Draftstars is a daily fantasy sports platform originally formed through a 3-way joint venture between Fox Sports, Seven West Media (Channel 7), and CrownBet. Draftstars was acquired in March 2018.After leveraging a 3rd-party fantasy platform, I was hired to develop an internal technical capability.As CTO, I:- Formulated the Draftstars technical strategy based on a hybrid internal / outsourced development model with our Ukraine-based development partners;- Guided… Show more Draftstars is a daily fantasy sports platform originally formed through a 3-way joint venture between Fox Sports, Seven West Media (Channel 7), and CrownBet. Draftstars was acquired in March 2018.After leveraging a 3rd-party fantasy platform, I was hired to develop an internal technical capability.As CTO, I:- Formulated the Draftstars technical strategy based on a hybrid internal / outsourced development model with our Ukraine-based development partners;- Guided Draftstars through the process of reviewing and assuming control of the licensed platform, allowing us to perform load testing internally and address issues;- Facilitated the largest Daily Fantasy Sports contest ever in Australia during 2017 AFL grand final;- Developed and released new products and features: - Native Android and iOS apps, now used by 45% of the user base; - A new responsive website based on Angular and Typescript; - A scalable DFS real-time scoring engine, instrumental in addressing issues with scale; - A head-to-head DFS matchup product called Rapid Fire;- Designed a new Contest Management Engine intended to replace aging code; Show less

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Skimlinks is a content monetization platform headquartered in London. The technology allows online publishers to earn revenue from their content through affiliate marketing and by leveraging audience behavioural data.As CTO I:* Employed Agile methodologies across 4 distinct development teams to continuously deliver product enhancements and monitor their success.* Attracted and recruited high-achieving individuals from the UK and abroad, provided career progression plans and… Show more Skimlinks is a content monetization platform headquartered in London. The technology allows online publishers to earn revenue from their content through affiliate marketing and by leveraging audience behavioural data.As CTO I:* Employed Agile methodologies across 4 distinct development teams to continuously deliver product enhancements and monitor their success.* Attracted and recruited high-achieving individuals from the UK and abroad, provided career progression plans and continuous professional development to upskill and retrain existing staff.* Instilled a positive company culture through mutual respect, openness and collaboration.* Successfully closed rounds of funding which required extensive technical due diligence processes examining our technical stack, security procedures and development processes for scale and suitability;* Expanded Skimlinks’ presence in the London and EU tech community, hosting meetups such as the London Spark meetup, Machine Learning london, Shoreditch JS and STEMettes. We often sponsored events such as the DotGo conference in Paris and sent staff to conferences abroad;My technical responsibilities and achievements included:* Ensuring the stability and availability of all Skimlinks services as relied upon by high profile media partners.* Implementation an effective Disaster Recovery framework based on self-healing software architectures and formalised response procedures.* Implementation of AWS cloud-based auto-scaling allowing systems to accommodate >10,000 requests/sec, currently boasting 100% uptime for over 2 years despite several provider outages;* Implementation of single-click deploy and CI driven development process allowing us to provide continuous delivery for several of our systems;* Collaboration with the technical teams of high-profile clients to accommodate and demonstrate appropriate security and capacity capabilities. Show less