Leading, advancing and growing our 200+ engineering capability in Leeds - providing Platform and Software engineering, DevOps, Test Automation, and Delivery Management expertise to our clients in the Defence, National Security, Central Gov. and International Gov. sectors.

Delegated responsibility for BAE Digital Intelligence’s engineering centre in Leeds. Advancing our 200+ engineering capability, providing services to National Security, Central and International Gov, Telecommunications and the Defence sector.

Leading Development and Support teams in the delivery of services and solutions to clients spanning multiple industries including Healthcare, Gov, Telecommunications, and Financial ServicesResponsibilities spanning Service Delivery, Account Management, Project Management, Engineering Management and Agile Leadership.Guiding and empowering engineering teams using Agile frameworks to deliver an exceptional service to our clients.

In my role at CSE Healthcare I have responsibility for leading the product engineering team in the delivery of software solutions to the heathcare industry, delivered in adherence to our ISO certified processes, whilst adopting industry best practices and continuous advancement in our Agile approach to Software Development.

At Capita I held the post of Application Development Manager. I was responsible for a team of engineers delivering .net and sharepoint solutions to both public and private sector clients including the "Gas Safe Register", the Office of National Statistics and the NHS. The role involved direct interaction with clients and 3rd party vendors; budgetary responsibility and reporting; pipeline management; estimation for bids, and the oversight of requirement capture and specification.For… Show more At Capita I held the post of Application Development Manager. I was responsible for a team of engineers delivering .net and sharepoint solutions to both public and private sector clients including the "Gas Safe Register", the Office of National Statistics and the NHS. The role involved direct interaction with clients and 3rd party vendors; budgetary responsibility and reporting; pipeline management; estimation for bids, and the oversight of requirement capture and specification.For the project delivery aspects of my role I was required to manage both on and offshore resource. I successfully introduced Agile project and development practices to the team; implementing strategies to cope with the spread of offshore resources across multiple timezones. Show less

Member of the Application Development Leadership team for Citi's (bank) Consumer division in the UK including Egg.comSuccessfully delivered large projects from requirement capture through to implementation using a combination of Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Notably led a team in the re-engineering of Egg.com’s payment processing framework to satisfy the requirements of the Payment Services Directive.Set up and operated a Small Change BAU programme in order to implement… Show more Member of the Application Development Leadership team for Citi's (bank) Consumer division in the UK including Egg.comSuccessfully delivered large projects from requirement capture through to implementation using a combination of Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Notably led a team in the re-engineering of Egg.com’s payment processing framework to satisfy the requirements of the Payment Services Directive.Set up and operated a Small Change BAU programme in order to implement high priority, quick win solutions. The process received change requests from all areas of the Egg business.Executed departmental strategies and ensured adherence to working practices through internal audits.Built and led development teams both in a line management and project delivery context. This included resource management, performance reviews, managment of forced ranking (20/70/10) across the department, people development, mentoring, coaching, goal setting, 1-2-1s, and day to day team management.Led project teams from initation through to implementation and post live support.Managed on-shore and offshore teams in the delivery of significant change. Delivered projects using a range of methodologies including Agile (xp), Prince2, Citi SDLC. Capable of; and happy to work outside of own role and responsibilities.Broad spectrum of experience having performed roles in a range of technical disciplines including Project Management, Development, Testing and Support.Delivered applications ranging from rich UI online solutions through to backend banking platform changes and payment processing systems. Show less

During my time at SER I provided application support, maintenance, configuration and consultancy for a portfolio of SERs customers across Europe. In my time at SER the UK operation was liquidated and subsequently bought by a sister company operating under the same umbrella. Following the companies liquidation, I worked as a contractor for the sister company before seeking a new opportunity at Egg.