The Accelerator, Business Builder and Fintech Accelerator programmes have been tailored to empower entrepreneurs at any stage. It’s an amazing journey that is fully funded for any entrepreneur who wants to grow. You don’t even have to be a Royal Bank of Scotland customer.We operate 12 hubs across the UK, providing entrepreneurs with unique coaching, environments, digital learning and networks.Here you can find the insight, support and challenge to take your business further, faster. Read more about the programmes here - https://www.business.rbs.co.uk/business/business-services/entrepreneur-accelerator.html

Promoted to head up MBNs contract recruitment division, I manage the contract recruitment team and oversee all aspects of contract/ interim requirements on behalf of our clients and candidates. I have also undergone extensive training in regards to IR35 and along with the partners we have in place, I can assist and support our clients and candidates on this subject.With expertise across Data & Technology, with a focus on Cloud & Data Engineering across the UK & Europe, I am the partner of choice for individuals and organisations who need immediate access to best-in-class contract and interim resources.MBN Solutions are an innovative, disruptive Recruitment, Talent and People Solutions Consultancy based in Glasgow and London, UK.

We have created a new group that provides a platform for the Cloud & DevOps community to network, collaborate, share ideas, discuss the latest trends/ technology and listen to expert speakers FOR FREE.Our mission is simple – “Create a diverse global network of people interested in topics on DevOps, Cloud and Automation and how all of these approaches and philosophies work on the Amazon Web Services platform”Please feel free to join and invite your network to the group.https://www.meetup.com/AWS-Cloud-DevOps-Glpbal-Network/