United Kingdom
A marketing, project management and web development professional with broad based experience gained in fast moving and demanding market sectors. Extensive experience and expertise in user focused web/application development and a natural and effective conduit between business and IT functions. Specialist in Drupal CMS and eCommerce implementation, including site building, theming, front and back end development, upgrading and maintenance. Key credentials ● Initiated and implemented global website, e-commerce and digital marketing projects for top household brands (Le Creuset, Kenwood, Dimplex) ● Project managed all digital developments for a significant Department for Transport initiative within the public sector. (Hampshire Councils) ● Marketer and later Product Owner for the agile development of a successful .NET based Content Management System (Immediacy CMS - later sold to Mediasurface PLC) ● Experienced and confident in bringing multiple stakeholders together to achieve results quickly and efficiently ● Hands-on implementer, configurator and manager of Drupal content technologies for diverse project needs (Drupal 6/7/8/9/10 plus Commerce and CRM) ● Early career spent at the forefront of the digital revolution in broadcasting, telecoms and internet services (NTL/Arqiva/Virgin Media, Lucent Technologies/Bell Labs) Have struggled with progressive and profound deafness throughout by career but now blessed by our wonderful NHS with a cochlear implant that has surpassed all expectations. Now keen to use my new found and stable hearing abilities to find a role with purpose and one where I can make a difference.
Delighted to have re-connected with some ex-colleagues from the outset of my career and also getting to know some very talented new colleagues on a shared mission to help unlock the power of AI in marketing.
Delighted to have re-connected with some ex-colleagues from the outset of my career and also getting to know some very talented new colleagues on a shared mission to help unlock the power of AI in marketing.
In the wake of studying for 6 months on a AI Leadership Bootcamp course at the University of Portsmouth I have been undertaking AI related business consultancy projects based primarily around the Drupal CMS AI Initiative. In addition I have been doing a deeper dive into AI related developments in areas that fascinate me such as the potential for AI to be used to enhance human abilities through neuroplasticity. I have also been networking with former colleagues to understand how AI can make a difference to their respective businesses, particularly in the area of streamlining content production, providing coding for web projects and insights through deep research.
During the time it took to learn to hear again electronically (see Career Break) I immersed myself deeper and deeper in the Drupal Content Management solution. Interesting learning experiences include using Drupal to :- * Create Progressive Web Applications * Develop an interactive game * Integrate with Spotify * Create a booking and availability system that integrates with mobile apps I have also done a lot of migration and maintenance work for varying Drupal versions including the more complex upgrade from Drupal 7 to 8.
I have had progressive and increasingly profound hearing loss for most of my adult life. By 2019 I was struggling with even the most advanced and most expensive hearing aids and qualified to receive a cochlear implant. Very luckily I had the operation in January 2020 due to another patient cancelling. It was activated a couple of weeks before the first COVID lockdown. It took around 12 months to distinguish accents and the voices of people I've always known and around 18 months before I felt confident in social situations again. Around 3 years after switch-on I began to get rudimentary enjoyment from music again. On the fifth anniversary of the switch-on (February 2025) I received a new set of processor equipment -the technology that sits outside my head and feeds the data to the implant. The associated tests for this upgrade showed my hearing had improved even further than any previous test - which is a remarkable and very welcome result.