An experienced technology leader blending deep technical credibility with senior leadership experience in platforms, architecture & software engineering and infrastructure management in Enterprise Retail, Media, and Managed E-Commerce environments.
Designed and built large scale infrastructures across AWS, Azure, OCI and On-premise. Spearheaded the deployment of Europe's largest single site Oracle X-Store POS system, defining operational benchmarks in security, scale and stability. Drove £6M+ savings through cloud optimisation and led AI initiatives to enhance efficiency and compliance.
Extensive experience managing onshore and offshore vendors with detailed KPIs and standards management. Securing over £1.5Bn/yr through rigorous engineering governance, compliance, and KPIs.
Designing and delivering scalable, resilient software systems across retail, media, and e-commerce. Deep expertise in microservices, event-driven architectures, monorepo strategies, and domain-driven design — from whiteboard to production at enterprise scale.
Leading AI-augmented engineering practices including LLM-powered compliance engines, intelligent CI/CD pipelines, and AI-driven FinOps. Experienced with LiteLLM, Ollama, Bedrock, and OpenAI for building production-grade AI capabilities into platforms.
Building internal developer platforms with GitOps-driven workflows, self-service infrastructure, and automated governance. Unifying CI/CD, observability, security, and compliance into cohesive platform experiences that accelerate delivery velocity.
Managing technology budgets is increasingly complex, suppliers change prices in unexpected ways, budgets are stretched and shadow IT is a complex problem to manage. I'm building a platform to support decision makers.
Manage your suppliers, systems and data from an infosec and data protection leader's point of view, report risk and manage incidents.
This is a proof of concept AI generated application to get data from TFL and display it in interesting ways. With maps and interconnect data, train tracking etc.
Review live raw BGP route propagation and withdrawals, search ASN data and see history, auto refreshes from RIPE NCC.
Open source intelligence is a key growing area where multiple public sources are linked and validated to ensure accuracy and truthfulness.
I can help you build, scale and secure your business or product.
Building SaaS and PaaS products using AWS, Kubernetes, MySQL, Postgres, AI and other technologies. See some of the products I'm building above.
Built and led a 35+ technology organisation across cloud, hosting, network, retail & e-commerce operations, infosec, and architecture. Europe's largest Oracle X-Store POS deployment (~1,400 terminals). Crowdstrike, Palo Alto, Zscaler ZTNA, PCI-DSS compliance securing £1.5bn+ revenue. £6M+ cloud optimisation savings. Led AI initiatives for operational efficiency. Technical Design Authority — AWS, Azure, OCI, IaC (Terraform/Ansible), VMware, Proxmox, Cisco SDWAN, 500K+ data metric monitoring estate.
Consolidated tooling, developed security and compliance roadmap during start-up to scale-up transition. Reduced IT spend by 30% through optimisation and consolidation. Oversaw cloud, DevSecOps, and internal IT. Managed 15TB+ AWS database estate and Kubernetes-backed developer platform with CI/CD pipelines.
Led cloud engineering and security for some of the UK's largest B2C e-commerce properties. Achieved 99.99% availability by embedding SRE/DevOps practices. Neutralised a cyber-attack targeting 35M+ accounts, collaborating with national authorities. Architected Kubernetes migrations, edge security stacks (CDN, WAF), and managed 7 brand platforms unified under a single infrastructure estate.
Enterprise architecture strategy, Technical Design Authority, and DevOps transformation across infrastructure, engineering, operations, and security. Led 15-person architecture team plus 60-person offshore engineering organisation. Delivered CI/CD frameworks, microservices, serverless APIs, and modern observability. Achieved ISO 27001 and PCI DSS Tier 1 accreditation. Led £1M+ infrastructure divestiture and recovery of £10M+ digital portfolio.
Managed engineering team across multi-tenant hosting and managed e-commerce business. Cisco and Juniper network with public ASN, 3 interconnected data centres, HP server and SAN infrastructure. Responsible for on-call escalations, capacity planning, and maintenance across BGP, OSPF, VPN, VMware, and Windows/Linux platforms.
Web development with PHP and SQL, 3rd line engineering support. Migrated services to colocation, added managed anti-spam, hosting, and e-commerce products to the company portfolio. Developed an e-commerce solution integrated with backoffice accounting and POS systems.
A highly experienced platform engineering leader who operates at the intersection of technical depth and executive strategy. I don't just design systems — I build organisations, transform cultures, and deliver measurable business outcomes.
When things go wrong, experience matters. I have led critical incident response, disaster recovery, and crisis management across large-scale retail, e-commerce, and media platforms — restoring stability, securing stakeholder confidence, and implementing preventative architectures.
I have led large-scale technology transformations across enterprise retail, e-commerce, media, and managed services environments — each delivering measurable operational and commercial impact.
Let's talk about how I can help your organisation — whether it's platform transformation,
security strategy, engineering leadership, or crisis recovery.
I am available for remote outside IR35 contract roles, one time engagements, and senior permanent roles.