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London, England, Gb

London, Gb

Arqit supplies a unique quantum-safe encryption Platform-as-a-Service which makes the communications links of any networked device or cloud machine secure against current and future forms of attack – even from a quantum computer.As Head of Talent, I oversaw Arqit’s expansion from 17 to 170 people, personally recruiting the majority of these. Starting from scratch, I created the company’s recruitment processes and introduced new systems to optimise the identification, hiring and onboarding of highly-specialised staff across a wide range of areas: these include software engineering, DevOps, QA, quantum engineering, photonics and spacecraft engineering, as well as sales, marketing, HR and finance, and graduate hiring.My team focused on providing an excellent candidate experience while keeping cost per hire low.

Chiswick, London, Gb

Element provide Matrix-based secure messaging and collaboration, offering data sovereignty, end-to-end encryption and interoperability.

London, United Kingdom, Gb

Recruiting the best technical specialists to join OneWeb's mission of providing Internet Access Everywhere, For Everyone.I was brought on board to run the rapid scale-up of technical staff in OneWeb's London HQ, and raised more than 20 offers to spacecraft and engineering specialists within my first 6 weeks alone. Other technical areas that I have recruited for included: programme management, cyber security, technical architecture, network engineers, DevOps, and product.OneWeb are a disruptor start-up, pursuing cutting-edge technological solutions in a rapidly-evolving environment.

Houghton Regis, Dunstable, Gb

Initially engaged to recruit permanent IT staff, in January 2018 I took on responsibility for the direct hiring of IT contractors, the first time that the company had done so. Since then I have been able to save the company in excess of £1m in agency fees by direct hiring - welcoming more than 140 new contractors into the Whitbread IT and digital teams. Areas covered include digital, software engineering (especially Java and microservices), project and programme management, business analysis, architecture, infrastructure, testing/QA and cyber/information security.Whitbread are the UK’s biggest hospitality company and the owners of much-loved brands, including Premier Inn, Bar and Block, Brewers Fayre, Beefeater Grill and Table Table. Premier Inn is the UK's leading hotel chain, with over 800 hotels, and is growing solidly both nationally and internationallyI have recruited across the entire IT spectrum, including senior management, enterprise and technical architects, developers, testers and test managers, service introduction specialists, BI and data consultants, infrastructure specialists, project managers and business analysts.

My sector focus has been principally within management consulting/professional services, and I have acted as trusted technical recruiter for well-known international blue-chip professional services/consulting organisations. The business domains that I have covered have been primarily: • Banking and financial services; • Public sector (central and local government);• Telecomms; • Pharmaceuticals; • Retail. Roles covered include:• Project and programme managers;• Business analysts, business architects; • Technical analysts, technical architects, enterprise architects; • Developers and development managers;• Practice Heads/ManagersDuring the last 12+ years I have built a particularly-strong network in Data and Information Management: data analysts, data warehousing (DWH), data modellers, data governance, data migration/integration, business intelligence (BI) and data visualisation, information/data architects, BI/data project/programme managers, Big Data specialists and data scientists.

Luton, England, Gb

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