Challenging traditional philosophies and envisioning / delivering entirely new services is what I lead teams to do. Shaping and encouraging product and development teams to do their best work.Materialising this into products and platforms has led to:> £3M ARR on a new product 6 months post GA> increased revenues (25%+ growth pa) for a mature product function > multiple awards and improved outcomes for clientsThe most recent product I oversaw the creation and launch of, Kainos Employee Document Management, was highlighted in the trading update to the stock exchange as the most successful to date:“strong performance and optimistic outlooks for Workday Services and Products, with the latter boosted by a very strong performance in the newly launched (September 2023) Employee Document Management - its most successful product launch to date with 26 international customers.”Driving partnerships with similarly innovative organisations to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. A keynote speaker that relishes sharing future vision, provoking thought and translating complex or abstract concepts in simpler terms. 2024 quotes from presentations I have delivered:“I wanted to follow up on your presentation last week and say how bloody impressive it was. I have since stumbled across a deck you created called "Products for Workday - Using Gen AI" and it is one of the most impressive things I have seen in a long time.”“John's update was brilliant, easy to follow, relatable to a cross discipline audience, passionate and well delivered. One attendee commented " One of the best run-throughs on Product management!  Many thanks.". His mastery of product creation and delivery really shone through and he was able to lead the audience through the conceptual practice as well as how this plays out in Workday.”Awards:Workday - Powering Innovation - Hilti Corporation Microsoft Global Microsoft Partner of the YearLGC Efficiency through technology 2016LGC IT Initiative of the YearIRRV Excellence in Innovation AwardDigital Leaders Top 100