A full-stack lead developer/architect/DevOps engineer with a wide range of technical skills on different platforms in various industries. His core skill is the ability to work closely with business experts to ensure software is delivering genuine business value, even with challenging timescales. Enjoys forming and leading cross-functional teams to confront and defeat technical challenges. Personable and professional; a strong communicator able to liaise effectively with both technical and business people. An advocate of Scrum and Agile/Lean methodologies to create an environment where delivery just happens. Eliminator of manual, error-prone, wasteful processes that hamper the delivery of business value. Happy mentoring less experienced members of the team. Knowledgeable and adept with both integration and application design patterns; able to utilise patterns to rationalise complex solutions into manageable pieces. Concentrates on achieving continuous delivery by utilising automation at every step of the process including automated monitoring post deployment.At ease implementing a variety of different database and indexing technologies. Favours a cloud-based microservices architecture with NoSQL storage and asynchronous messaging but is pragmatic and ultimately believes in the right tool and approach for the job. Comfortable working in both green and brownfield environments; enjoys the challenge of dealing with legacy applications.