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England, United Kingdom

Manchester, Gb

Aro is the UK’s go-to embedded finance partner, the largest consumer lending marketplace and one of the nation’s leading second-charge mortgage brokers. The fintech’s data-driven platform delivers personal credit solutions 24/7. It accurately matches customers to exactly the right credit products for their needs, giving them the power to take control of their finances. Aro is partnered with some of the UK’s biggest brands, including Argos, Asda Money, BNP Paribas, Sainsburys and V12 Retail Finance. Aro’s embedded finance partners can give their customers access to the UK’s largest lending marketplace and better understand their customers through Aro’s enhanced data capabilities.As part of the executive team, I oversee Product, Data, Engineering, IT Operations and Information Security (ISO27001).Under my leadership, Aro has become a digital technology powerhouse with a world-class technology platform. Modernising our technology, culture and processes has delivered 5-10x improvements in productivity, speed of change, quality, performance, availability and scalability.

Liverpool, Gb

Developed a digital strategy, business case and implementation roadmap for the largest pension firm in the UK.

Managing an independent consultancy specialising in Enterprise Architecture, Digital Technology, Product Management, Agile Software Engineering, DevOps and Cloud.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

Led on the architecture for a critical GOV.UK Home office programme

Manchester, Gb

Perth, Gb

Chief Architect for Megabus.com and Stagecoacbus.com.Established a new internal capability for Stagecoach. Initially recruiting 40 people in 12 weeks, defining processes and policies, agile software engineering/DevOps teams. Delivering a full suite of digital retailing solutions across three different business verticals in the UK, Europe and North America.Responsible for all aspects of managing a self-contained and independent Technology department which provided the complete end-to-end service from concept to customer, this covered strategy, product, requirements, architecture, development, infrastructure, operations and support.The department's capabilities were founded on the mindset of Agile, DevOps and Continuous Delivery. Through an automation pipeline, code changes could be tested and deployed in a repeatable and consistent manner, without downtime. Resulting in frequent and reliable iterative product releases.

Watford, Hertfordshire, Gb

GoISOLink.com is a web based service that provides a fully operational, practical and compliant ISO 9001 Quality Management System. It's suitable for all types of organisations but will really benefit SME's looking to achieve ISO 9001 compliance with minimal fuss and expense.http://www.goisolink.comThe system will guide you through a process that tailors the quality management system to your particular needs. Feedback from customers has demonstrated you can have your own unique ISO 9001 quality management system up and running in just a few hours.

EbulkDisclosures is a secure internet services solution providing online CRB Disclosure applications and direct data integration to the Criminal Records Bureau. The business was sold to FTSE100 organisation in October 2009.

Liverpool, Gb

Led the overall design and managed the delivery of the CRB's Internet platform and services

Privately funded internet start-uphttp://www.safeme.co.uk

Gb

Played a pivotal role in the successful design/delivery of a greenfield business venture (the online white-labelled multi-channel gaming platform) within a well-established business. Responsible for the Littlewoods Gaming technical and solution architecture. Successfully lead, mentored and inspired the internal and supplier teams towards the architectural vision and the delivery of a robust and scalable solution.

London, Gb