Part-time, while interviewing for perm roles. Brought in by amazing CTO Anna Shipman to help this company with a great mission tackle some of the challenges that come with rapid growth.

Sadly Weaveworks went into administration in early 2024.---Currently looking after product as well as engineering.Weaveworks is a company in the cloud-native, Kubernetes space - trusted delivery, gitops, continuous delivery, application lifecycle management. This is a deeply technical company and an exciting startup backed by Amazon and Google Ventures, among other big names.I've been an active member of the executive team, helping the business make effective decisions as we face growth opportunities as well as the challenges of the current global economy. I've looked after eight engineering teams and improved throughput in engineering several times over. I've worked to shape the product strategy and helped build a strong product function as well as working to continually improve our engineering culture and the quality of what we build.

Fractional interim CTO at Clim8 Invest, helping people invest sustainably to fight climate change

Reported to the CEO. I met the folks at 10x banking while building Nationwide for Business, and came over after NfB was decelerated. I helped accelerate the build of their amazing banking platform, which powers Chase UK among other innovative banks. Led a restructure of engineering, hired key talent, refactored the relationship with critical 3rd parties, and improved velocity and quality while also peer-advising the senior leadership team in key areas. Active in the successful search for the perm CPTO.

New digital bank for SMEs, backed by the largest building society in the world.Sadly cancelled in May 2020 due to market conditions in the pandemic.

Short contract working on:* Restructuring teams across US/UK* Ways of Working in a startup backed by a Forbes 200 company* Big Data architecture

Leading the teams building a modular, flexible, core banking system and helping manage multiple customer integrations.Technologies: Scala, React Native, Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, KafkaArchitectural patterns: CQRS, Event Sourcing, Microservices

New commercial banking project

Delivering a challenger commercial banking product for RBS (brought in by 11:FS). Handed off to the perm CTO in March.Technologies: Java, Scala, React Native, Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, KafkaArchitectural patterns: CQRS, Event Sourcing, Microservices

Bringing traditional IT, DevOps, and Software together as one collaborative team.Projects include:Docker migration for DRM application in a high security environmentNetwork rebuildLeading the technology function through multiple auditsVMWare and automation project - migrating legacy systems

Brought in on an interim basis to manage an agile transformation for a leading specialist media company.Worked with senior management and commercial to help create and refine a product roadmap in line with company strategy.Brought in expert agile product manager, analysts, scrum masters, to support agile delivery using a mix of Scrum for new development and Kanban for support/maintenance.Implemented modern software practices (TDD, BDD), devops culture, test automation, CI. Two new software products on AWS with Docker.Brought in software architects and worked closely with them to vastly improve scalability/security/reliability of key software systems.

Led the relaunch of an emerging market investment platform, with an international reach but an African focus.

LendInvest is the world's largest peer-to-peer marketplace for real estate mortgages.I'm responsible for technical strategy and implementation across the business.Some highlights so far:Successfully led the migration of LendInvest’s primary web application from a fragile CodeIgniter code base. After migration, continued to deliver new features in an Agile/SCRUM environment. Implemented technical best practices while maintaining a strong delivery focus. Hired and managed back-end, front-end, QA, BA, Sysadmin, DevOps for the platform. Hired and managed a SalesForce team to deliver Borrower/Broker portal and case management system.* Technical governance across a fast-growing, wildly successful FinTech start-up* Responsible for digital/agile transformation* Responsible for building technical teams* Reported to the board on technical strategy and implementation* Worked with Risk & Compliance towards full FCA license as a peer-to-peer lender * Worked with CFO on sizeable R&D tax credit.Technologies and methodologies: Symfony2, TDD, DDD, Scrum, continuous integration, Angular, Redis, MySQL, AWS, Salesforce

Exciting video / mobile / social start-up. I've been building and managing teams, defining platform specs, and working to improve and ensure quality and reliability in all areas of tech. Also functioning as technical PM for development both local and outsourced. This is a "whatever it takes" role - everything from successfully defending a large R&D tax credit, to photoshopping a pixel fix. Technologies: Amazon Cloud, Node.js, iOS, Android, PHP (Symfony2 and Laravel). Technical Architecture for large distributed system. Wowza media server and other video tools. Service-oriented architecture.Unfortunately Entrago was unable to secure second-round funding.

Bringing my experience, dedication, and track record to help an international media giant continue to succeed as they continue to move into the digital space. What I've been doing so far:Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to support high-profile website launches across several product families, including Bauer's "London Lifestyle" magazine products.Advising senior management on technical planning, digital management, and technical best practices based on my long experience.Working with Technical/Infrastructure Architects to realize the CTO's vision for Continous DeliveryManaging skilled senior server-side (PHP/Zend Framework, now migrating to Symfony2) and front-end developers.Prototyping and leading development of internal tools and external systems that will be used across Bauer UK. Hands-on work and advising on SEO, QA, resourcing, community management, and third-party integration. Working closely with UX, Design, QA and Business Analysis to support product quality. Advising on content migration. Advising on launch plans, infrastructure architecture, and technical strategy.Collaborating with Project and Programme managers to onboard Agile methodologies.Some Technologies and Tools: PHP 5, Zend Framework, Symfony2, Doctrine, MySQL, Apache2, Nginx, Varnish, Memcache, Wordpress, jQuery, Twitter Bootstrap, PHPUnit, Vagrant, Git, Brightcove, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Disqus, Gigya, Responsive Design, UX analysis, Google Analytics, Google Webmaster Tools, Pivotal Tracker, ChiliProject, Jenkins, Capistrano, Chef, Vagrant, Puppet, Ruby

Directly after leaving hoverState, I started consulting for expertinsight.com, a USA-based company which provides personal video interviews with experts and celebrities (Poker Champions, Business/Finance experts, etc). I managed the development process through the site’s 2.0 launch - which included a complete re-architecture of their calendaring/scheduling system using Google's new APIs (saving a lot of money and increasing reliability immensely). The team was truly global, covering five countries. I would have stayed on as permanent CTO if the company had been in the UK.Technlogies: Custom PHP for Google APIs, CakePHP, Capistrano, Flash Media Server, MySQL, Apache2, Zoho CRM integration.

Wrote code and managed teams to create Web, Mobile, and Social applications for clients in Europe, North America, and Asia. Trained and mentored technologists and partnered with some of the best designers and agencies in California. (And had a lot of fun.)

I managed teams in multiple time zones (I managed multiple teams and multiple streams of work in the USA, China, and the EU under a team of highly skilled Lead Technologists). I hired and trained freelancers and offshore vendors world-wide, and set up a top-notch QA center in the North of the UK. hoverState is well-known by their agency partners for bringing projects in on time and on budget.I was in charge of all Technology Projects at the agency. I was hands-on when I needed to be, and always up-to-date on current tech, often very hands-on with bug-fixing and strategy, but I also interacted with clients, created proposals and budgets, reported to the Board, developed management processes, and worked with Project Managers to track project profitability and resourcing.Recent hands-on work includes: numerous E-Commerce systems, extensive use of cloud computing (usually Amazon Web Services), Drupal, Zend Framework, jQuery, Facebook Apps, Twitter Apps, High-Availability Scalable PHP, Memecached, Magento, GIT Magento templating, some Ruby, iOS and Android, some Flex/Flash, Java/Spring, as well as .NET and other Microsoft tech. I was also responsible for technical architecture (several SOA systems), establishing best practices, and hiring/retaining/inspiring the best people in the business, worldwide.As Director of Technology for hoverState, I completed a sizeable project for my former employer Full Tilt Poker, using an international (mostly EU-based) team for a German-language venture. We also released numerous Facebook, Twitter, and mobile (iOS, Android, and HTML5) apps, a sizeable number of E-Commerce sites, countless email campaigns and Flash microsites, and many rich-media sites for companies like Electronic Arts (as an Agency of Record).Much as I loved the work at hoverState, I ultimately left to look for a position in the UK.

Primary project - Full Tilt Poker AcademySeventeen languages, five teams, three continents. This was an exciting, high-profile contract. After the project was stable, I trained an in-house team who maintain the site in Dublin, Ireland. Tech: PHP, Zend Framework, MySQL, Brightcove, MS SQL Server & a number of proprietary frameworks and services using a complex and secure SOA system. I was in charge of all technical aspects of this multi-featured web application, which — as part of an established brand — needed to handle extremely high traffic from minute one, while still providing very high-quality video, flash, and graphics, and integrating via Web Services to the realtime game engine.Full Tilt Poker Academy has hired my current employer, hoverState, for other work based on my successes with them

Architected, coded, and lead the launch for babycentre.co.uk - the prototype community area for the largest parenting community in the world.

Mobile apps for an amazing variety of markets.

Published seven-plus articles on developer.apple.com's instructional website, which were the de facto standards for open-source web dev on OS X for easily five years. Was tech editor for the first book on PHP5 to reach the shelves worldwide. (Also contributed chapters to same.) Ghost-wrote books and chapters on MySQL and other database tech.Known by my editors as someone who can learn a subject, then engagingly and accurately instruct the same subject within days or weeks.

Primary gig: a multi-language, video-driven,community-based Drupal site. (Before most modules were ready for that at all.)

I co-founded this small digital agency, and we quickly got clients including Mastercard Travel, and Apple Computers. (We wrote the software to power Apple's worldwide events, using open-source technology on OS X Server)I sold my share, but continue to partner with the talented developers in the Madfish Group

Lead developer and architect for a job-related start-up, which was sold. My client was so happy, he sent his brother to me to build his team for mPulse.