Manchester Area, United Kingdom
Passionate software team manager and software architect. I believe empowering technologists to do what they do best creates the most competitive products. Over the years I have built software teams with exceptionally high standards in software quality, productivity and innovation. As an architect I have been designing highly scalable, available and reliable systems. These cover a wide range of areas including large scale dynamic imaging services, big data analytics, high throughput APIs, video streaming farms and multiplayer games. Beyond designing and implementing these systems I also have a lot of experience selecting and configuring infrastructure. Small and large companies can equally build large systems with the advancement of services like AWS and Azure. However, this approach requires a new way of designing systems to take advantage of this flexibility. When do I automatically turn on new servers, how do I administer that unpredictability? I think these are some of the most interesting problems in the industry today.
As VP of Development, I continued to scale and guide the engineering organization while leading the design and build of Amplience’s headless CMS. Recognizing the growing need for omni-channel, developer-friendly content management, we helped pioneer the headless CMS space before it became an industry trend. This work reimagined content management for the mobile-first era and supported modern approaches such as SPAs and PWAs, establishing Amplience as a leader in shaping the future of digital content delivery.
At Amplience, I led the growth of the engineering organization from a single team into a multi-team structure, including establishing a new hub in the North East of England. We built a passionate team that thrived on solving complex technical challenges for our customers, adopting cloud and modern build practices to deliver systems capable of handling billions of requests daily. Together we created the Dynamic Media platform, enabling retailers and developers to effectively use product media in their experiences at scale.
Guided the technical direction of the 10CMS platform, leading architecture and implementation decisions. Mentored and coordinated a small team of engineers to deliver a product that was both robust and scalable as customer demand increased.
Joined 10CMS as a software engineer, working on the company’s first content management product. Focused on enabling business users to deliver rich, interactive, content-managed media experiences.
Software Engineer working on digital projects for global brands, including Sony PlayStation, as part of a leading creative agency.
Spent four years working as a software engineering contractor, partnering with startups and established tech companies across industries including e-learning, e-commerce, market research, media, digital agency and online gaming. Gained broad experience across different domains, tech stacks, and team environments.
Software Engineer at Miniweb, a media startup bringing online streaming content to the living room. Worked on porting their platform and user experience to additional devices.