I am a professional Software Development Manager with a long history of leading successful engineering teams. I have an excellent understanding of how to recruit, manage, motivate and measure teams of developers, lead on projects large & small, tailor processes and practises to fit the needs of an organisation and work just as effectively with departments outside IT.I began programming when I was a child and went on to build a varied career in technology, including more than 20 years of hands-on commercial Web and Software Development experience, 2 years designing and delivering technical training courses, 3 years working as a Big Data technology consultant.I believe the breadth of experience I have gained, working in multiple different sectors for small start-ups and large corporations, has given me the perfect foundation and underpinned the success I have enjoyed as a Technical Lead and as a People Manager.In my spare time, I am active in my local community and an elected Town Councillor for Henley-on-Thames. I was also elected Mayor of Henley for the Civic Year 2018/19 during which time I organised a number of events and raised thousands of pounds for local charities.In 2019 I founded Bluebells Day Centre, a registered charity providing respite care for local people living with Dementia. I’m very proud of this achievement and still sit on the board of trustees.Since 2017 I have been working with the organisers of HorrorConUK, the first ever dedicated UK Horror convention, based in Sheffield. They approached me after being dissatisfied with three different ticketing providers in as many years to ask if I could provide a bespoke solution for them. I built them a Stripe-integrated web shop using a LAMP stack and an Android App, built in Java, for them to scan tickets and resolve customer queries on the door. They have been using the system I built ever since, and from next year, also plan to use it for their sister event, Popcorn.