Execute and contribute to the technology vision in this hands-on role through expertise in commercial / technology transformation and strategic thinking; analyse root causes of issues while developing propositions to reduce costs, optimise efficiency and maximise business performance. Educate Board level stakeholders on the technology landscape while articulating technology concepts to non-technical audiences in accessible formats.• Oversaw the design, development, and implementation of our B2B2C SaaS trading platform, which at its peak accounted for circa £3bn of annual mortgage lending.• Cut application processing time from two hours to 20 minutes by devising a customisable automated workflow and underwriting process. Optimised internal operations, minimised errors and enhanced efficiency.• Devised a process to facilitate seamless transfer of mortgage applications between lenders. Eliminated duplicate data entry for applicants. Enhanced customer satisfaction by reducing workload and ensuring application process continuity.• Reduced operational costs 20% and improved disaster recovery capabilities by migrating entire IT infrastructure to cloud. Demonstrating a strategic focus on cost efficiency and technological modernisation.• Implemented Agile methodologies and DevOps practices, to optimise development processes and further reduce costs. This resulted in a faster time to market, enhanced product quality and risk mitigation.• Transformed email handling procedures and improved organisational efficiency and information management. Integrated emails directly into our trading system, enabling universal access, streamlined tracking of processed items, and automated importation of client documents.• Built and mentored a high-performance team, aligned company objectives to team OKR’s. Used a motivational leadership style to foster a collaborative and learning orientated culture. Resulting in high team cohesion, productivity, satisfaction and retention.

• Managed the development team and provided strategic oversight and guidance on multiple projects to ensure solutions met or exceeded expectations in terms of functionality and adhered to best practices in non-functional areas such as security, performance, scalability, and maintainability.• Delivered a scalable SEO SaaS B2B auditing system, to automate the technical analysis of customer websites using an extensible battery of tests and a scalable architecture comprising a fleet of bots to perform the procedure in a timely and performant fashion. Strengthened value proposition to clients, increased stakeholder satisfaction.• Championed the transition from Waterfall to Agile development methodologies, by introducing bi-weekly sprints/releases and implementing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps including the automated production of release notes.

• Directly managed three distributed UK Development teams, performing OKR’s, managing performance and embedding activities such as knowledge sharing to promote a culture of learning and innovation.• Standardised development processes across the UK, Ireland, Germany, Norway and India, by agreeing and creating a developer handbook, including coding/test conventions, and strategies for managing common code.• Co-managed offshore recruitment and operations in India, expanded offshore development capabilities and ensuring seamless collaboration across global teams. Drove cost efficiencies.• Provided mentorship and skills transfer initiatives, guiding COBOL developers in transitioning to .NET/C# and delivering training on WF 4 to offshore developers, contributing to skill enhancement and knowledge sharing.

• Designed and developed the Orbiter mortgage sourcing B2B SaaS platform; led a team of five creating a solution which disrupted the UK subprime mortgage market resulting in a user base of 3,500 mortgage brokers in 1 year. Google “Orbiter mortgage sourcing platform” for more information.• Finalist for 2010 Mortgage Strategy Awards, Best Technology Provider category.• Integrated Orbiter technology into more than 100 Introducer/Mortgage Broker websites, creating and delivering customisable widgets such as product search/enquiry, best buys, and mortgage calculators. • Innovated Orbiter BotNet, seamlessly integrating over 50 different lenders' complex web-based affordability calculators, employing automated robots for parallel data input and real-time reporting.• Designed and implemented Product & Calculation Engine (PACE), recognised as industry's fastest and most accurate mortgage sourcing engine.

OOA/D Consulting, mentoring and development on many projects using best practice patterns and processes in various development languages & technologies for many industries.Dunstan Thomas Training. - Teaching MS2124 Introduction to C#, created and delivered various other in house .NET best practice workshops.- Dunstan Thomas Certified Trainer. Delivered various Delphi 4 (beginners, advanced & web) courses to various industries.ISO 9001, OOA/D, RUP, .NET Research and Development. Dunstan Thomas, article writing, OOA/D and UML. Formal RUP and RMUC Training.Other short term (< 6 months) engagements:- In house development of Dunstan Thomas Imago. Design and development of Pensions Administration System. Model Driven Architecture (MDA), SOA, C#, WinForms, Remoting, ASP.NET.- Stock N Trade, London. Stock Brokers. Delphi VCL, OOP and API library Consulting- ArrowResearch.com, Chelsea. Shipping Research Information. VB 6, COM, ASP, XML, XSL & SQL Server.- InterTek Testing Services, Thurrock. Fuel Analysis. Delphi 5 & Interbase Consulting. - Essex Courier, Essex. Regional Newspaper. Delphi 1 & Paradox advertisement and billing system consulting. - JDL Holdings, Basildon (6 months).Debt Collection. Delphi, SQL Server and Office VBA Debt Collection System.- In house development on Tempus.Project, Client, Time and Employee Administration System. Developed Expense, User manger and contact manager modules with Delphi and Interbase.Online Articles- A Beginner's Guide to OOA/D and UML - Part 1, Dunstan Thomas, http://bit.ly/bN67Bj- A Beginner's Guide to OOA/D and UML - Part 2, Dunstan Thomas, http://bit.ly/9CmZlV- Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, Dunstan Thomas, http://bit.ly/96E0yq- Visual Studio .NET Automation, Dunstan Thomas, http://bit.ly/91WMjh- Leveraging SQL Server SQLXML Templates - Part 1, Dunstan Thomas, http://bit.ly/ajHJ5P- Leveraging SQL Server SQLXML Templates - Part 2, Dunstan Thomas, http://bit.ly/cWWxwZ

MortgageConsole and Corporate website. SQL Server, VB.NET, ASP.NET, XML/XSL, Web Services, SOA online search engine, providing product sourcing using QuickSource to provide mortgage search, quote, illustration, FSA compliant KFI and online application form.QuickSource. SQL Server, VB.NET, ASP.NET, XML/XSL, Web Services, SOA. Designed and developed open product sourcing architecture. A fully configurable web service based search engine and administration tool.Provided consulting and mentoring to in-house development team on migration from VB6, ASP & COM+ to VB.NET, ASP.NET, OOA/D, SOA and Enterprise Services. Recommended and implemented SQL Server Reporting Services as BI solution.

Delphi to C#.NET migration and mentoring. Designed plug-in electricity calculation engine architecture.Designed COM based task scheduler plug-in architecture and implemented solution.ISO 9001, OOA/D Delphi 5, VCL, Oracle 8i, COM/ActiveX, MIDAS, C#, .NET Windows Forms

Investment Admin Back Office Reconciliation. SQL Server, VB, ASP and XML Cash and Stock Reconciliation with HiPortfolio, PAM, Schroders and CitibankInvestment Admin HiPortfolio Integration. HiPortfolio securities data migration. Open Messenger interface with Bank of New York, Citibank, Schroders and PAM. HiPortfolio Valuation Archiver and FT Exshare / HiPortfolio Interface.UMAPS Support & Development. SQL Server, VB, MTS development.SQL 2000, VB6, ASP, XML, XSD, Access

Borland Consulting. Electricity Billing Solutions. ISO 9001, OOA/D Delphi 5, VCL, Oracle 8i, COM/ActiveX, MIDAS consulting.

Development of Pensions Administration System and developed version 2 of a Rent collection system.Delphi 3, VCL, XML, MAPI, HTTPS, PGP

1998 : Systems Analyst / DeveloperHelped redeveloped 5 16bit Paradox applications and designed / developed 3 New bespoke database applications using 32bit Delphi Client/Server and Interbase. Designed, developed, implemented in house service and support software.1997: Technical Support EngineerResponsible for on-site Installation and support of 60+ software/hardware installations across 45 client sites. Implementation & support of office services and systems including TCP/IP LAN, HTML and FTP, POP3, SMTP, NNTP and intranet.1997: Production AssistantProduction of software literature including installation notes, readme and help files using Windows Help Workshop. Systematic testing of all pre-release software.