Experience

Attraction Tickets Ltd
• United Kingdom
• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Software Engineer

  • Jul 2023 - Present


Recurrent Ventures

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 100 - 200 Employee

• UK VP Software Engineering

  • Nov 2021 - Jun 2023

  Contracted to lead NYC-based digital media company’s global integration of an increasing number digital media publication acquisitions, migrate different CMS and tech stacks onto one central platform, and restructure recently onboarded engineering teams across the US & AU into existing workflows. Delivered pipelines in GitHub actions offering feature branch environments to support end to end testing. Contracted to lead NYC-based digital media company’s global integration of an increasing number digital media publication acquisitions, migrate different CMS and tech stacks onto one central platform, and restructure recently onboarded engineering teams across the US & AU into existing workflows. Delivered pipelines in GitHub actions offering feature branch environments to support end to end testing.



KFC UK & Ireland

• United Kingdom
• Food & Beverages
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Engineering Team Lead

  • Apr 2020 - Nov 2021

  As the responsible party for standardizing the frontend technology of a major global fast food brand, I was tasked with leading a talented team of 12 developers and UX designers. My role involved a balanced split between hands-on and hands-off responsibilities, with a focus on the technical aspect of the project and leading the team to success. On the hands-on side, I architected and developed the deployment pipeline in AWS, which included a CI (Continuous Integration) process. This allowed for end-to-end testing on multiple platforms, ensuring that all components of the customer experience were thoroughly tested and working as intended. The hands-off aspect involved overseeing the day-to-day operations of the team and guiding their efforts to meet our shared goals. Our objective was to overhaul the customer experience for 900 in-store self-ordering kiosks located across the United Kingdom, as well as the mobile ordering application and certain sections of the KFC web experience. To achieve this, we made use of React Native Web components to create a centralized component library. This allowed us to deliver new features and improvements to the customer experience with speed, while also ensuring a high level of quality and consistency across all platforms. I believe that this 60/40 split between hands-on and hands-off responsibilities allowed me to effectively drive the project forward while also providing the necessary support and guidance to my team. By leveraging my technical expertise and leadership abilities, we were able to exceed our goals and deliver a world-class experience to KFC customers. Show less



Commerce Labs

• United Kingdom
• Software Development

• Co-Founder/Director of Engineering (SaaS subscription management product white label)

  • Mar 2015 - Nov 2021

  Identifying a need to ship products quickly in business software solution builds, founded a micro-services architecture consultancy for e-commerce transformation projects, from building travel site's digital data platform to increase revenue by 30%, to developing a National Grid app to help consumers make smarter energy choices launched at COP Identifying a need to ship products quickly in business software solution builds, founded a micro-services architecture consultancy for e-commerce transformation projects, from building travel site's digital data platform to increase revenue by 30%, to developing a National Grid app to help consumers make smarter energy choices launched at COP



Travelopia

• United Kingdom
• Travel Arrangements
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Principal Software Engineer (Serverless backend)

  • May 2019 - Apr 2020

  As a key member of a team of engineers and solutions architects, I played a significant role in growing our capacity and capabilities in the areas of data (platforms, ETL, science) and integration (APIs, system modernization). My expertise in serverless architecture and experience writing lambdas were key assets in our efforts to deliver on the Catalyst Programme, a major strategic multi-year initiative across the Travelopia group. As a key member of a team of engineers and solutions architects, I played a significant role in growing our capacity and capabilities in the areas of data (platforms, ETL, science) and integration (APIs, system modernization). My expertise in serverless architecture and experience writing lambdas were key assets in our efforts to deliver on the Catalyst Programme, a major strategic multi-year initiative across the Travelopia group.



Tes

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal Software Engineer

  • Mar 2015 - May 2018

  Responsible for site, billings, subscriptions, CMS & analytics of leader in online education products & services, hired and managed a team of 12 engineers to launch 3 editions of the BBC News’ #1 most read article serving 10k pageviews/sec, and build an interactive cloud-based platform to help universities with analytics, driving engagements and product upsells. Responsible for site, billings, subscriptions, CMS & analytics of leader in online education products & services, hired and managed a team of 12 engineers to launch 3 editions of the BBC News’ #1 most read article serving 10k pageviews/sec, and build an interactive cloud-based platform to help universities with analytics, driving engagements and product upsells.



Commerce Guys

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer E-commerce

  • Nov 2013 - Feb 2015

  Overseeing a team of 7 developers at e-commerce solutions agency, led key projects for top clients, including developing a Webby Award-winning, content-driven experience for Lush, and facilitating 10,000x traffic spikes to drive maximum donations for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day fundraising campaign through careful commerce tracking and stock system integration. Overseeing a team of 7 developers at e-commerce solutions agency, led key projects for top clients, including developing a Webby Award-winning, content-driven experience for Lush, and facilitating 10,000x traffic spikes to drive maximum donations for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day fundraising campaign through careful commerce tracking and stock system integration.



Applicity

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Software Engineer

  • Nov 2011 - Oct 2013

  Working closely with C-suite at systems integration & software development consultancy, built training management software for tech clients, migrating complex systems to open source tools. Working closely with C-suite at systems integration & software development consultancy, built training management software for tech clients, migrating complex systems to open source tools.



Attraction Tickets Ltd (formerly known as ATD Travel Services)

• Software Engineer

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2011

  A self-taught coder and web designer from age 15, joined the UK's #1 attraction ticket provider to re-engineer and re-platform its entire web operations supporting 7 entertainment brands (eg. Universal Studios, SeaWorld), including building a new reservation system still used to this day. A self-taught coder and web designer from age 15, joined the UK's #1 attraction ticket provider to re-engineer and re-platform its entire web operations supporting 7 entertainment brands (eg. Universal Studios, SeaWorld), including building a new reservation system still used to this day.