Experience

EmailOctopus

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-founder and CEO

  • Feb 2014 - Present

  London Running a bootstrapped email marketing platform that charges up to 90% less than other providers. Over 50,000 users and 24 billion emails sent. Featured on IndieHackers podcast #042.



CoinDesk

• United States
• Media Production
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Digital

  • Jan 2016 - Sep 2016

  London, United Kingdom Responsible for the uptime of what became the busiest news site in cryptocurrency. Led various projects, including the launch of an Android app and a migration from a static Rackspace install to a scalable AWS solution.

• Lead Backend Developer

  • Aug 2014 - Jan 2016

  London, United Kingdom In charge of backend development for a highly-trafficked cryptocurrency news startup. Also responsible for maintaining the BPI (an average of bitcoin prices across bitcoin exchanges) which was regularly referenced by the BBC and other news outlets.



Fogmo

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Internet

• Founder

  • Sep 2006 - Mar 2015

  Founded a privacy-focused platform for sending email and SMS. Featured in numerous news outlets including Wired.



Royal Opera House

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 700 & Above Employee

• Digital Developer

  • Dec 2012 - Aug 2014

  Covent Garden, London Developed new and existing features for the Royal Opera House website. Helped to build and maintain a scalable architecture in AWS, capable of meeting the fluctuating demands of ticket buying.



A-Plant

• Construction
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Developer

  • Jul 2010 - Jul 2011

  Warrington, United Kingdom Built numerous web-based tools to assist internal departments.