Helping client's decide what digital products to build and how to build them.

After over a decade leading digital product teams, I founded a talent network and recruitment consultancy to connect growing digital companies with leaders inProduct 🎁Engineering 👩🏻‍💻and Delivery 🚚 .😎 For candidates, we are the hiring partner that:- Acknowledges that you are more than your CV- Understands what you do, having been there ourselves- Maintains complete transparency throughout the hiring process😎. For clients, we are the hiring… Show more After over a decade leading digital product teams, I founded a talent network and recruitment consultancy to connect growing digital companies with leaders inProduct 🎁Engineering 👩🏻‍💻and Delivery 🚚 .😎 For candidates, we are the hiring partner that:- Acknowledges that you are more than your CV- Understands what you do, having been there ourselves- Maintains complete transparency throughout the hiring process😎. For clients, we are the hiring partner that:- Knows what you are looking for, having been in your position- Saves you time by properly screening CVs against a candidate scorecard- Finds you an edge in a competitive talent market using mass and personalised video outreach Show less

I build digital products and help others build them too. Alongside creating, validating and building online products of my own, I offer consulting to help people answer two questions: What digital business should I build? & How do I build it?

I was responsible for sales and delivery of a $50M portfolio of digital product development programmes between IBM and Volkswagen Group UK.The main engagement I lead was the transformation of Audi UK's digital channel (see case study), covering a team of 50+ IBMers over 5 years working primarily on audi.co.uk and associated products. The programme I designed and implemented, using the IBM Garage Method, meant Audi UK saw a 59% increase in sales leads generated through online products… Show more I was responsible for sales and delivery of a $50M portfolio of digital product development programmes between IBM and Volkswagen Group UK.The main engagement I lead was the transformation of Audi UK's digital channel (see case study), covering a team of 50+ IBMers over 5 years working primarily on audi.co.uk and associated products. The programme I designed and implemented, using the IBM Garage Method, meant Audi UK saw a 59% increase in sales leads generated through online products during a COVID hit 2020 vs 2019.I also have sold and currently manage a number of other contracts that cover the development and maintenance of business-critical ecommerce products. Show less

I was a Portfolio Lead for the Digital@BP programme, primarily responsible for Castrol's Digital Transformation programme with IBM. We used Agile delivery and IBM Design Thinking to transform Castrol's B2B customer experience. Creating a lean, customer-focussed process, to generate and evaluate ideas for new digital services. During the year the programme delivered 11 Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) of which 4 were chosen to be continued and scale globally across the enterprise. Each… Show more I was a Portfolio Lead for the Digital@BP programme, primarily responsible for Castrol's Digital Transformation programme with IBM. We used Agile delivery and IBM Design Thinking to transform Castrol's B2B customer experience. Creating a lean, customer-focussed process, to generate and evaluate ideas for new digital services. During the year the programme delivered 11 Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) of which 4 were chosen to be continued and scale globally across the enterprise. Each product was built using a standardised DevOps toolset which was leveraged for the 3 key strategic platforms of Adobe Experience Manager, Salesforce and SAP hybris.During this time I had continued responsibility for the Castrol Digital Marketing Team and also lead the successful proposal for new work with one of BP's other brands, AirBP, using a similar innovation process to the one we had defined at Castrol. Show less

I managed a number of projects for IBM iX, primarily the IBM iX team working within Castrol's Global Digital Marketing function. The team, working in the UK and Romania, was responsible for:- Designing, building and supporting a number of responsive web applications built in AngularJS on Amazon Web Services.- Maintaining the content for Castrol's global web presence, based primarily on Adobe Experience Manager. Coordinating digital campaigns, publishing content to 50 different… Show more I managed a number of projects for IBM iX, primarily the IBM iX team working within Castrol's Global Digital Marketing function. The team, working in the UK and Romania, was responsible for:- Designing, building and supporting a number of responsive web applications built in AngularJS on Amazon Web Services.- Maintaining the content for Castrol's global web presence, based primarily on Adobe Experience Manager. Coordinating digital campaigns, publishing content to 50 different sites and maintaining digital guidelines.- Configuring Google Analytics reports, generating insight into Castrol's web performance and researching Search Engine Optimisation opportunities to support a programme of continuous improvement.- Completing market research and analysis to support a 2 day innovation workshop at IBM, with the marketing Senior Leadership Team, to define what the future of digital would look like at Castrol.I also managed a number of other projects including:- Design and development of a new application for BP's Service Now platform, using IBM Design Thinking and Agile delivery to continuously improve the user experience.- A number of bids for new work inside BP, including web development and digital transformation projects. Show less

Working with CLS Bank, a FX Settlement System underpinning the global foreign exchange market, I completed a number of roles across the software delivery cycle including testing, test management and project management.

Member of the design team on many projects from a new Secondary School to a Rammed Chalk House. Responsible for calculations, drawings and scheme design. Additionally responsible for IT systems, marketing presentations and production of the new website.