I am the Met Office Principal Fellow for Technology specialising in hard infrastructure. Accountable for overseeing the technical design and future direction of the Met Office data platforms. I have a focus on external engagement with the UK Government, Technology companies and the UK academic community. I was the Enterprise Architect for the £1.2bn Met Office Supercomputer 2020+ programme to deliver the largest Supercomputer dedicated to weather and climate research in the world. During the procurement phase I was the lead for the Data Centre, Connectivity and Scientific Compute Environment packages. I also oversaw the requirement capture and design of the active data archive. The archive is expected to handle 1PB of data archival a day with a maximum capacity of ~4 Exabytes.I have led teams creating the UK national infrastructure around National Severe Weather Warnings as well as services for the Defence, Aviation and Retail industries. Previously, I worked in the Research and Development team on predictive analytics solutions for a series of small companies specialising in HR and services for the police. I studied for a MEng in Software Engineering at Aberystwyth University and am a Chartered Engineer and Chartered IT Professional.