Talented and passionate software development professional with over twenty years of experience in the IT industry.Committed to quality and focused on customer needs at all times, whether it be leading and mentoring a team, taking a hands-on approach developing the product, or taking the big picture approach as an architect.Technical leader experienced with large and small teams as well as teams in a single location and spread across the globe.Proven team builder able to recognise and recruit top talent and foster an environment which encourages innovation and creativity in the team. Extensive experience within software companies ranging in size from small to global organisations; energised by the passion of smaller teams and thrives on the challenges of large projects.Expert communicator able to tailor a message for technical and non-technical audiences alike, allowing consensus to be drawn from disparate groups of customers, executives, engineers and product specialists.Technologist with experience ranging from enterprise level applications with distributed architectures, enormous data stores and transaction volumes to single user applications but never forgets that there is always a user at the monitor regardless of the scale of the application.Creative thinker capable of finding and fostering unexpected but highly effective solutions to customer needs.Works effectively with partners and channels to ensure the success of collaborations between companies.Proven ability to recognize emerging trends and incorporate them into strategic plans.