London Area, United Kingdom
As Global Head of DevSecOps at Hogarth Worldwide, I lead cloud transformation strategies focused on security, automation, and cost efficiency across globally distributed teams. With deep expertise in AWS, I manage and optimize large-scale, complex cloud infrastructures, achieving significant cost reductions while improving scalability, security, and performance. I successfully scaled the DevSecOps team five-fold, driving key initiatives to enhance cloud infrastructure and implement best practices across Hogarth. My focus on automation, security, and cost optimisation enables me to deliver scalable, reliable cloud solutions that align with business objectives and compliance requirements.
Serving as a Board Trustee, contributing to strategic oversight, governance, and fiduciary accountability. Provide independent guidance to ensure the organisation meets its mission, complies with legal obligations, and operates effectively. Actively involved in board decision-making, risk management, and stakeholder engagement.
Led cloud transformation, managing AWS infrastructure for enterprise-scale environments, enhancing security, and scaling workloads while driving multi-million-pound annual cost efficiencies. Scaled DevSecOps team fivefold, implementing best practices in automation, security, and cost optimisation across globally distributed teams. A core member of the Architecture Review Board, actively contributing to strategic decision-making on enterprise-wide cloud architecture and security solutions. Sit on various steering groups and collaborate as part of the senior leadership team, driving alignment between technology initiatives and business goals. Spearheaded the centralisation of DevOps tooling, streamlining development processes and improving collaboration and operational efficiency across the organisation. Integrated FinOps strategies and implemented cost-optimisation measures through AWS cost tools and automation, leading to significant cost savings. Centralised identity management across the organisation by implementing a unified solution for secure, scalable access control, significantly enhancing security and reducing operational complexity. Applied industry best practices in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to manage infrastructure, improving resilience, enhancing security guardrails, and reducing operational risk and manual intervention. Collaborated with technology vendors to address infrastructure gaps, streamline cloud operations, and improve cost transparency across multi-cloud environments. Implemented security tooling to prevent merging of code containing critical vulnerabilities, ensuring secure and compliant production deployments. Introduced AWS Security Hub and Control Tower, standardising compliance and security frameworks across cloud accounts. Worked closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to align cloud strategies with business objectives, enhancing governance and security across global teams.
Led the centralisation of DevOps tooling by migrating from multiple platforms to a unified solution, improving collaboration and operational efficiency. Oversaw the development and optimisation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) modules, enforcing security guardrails and reducing operational risk across environments. Coordinated with security and compliance teams to improve monitoring and reporting for threat detection and vulnerability management. Standardised and enhanced CI/CD pipelines across multiple frameworks, reducing developer downtime and improving deployment reliability. Collaborated with internal stakeholders to ensure the adoption of best practices in cloud infrastructure, security, and governance. Directed the design of a scalable, three-tier hosting solution, improving performance and ensuring secure application deployments. Drove the adoption of centralised identity management and access control systems, improving security across distributed teams. Developed modular IaC solutions to ensure secure, scalable, and consistent deployments across various frameworks and environments.
Led disaster recovery efforts for Hogarth’s digital department, rebuilding critical infrastructure and accounts to ensure business continuity. Worked closely with security and compliance teams to enhance threat detection, vulnerability management, and compliance monitoring. Standardised over 200 applications, improving development, deployment, and delivery processes to enhance application performance and reliability. Developed and implemented a CI/CD pipeline, significantly reducing deployment times and improving efficiency across multiple frameworks. Created an asset management tool for handling assets and database backups across environments, enabling developers to access sanitised databases directly. Established and applied best practices across diverse frameworks, optimising the software development lifecycle (SDLC) to improve security and deployment speed. Architected and implemented Infrastructure as Code (IaC) workflows to automate infrastructure provisioning, reduce manual errors, and enhance scalability. Designed and deployed a flexible three-tier hosting solution, optimising infrastructure for multiple frameworks and improving resource utilisation.
During my second tenure at Cancer Research, I worked exclusively with the Cancer Chat team, addressing challenges within an application that had been in active development for over four years. The application had accrued a significant amount of technical debt, which hindered its performance and scalability. In collaboration with the DevOps team, I implemented a more structured and detailed code analysis process. This approach allowed us to better identify the critical areas of the application that required optimisation. By targeting these high-priority components, we were able to significantly reduce technical debt, improving the overall performance and maintainability of the application.
During my time with the European Commission, I was responsible for the development and continuous improvement of the core platform supporting over 130 European Commission websites. My role involved selecting and prioritising key initiatives, with a primary focus on enhancing automation and operational efficiency. I led efforts to streamline and automate the deployment processes across multiple sites by implementing parallel application deployments using Drone. This initiative resulted in significantly reduced deployment times and enhanced the reliability of integration scripts, leading to a more efficient and scalable deployment pipeline. Additionally, I concentrated on optimising the regression testing framework, focusing on reducing the overall execution time. By refining the way Behat tests were structured and executed, I was able to cut the regression pack runtime from 12 hours to 4 hours, vastly improving the team's ability to deliver faster, higher-quality updates to the platform.