Experience

SYNALOGiK Innovative Solutions Limited

• United Kingdom
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Programme Delivery Manager

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  Scout® enables compliance and investigation teams across banking, gaming, insurance and law enforcement to carry out automated fraud detection and enhanced due diligence checks in a fraction of the time. Using this platform as the UKLE Single Intelligence Environment of choice saves time and effort for researchers and investigators, freeing up valuable resource for other activities. Scout® enables compliance and investigation teams across banking, gaming, insurance and law enforcement to carry out automated fraud detection and enhanced due diligence checks in a fraction of the time. Using this platform as the UKLE Single Intelligence Environment of choice saves time and effort for researchers and investigators, freeing up valuable resource for other activities.



National Crime Agency (NCA)

• United Kingdom
• Law Enforcement
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Manager

  • May 2019 - Mar 2022

  Head of Internet Investigations, NCA. Absolute dream of a job, ran overt and covert investigation teams, predominantly focused on darkweb and CSAE offending. Working with the NPCC lead NCA and Policing built a unified network of investigators (UK|DICE) which focused on the targeting those using the Darkweb and cryptocurrency for criminal purposes, with reaches into local forces, regional and national teams and with international partners.

• Manager, Dark Web Intelligence Unit

  • Oct 2015 - Jun 2019

  Worked with an excellent team of highly skilled mathematicians, analysts, programmers, data scientists and intelligence professionals to target the full range of offending on the dark web. The team were recognised for two National awards and rightly so.

• Manager, SIU

  • Sep 2014 - Oct 2015

  Managed teams dealing with high risk intelligence and data management.



Lancashire Constabulary

• United Kingdom
• Law Enforcement
• 700 & Above Employee

• Detective Inspector, Various

  • May 2010 - Sep 2014

  Range of roles from Domestic Violence team, CSE, Force Major Incident, Divisional CID and Counter Terrorism Branch.

• Detective Constable / Detective Sergeant

  • Sep 2005 - Apr 2010

  Counter Terrorism Branch officer, working from threat desk officer to covert policing roles.

• Police Officer

  • May 2004 - Sep 2005

  Uniform response officer on return from career break.



Travel Counsellors

• United Kingdom
• Travel Arrangements
• 700 & Above Employee

• Microsoft Systems Engineer / Web Developer

  • Feb 2000 - May 2004

  Web developer and MCSE certified systems and network engineer. Helped a growing company to embrace internet technologies including HTML scraping, search engine optimisation, web design and development. During this time my contribution to the SQL and ASP.Net community was recognised by MIcrosoft where I was awared MVP status for 3 years running before leaving IT to rejoin the Police. Web developer and MCSE certified systems and network engineer. Helped a growing company to embrace internet technologies including HTML scraping, search engine optimisation, web design and development. During this time my contribution to the SQL and ASP.Net community was recognised by MIcrosoft where I was awared MVP status for 3 years running before leaving IT to rejoin the Police.

• Police Officer, Intranet Developer

  • Apr 1999 - May 2000

  Using asp and relational database systems, I designed and developed one of the countries first data driven intranet systems which combined disparate systems to create a unified tasking and coordination system. This was later adopted across the wider force to become SLEUTH.

• Police Officer

  • Jan 1994 - Apr 1999

  Non-uniformed Intelligence roles.

• Police Officer

  • Aug 1990 - Jan 1994

  Uniformed response in Lancashire communities