Key senior hire building and growing the technology department from a support team to a product development team, while setting the vision for technology strategy with iSiteTV. Board member, reporting directly to the CEO/Owner.Training, coaching and growing the team to enable us to deliver on our product visionDefining and implementing an agile approach and building the products to be micro-services using cloud based, serverless functions.Working with the CEO to define new opportunities and then build software products to take to market. Leading client liaison around vision, new features, new developments and issue resolution.Responsible for the Global Syndication and Operations team; ensuring our services are delivered efficiently and on time and effectively managed to build and protect client’s brands.

CTO of the leading online fantasy sports gaming company, creating, developing and hosting immersive games (native and responsive) for SkyBet, News UK and Telegraph to name a few.Provided technical leadership to re-define, lead and transform the capabilities of one of the leading fantasy sports gaming companies.Developed the vision and drive to execute current and future company goals and objectives.Board member, reporting to the CEOProvided technical expertise, direction, planning and vision for the maintenance, development and hosting of web and mobile digital applications.Led the architecture, development and delivery of high-volume, fantasy sports games, across all devices.Overall responsibility for the day to day running of all aspects of GFM’s internal and external technical capabilities.

Led the IT Department for one of the UK’s leading Off-Price retailers in a Board level position reporting to the CEO and helped define M and M’s strategy and business plan.Deigned, built and delivered an Agile process to streamline the way all change is managed to deliver the business strategy.Led the implementation of a Continual Delivery pipeline to automate the rapid delivery of business change on a continual, repeatable basis.Oversaw the move to an ‘On-Demand’ infrastructure platform, using public and private clouds to produce a flexible, scalable platform while minimising fixed costs.Built a high-performing IT team via mentoring and training the current team and recruiting talent to help in areas of weakness.Drove the culture change across the company as M and M Direct moved from a traditional, primarily catalogue retailer, to an online-first, agile company.Ultimately responsible for all technology across the company.

Head of Development for major Online Gaming client - covering Platform, Bonus and Back Office.

Worked with clients to understand their business and help them to develop their vision and operations around Smarter Commerce. Helped to shape the transformation to Digital and then steer and deliver the implementation, leading Account teams through the end to end cycle (from leading bid processes to owning the delivery of implementations).Assisted clients in defining the technologies and strategies required to transform them to Digital businesses and in developing Digital Enterprise architectures to meet the client’s business objectives.Primarily worked with Ikea to define and deliver large scale, end-to-end, eCommerce and digital transformation. Also worked with Jaguar/Land Rover and Inchcape PLC to define Digital Governance and Strategy

Responsible for all aspects of the architecture, development and support of one of the biggest transactional eCommerce sites worldwide, taking over £1.2 billion in sales online.Primary responsibility was leading all of Shop Direct Group’s eCommerce & mCommerce developments. Covering all areas from design and usability to architecture, development and delivery. Involved working closely with the business to identify scope, deliver and capitalise on new opportunities to grow the business and make best use of technology. Managed mobile development, responsible for delivering SDG’s mobile strategy for mobile optimised sites and native applications for iPhone and Android. Lead the upgrade of Shop Directs’ eCommerce platform to Oracle Commerce In AWS. This was delivered using a test-driven, automated, continuous delivery agile process. Lead the selection, architecture and delivery of a new eCommerce platform using ATG, Endeca and Oracle and managed a team of around 100 staff (internal and external, on and off-shore) including Architects, Developers and Analysts. Introduced Agile development methodology (SCRUM) to all eCommerce and mCommerce developments; lowering release times to under 2 weeks while increasing quality, flexibility and competitive advantage.Managed a complex portfolio of strategic and tactical developments ensuring that the right resources are in place with the right tools and right leadership to deliver true benefit to the business. Solution Design Authority for eCommerce; building and owing the roadmap for eCommerce architecture and development.Delivered an on-shore and off-shore development capability to reduce costs and increase flexibility while maintaining key knowledge and skills close to the business.

Performance Tuning of mission critical Credit Card Transaction Points Engine database. This is a SQL Server database with multiple data interfaces. Reduced time taken to import mission critical data by over 20%. Lead the upgrade of customer facing websites for financial customers to conform to DDA standards. Architected and lead the development of a solution, using a SOA based approach, UML C# and SQL Sever, to allow customers to purchase ‘loyalty points’ via WorldPay.Provided consultancy to the Technical Director in architecture, development processes and development best practice.

Responsible for all activities necessary to take products and applications from concept through to design and architecture and on to general production delivery. This included architecture definition, specification, design and development. Board level position with full responsibility for the technical direction of the company and the development team. Identified and prioritised resource and training requirements and the recruitment and development of the team.Lead Architect and developer on all new development projects.VIS was bought by UCAS in 2008.

On and off-site consultancy to clients in all aspects of the full software development lifecycle. Worked with clients on the implementation, training and use of Select’s products on project. Provided mentoring, training and leadership in System Analysis, Architecture, Web Services and Development using C#, UML, OOA/D, Patterns and .NET.

Full responsibility for identifying requirements, designing solutions and leading developments on all Next’s web sites. Provided mentoring to the team and Next’s IT department in Architecture, C#, Web Development and Web Services. Introduced Agile development using Scrum and XP.Major achievements included:• Built and launched next.co.uk in 1999. Built the team and platform to support the growth from 7% of Next Directory sales in the first year to over 50% of sales by 2007.• Designed and implemented the solution to deliver Next Directory End of Season Sales via the internet. This reduced the need for call centre staff, allowing a longer sell-through and increasing the profitability of the Next sale. • NextWeddings: Developed in C #, ASP.Net, and SQL Server. Designed the system and lead the development. Using Service Orientated Architecture, in under 3 months, produced a system for use in stores and the web. • NextVision: Architect and lead developer for a web-based prescription eyewear ordering and fulfilment system. Designed the system to allow multiple presentation layers and be a base for future ordering systems. Developed in C# with an XML/XSL web front end according to W3C Accessibility and Usability best practice.• Designed and lead development on the scalable, resilient, n-tier architecture; consisting of loosely coupled services communicating via Web Services used to host all of the eCommerce applications built on Enterprise Library.

Consultant Developer working on Energy Billing and Trading systems for UK Utililities clients.