I am a Solutions Architect with comprehensive technical and consulting knowledge and understand how to apply these skills to enable teams to solve complex business problems.
I have experience in a range of organisations; local and central government, through to financial services, media and retail. These have included some high profile projects with particularly testing delivery schedules.
I’m an architect who remains technical and has a good familiarity with cloud platforms including Azure and AWS, and have worked with numerous other tools and platforms.
I have a strong interest in business problems and how they may interact with technology, and this has led me to play a key part in research projects or ‘discoveries’ where outcomes may be policy change rather than diving into a technical solution.
Technical Architect – BJSS Consulting
I work for a privately owned agile technology delivery consultancy called BJSS.
I primarily work as a Technical Architect on client site, delivering software projects with small teams. I will cover other roles flexibly however, and often take on a more technical lead-type role as I’m an architect who remains very technical, reviewing code on a regular basis. I often get involved with everything from business analysis to platform engineering/devops.
I have more recently take on a principle technologist role with the organisation which means supporting the wider ecosystem of projects and clients. I am also a squad lead which means supporting our staff and career development of a small group.
Recent deliveries include applications for a mobile workforce, including Android applications and supporting server-side components rolled out successfully to over 70 thousand devices.
Other deliveries include microservice and event streaming based services for a Government client using cloud technologies and Kubernetes.
Previous Employment
- Wynyard Group I was employed as a Solutions Architect at Wynyard Group in London. Wynyard originated in New Zealand and is a global market leader in the development of advanced crime fighting software used in investigations and intelligence operations by government agencies and financial institutions. Wynyard solutions help solve and prevent crime, defend against advanced persistent cyber threats and counter terrorism.
- BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Since joining the company in August 2012 I worked with clients in both the public and private sector. A significant proportion of my time was spent working with big-data tools within BAE Systems NetReveal product line, which facilitate data exploitation and analytics in a number of different markets. I utilise communication, problem solving and technical skills on a daily basis, spending time working with clients as well as other vendors and contractors. Activity included working with new technologies, following agile continuous delivery methodologies, through to technical support and development of existing deployments. Additionally I used some of my existing project and client based experience to support the planning and proposals of new work.
- BAE Systems (Technical Lead Position) In September 2014 — I moved into a technical lead role, supporting a team to deliver data discovery/analytics functionality to a large financial services client. This extends an already varied position and includes requirements delivery and providing guidance and technical support to team members.