Experience

Verastar

• United Kingdom
• Utilities
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Feb 2022 - 1 year 11 months

  Manchester Area, United Kingdom



AppTonic Solutions

• United Kingdom
• Information Technology & Services

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Oct 2020 - Jan 2022



POWWR

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Mar 2020 - Sep 2020

  Specialist energy and utility software solutions provider, serving an international client base. Our focus is SaaS software that provides a secure service with exceptional capability to integrate core systems.

• Chief Executive Officer/Chief Technology Officer (UD Group)

  • Jul 2018 - Feb 2020

  Manchester, United Kingdom Specialist energy and utility software solutions provider, serving an international client base. Our focus is SaaS software that provides a secure service with exceptional capability to integrate core systems.

• Chief Technology Officer (UD Group)

  • Oct 2017 - Jul 2018

  Manchester, United Kingdom Specialist energy and utility software solutions provider, serving an international client base. Our focus is web based, cloud based software that provides a secure service with exceptional capability to integrate core systems.



AppTonic Solutions

• United Kingdom
• Information Technology & Services

• Director

  • Jun 2017 - Sep 2017

  Manchester, United Kingdom IT Consulting Services to UK businesses. Providing strategy and advice to all sizes of businesses on their Technology strategy and Business vision. I am able to audit and advise a company on upcoming GDPR legislation, Data protection, Cyber-security and their overall business risk of IT systems.



Advanced

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Sep 2015 - May 2017

  Knutsford Advanced Legal is the leading supplier of software to the UK legal market, serving solicitors, barristers and coroners with three very distinct product offerings encompassing a variety of technologies. Since appointment in August 2015, I have successfully guided the product development organisation through a period of unprecedented change following PE acquisition. My changes to development practices during 2016 resulted in a 30% reduction in development costs countered with a 30% increase in… Show more Advanced Legal is the leading supplier of software to the UK legal market, serving solicitors, barristers and coroners with three very distinct product offerings encompassing a variety of technologies. Since appointment in August 2015, I have successfully guided the product development organisation through a period of unprecedented change following PE acquisition. My changes to development practices during 2016 resulted in a 30% reduction in development costs countered with a 30% increase in productivity, resulting in a £1.5m upside for the business as a whole. The business development pipeline is stronger than it has ever been based on this product strategy and vision. • £4.5m annual budget responsibility with corporate monthly KPI reporting (up to PE level) • Accountable for the creation of business cases and go-to-market plans for all software products • Responsible for cross-product technology strategies, application architectures and innovation • Enabled increased sales through structured product management and agile development • Built and nurtured product and development teams through positive coaching and mentoring • 80 development resources across UK and India • Successfully transformed development structure, culture and methodology Show less



AppTonic Solutions

• United Kingdom
• Information Technology & Services

• Director

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  United Kingdom IT Consulting Services to UK businesses. Providing strategy and advice to start-up businesses, in particular the local retail sector. Involved in some Investment programs for companies where I have built relationships over the last 20 years.



Capita IT Enterprise Services

• Managing Director

  • Jun 2014 - May 2015

  Chippenham Responsible for a sizeable business unit within Capita focused on delivering IT services to a large portfolio of public sector customers in both local and central government. As the managing director I ran the P&L and I was tasked with consolidating the business, reducing cost, creating operational efficiency and building a better commercial footing for a number of large contracts. We operated our own secure IL3 data centre and I was responsible for corporate governance, audit and the ISO… Show more Responsible for a sizeable business unit within Capita focused on delivering IT services to a large portfolio of public sector customers in both local and central government. As the managing director I ran the P&L and I was tasked with consolidating the business, reducing cost, creating operational efficiency and building a better commercial footing for a number of large contracts. We operated our own secure IL3 data centre and I was responsible for corporate governance, audit and the ISO compliance program. • Focused on driving operational efficiency and improving operating margin • Creation and ownership of operating plans, full P&L responsibility and day-to-day management • Strategic partnership management for delivery of the service • Accountable for business plan creation and tracking on a monthly cycle • Customer base predominantly public sector with some relationships over £65m TCV Show less



LanguageLine Solutions UK

• United Kingdom
• Translation and Localization
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Jul 2012 - May 2014

  Delph, Greater Manchester I was recruited to Capita as Managing Director of their language services business (CTI), with the primary goal of turning around a failing acquisition, making heavy losses. As the sole-provider of a high-profile £25m p/a services contract to the Ministry of Justice - and with a number of significant private clients - the business required strong leadership to facilitate a return to profitability and growth. Key to this turnaround was my introduction of innovative technology to drive service… Show more I was recruited to Capita as Managing Director of their language services business (CTI), with the primary goal of turning around a failing acquisition, making heavy losses. As the sole-provider of a high-profile £25m p/a services contract to the Ministry of Justice - and with a number of significant private clients - the business required strong leadership to facilitate a return to profitability and growth. Key to this turnaround was my introduction of innovative technology to drive service efficiency, combined with a complete overhaul of the senior management team and other key posts throughout the business. Over my first twelve months, losses were reduced from £970k per month to a profit of £120k. • Delivered post-acquisition turnaround (£13.4m over 18 months) • Creation and ownership of the operating plans, full P&L responsibility and day-to-day management • Analytic models built to improve internal processes as well as profitability of commercial contracts. • ISO 9001 implemented to standard all operating processes and improve quality • Business plan creation and tracking - targets on operating profit, cash-flow, revenue and Sales • Management of Finance, Software & Service development, Operations, Sales, Marketing and HCM. • Created a portfolio of possible acquisitions for growth with funding plans for investment • Implemented Customer first, account management and business development core value process • 225 resources based in the UK, Poland and the US • Customer base split between public and private sector – highly transactional Show less



AppTonic Solutions

• United Kingdom
• Information Technology & Services

• Director

  • Feb 2012 - Jun 2012

  United Kingdom Consultancy Business offering experienced and in-depth assistance to customers in programme management, IT strategy, Technical architecture, software development, change process and portfolio management. Specific work in the shipping industry on assignment for a leading business in Dubai and Denmark.



Modern Systems: An Advanced Company

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer/ Chief Technology Officer

  • Feb 2011 - Jan 2012

  WorldWide • Responsible for worldwide Business operations of a $45m company • Targets on operating cash-flow, P&L, cost reduction (35%) • Accountable for Budget creation and tracking across the group • Introduction of effective streamlined processes to improve accountability • 400 resources based in several countries – UK, US, Israel, & mainland Europe

• VP Professional Services & Legacy Modernisation

  • Aug 2009 - Jan 2011

  WorldWide • Responsible for ~$18m of revenue across the group WW • Targets on cash-flow and profitability • 200+ resources based in Russia, UK, Israel and Denmark • Clients in Europe and the US in multiple business verticals • Product development for a portfolio of legacy modernization software solutions • Included the AppBuilder business (~$8m) - R&D centre in the US/Russia

• UK Regional Manager

  • Jan 2009 - Jul 2009

  Milton Keynes Responsible for ~$6m of revenue, ~25 UK based employees. Product protfolio for ICL/VME with clients in the UK, US and Europe. Large Programme Management as well as Customer and Partner Relationship mnagement. Supported Sales in the new business pipeline.



Temenos

• Switzerland
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• TCB Application Architect

  • Jan 2006 - Dec 2008

  WorldWide Temenos acquired a Banking asset, TCB, from RSI in Spain. As a consultant through BluePhoenix I was the application architect of the product supporting worldwide sales, product development and implementation projects. • Responsible for ~$4m of revenue • Manager of 15+ resources allocated to the account up to the peak of 50 • Product development of a Core Banking solution • Clients in Asia and the US • On the bid team who won a $100m deal in the US • Focus on account… Show more Temenos acquired a Banking asset, TCB, from RSI in Spain. As a consultant through BluePhoenix I was the application architect of the product supporting worldwide sales, product development and implementation projects. • Responsible for ~$4m of revenue • Manager of 15+ resources allocated to the account up to the peak of 50 • Product development of a Core Banking solution • Clients in Asia and the US • On the bid team who won a $100m deal in the US • Focus on account management and partnerships Show less



Modern Systems: An Advanced Company

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Architect & Product Manager

  • Nov 2002 - Dec 2005

  WorldWide Development of the AppBuilder 4GL Product set New products related to COBOL and Java generation as well as enhanced middleware. Developed in ~ 20 weeks a brand new product to convert CoolGen to COBOL and Java. Customer based in Sweden and the project was delivered on time successfully.

• Senior Consultant & Technical Architect

  • Oct 2001 - Oct 2002

  WorldWide BluePhoenix acquired AppBuilder (Seer*HPS) product set, employees and customers from Level 8. Continued to work as a senior consultant, specializing in technical architecture. Travelled to many customers worldwide - Charles Schwab, Industrial Bank of Korea, DIMIA in Australia, LBS in Germany, Legal & General in UK.

• Senior Consultant

  • Nov 1998 - Sep 2001

  WorldWide Level 8 acquired Seer Technologies and the Seer*HPS product set and customer portfolio. Continued to work as a consultant and spent the bulk of this period working in Denmark for IBM and Finans System of a retail core banking application.

• Senior Consultant

  • Oct 1995 - Oct 1998

  WorldWide Provider of best of breed 4GL technology product -"Seer*HPS". Predonimantly used in the Banking and Finance Industry. Worked on many customer projects developing new core systems such as Standard Life and SDC in Denmark.



Friends Provident

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Analyst/Programmer

  • Sep 1989 - Sep 1995

  Dorking Joined via the graduate training programme. Provided with a solid grounding in application development and the disciplines of the software development process. Selected to be one of the technical experts on a small team assessing future 4GL technology.



University of Chester

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Union President

  • Jul 1988 - Aug 1989

  Chester, United Kingdom The Student Union was a charity organization that provided all clubs and societies for the students at the college. It covered welfare and social activities as well as interfacing with the college management on day to day operations. It was non political