London, England, United Kingdom
An engineering leader (CTO, VP of Engineering, Technical Project Manager) with over 19 years of experience in hands-on software development including over 16 years in management roles. Led international teams across various continents through the entire software development lifecycle, overseeing development and deployment of fully scalable solutions that handle thousands of transactions per second. Currently CTO of Achillee Limited, responsible for overseeing the full technology strategy, development, platforms, and communicating all objectives with internal and external stakeholders, having launched a payment platform and gaming systems in East Africa, integrating with mobile networks and other service providers, to establish a strong foothold in the market.
- Building a SaaS platform to empower companies to reduce their carbon footprint and improve sustainability - Responsible for leading the entire product side of the business, overseeing the development, product and application support teams
- Designed, architected and project managed the launch of payment solutions and SMS platform that integrated with mobile networks in African markets - Worked with international freelance developers on website launches for company products that interfaced with internal systems - Managed team of engineers to launch consumer-facing products tailored to the local market - Responsible for company’s technical roadmap, ensuring systems are robust, scalable and future-proof, communicating all plans with owners and key stakeholders
- Managed the launch of a reverse-auction product, designing, architecting and co-developing a scalable solution - Worked with external partner to develop a sports book platform, helping them manage and expand their internal development team leading up to the product launch, then oversaw our company’s side of the work - Launched several different iterations of existing and modified products in other African countries, all using scalable, cloud-based solutions, tailored to local markets - Achieved combined revenues of $50million per annum across all products within 2 years, built on issuance of over 9 million e-wallets - Liaised with international partners on all technical aspects for new product ideas and launches, such as integrating with mobile money providers and aggregators, and providing specs and timelines for partner development teams - Worked with directors on strategic and future planning for new products and ideas
- Freelance Java development for interactive gambling games - Website design and support