Led 9 software developers and testers in development of performance management software.Introduced positive cultural change via 1:1s, peer reviews and pairing to build trust.Provided technical leadership and decision making via code reviews and kick off meetings.Upskilled existing infrastructure team, introducing a “configuration as code” mentality to bring scalability and reduce system entropy.Managing individual and team accountability in order to deliver against product… Show more Led 9 software developers and testers in development of performance management software.Introduced positive cultural change via 1:1s, peer reviews and pairing to build trust.Provided technical leadership and decision making via code reviews and kick off meetings.Upskilled existing infrastructure team, introducing a “configuration as code” mentality to bring scalability and reduce system entropy.Managing individual and team accountability in order to deliver against product roadmap.Achieved and exceeded service uptime SLAs.Instigated the drive to migrate infrastructure from Rackspace to Azure.Managed the in-housing of PoC software from 3rd party vendors.Made initial Ruby on Rails hires in order to accelerate PoC development. Show less

In addition to previous ThirtyThree duties;Reported to ThirtyThree CEO and Divisional Chief Information Officer.Worked with the divisional IT group to manage ThirtyThree's IT systems transition.Responsible for the line management of the local IT team in addition to development team.Worked to audit and disseminate/decommission acquired web services, ensuring compliance, and cost to value for the business.

Built and led a new team to help rejuvenate and stabilize the digital product offering.Line management of teams across London and Bristol (inc performance reviews and 1:1s).Led a top-down replacement of the entire hosting/web services infrastructure to eradicate reputational risk issues.Reduced avoidable data loss from human error to zero.Introduction of infrastructure as code/dev-ops eased IT bottlenecks by empowering developers to safely configure production… Show more Built and led a new team to help rejuvenate and stabilize the digital product offering.Line management of teams across London and Bristol (inc performance reviews and 1:1s).Led a top-down replacement of the entire hosting/web services infrastructure to eradicate reputational risk issues.Reduced avoidable data loss from human error to zero.Introduction of infrastructure as code/dev-ops eased IT bottlenecks by empowering developers to safely configure production machines.Deployments increased from 22 to 315 per month, reducing overall build times by weeks.Retained key employees during difficult Capita acquisition, and mentored them through tricky cultural changes.Managed the technical transition of Capita’s sale of Specialist Recruitment businesses.Led major shift towards code “reuse” mentality, and increased use of SaaS. Show less

- Worked in partnership with Paul Macgregor to bootstrap company- Infrastructure and orchestration management of hosting/web services- Contributed to UX and product decisions- Application build and deployment (CodeIgniter, Laravel)- Used by Wolf Olins, Moo, AKQA, Vine, ustwo and more- £12m in contracts posted to date, with zero investor overhead

Freelanced while building OnSite. Worked for Taylor / Thomas, a Clerkenwell design agency, and took on several direct contracts with various other design agencies and businesses to provide website production and hosting services.

- Promoted from Senior to Lead Developer within 6 months- Aided period of change from a PPC agency to creative, full-service digital agency- Provided client-facing technical consultancy and product development- Led projects to improve automation of core PPC services- Worked to facilitate advanced integration of AdWords/Analytics in core campaign sites- General PHP development and CMS builds (CodeIgniter, Concrete5)

Worked with Ged Day, the founder of Bleep.com and Warp Films to create People’s Music Store - a “peer retail” mp3 download service, and Rough Trade’s Album Club.- Early adoption and usage of cloud hosting services (pre-AWS)- Spec and purchasing of bare-metal servers and co-location- Graphic design and front-end UI build within Rails