Professional Scrum Trainer (PST)

• Nov 2017 - Present

As a Professional Scrum Trainer through Scrum.org I am able to deliver thier courses to the public or privately in organisations. Scrum is used in 80% of all agile projects and by having a solid understanding of how to implement Scrum organisations, have the best chance in being able to deliver value. As a Professional Scrum Trainer through Scrum.org I am able to deliver thier courses to the public or privately in organisations. Scrum is used in 80% of all agile projects and by having a solid understanding of how to implement Scrum organisations, have the best chance in being able to deliver value.

Professional Scrum Trainer

• Jul 2021 - Present

Consultant

• Jan 2010 - Present

Providing wide range of experiences to various businesses using the knowledge gained in over 20 years of working in complex product domains.Accredited Professional Scrum Trainer, working with teams in order to improve their capabilities.

Consultant Scrum Master / Coach - Yorkshire Water

• Oct 2019 - Mar 2020

Consultant Scrum Master / Coach - NHS Digital

• Jul 2017 - Jun 2019

Scrum Master - Hitachi Capital

• Feb 2016 - Sep 2016

Solutions Architect - MadeByPi

• Apr 2014 - Sep 2014

Scrum Master / Agile Consultant- Legend Club Management

• Mar 2013 - Apr 2014

Solutions Architect - Prozone / Amisco

• Sep 2012 - Feb 2013

Solutions Architect - Legend Club Management

• Apr 2012 - Aug 2012

Agile Consultant

• Jul 2018 - May 2022

Principal Consultant

• Sep 2020 - May 2021

Principal Consultant

• Jul 2017 - Jun 2019

Scrum Master to a number teams; Delivering training, mentoring and assistance to the scrum teams within NHS Digital via Infinity Works. Helping them to improve their delivery capabilities and improving their Scrum experience and knowledge. Working with the teams to define goals, to identify improvements in their process and to improve the overall experience of working within Scrum Scrum Master to a number teams; Delivering training, mentoring and assistance to the scrum teams within NHS Digital via Infinity Works. Helping them to improve their delivery capabilities and improving their Scrum experience and knowledge. Working with the teams to define goals, to identify improvements in their process and to improve the overall experience of working within Scrum

Head Of Technology - Sky Identity

• Sep 2016 - Jun 2017

End-to-end accountability for the technical delivery and operation of products and services within a Sky Product Tribe. My responsibilities consist of: • Ensure delivery of the strategic vision & roadmap for the department. • Ensuring sufficient resource available to meet current and future demands of the departmental roadmap. • Co-ordination and business validation of new delivery projects • Monitoring overall project spend against Opex & Capex values. • Line management responsibilities for seven direct reports, with a wider leadership influence of the tribe members. Also, responsible for several teams and technology disciplines such as Dev Ops, Scrum Masters and Software Engineering.

Principal Consultant

• Feb 2016 - Sep 2016

Scrum Master to two squads providing Agile coaching to the squad members and to the wider community at Hitachi Capital. One squad’s focus is on “Business As Usual” features whilst the other is a “Greenfield Development” on a future web product. My responsibilities consist of: • Assist in the transformation to a Squad Model, demonstrating how good agile teams operate and how they interact with other areas. • Introduce practices that support cross squad collaboration - (e.g. Tribes, Scrum of Scrums) • Support & enhance the current Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) within Hitachi Capital. • Provide weekly progress status reports to Business stakeholders, monitoring the health of the project and that of the squads. • Assist in the planning & co-ordination of monthly product releases and hotfixes. • Improve the product development pipeline, looking to removing constraints without increasing the risk to the business. • Address any in-sprint issues, providing support and guidance to the self-organising teams, ensuring that they work towards producing high quality products and deliver the highest business values.

Scrum Master | .Net Developer

• Oct 2014 - Nov 2015

Part of a highly proficient & dedicated .Net Scrum Team; focused on delivering a hugely scalable and feature rich set of APIs in Microsoft Azure. Built upon key Azure features in order to manage tens of millions of concurrent users posting images, video & searching for friends within the Fansz ecosystem. (30 million concurrent users was achieved due to the architecture implemented.) As Scrum Master & Tech Architect I helped to implement design patterns that ensured a high availability and rapid response from the supporting APIs; delivered using Scrum methodology. Liaising with the Product Owner to ensure the team were developing the right things for the business at the right time. One of the key decision makers in helping to recruit the Technical team required (permanent employees and contractors) to build the application; in doing so reviewed cvs & conducted interviews (technical & soft skills). Implemented the working practices and build standards for the team in order to deliver production ready software at the end of each sprint.

Solution Architect

• Apr 2014 - Sep 2014

My role was to assist Made By Pi in defining an appropriate technical solution for a website for a Utility company. The solution was based around customer account creation including, online payments and submitting meter readings and also required a corporate brochure site. Deliverables from the project included, proposing a system architectural view; eliciting the project requirements (Functional & Non-Functional); identified suitable hosting partners ensuring that future growth and system resilience would be safeguarded, keeping in mind any legal obligations such as PCI compliancy; provided an overview of expected resource requirements and aided in the mitigation of associated project risks

Scrum Master & Agile Consultant

• Mar 2013 - Apr 2014

Scrum Master for 2 development teams within Legend, providing agile advice & assistance to the teams and the other teams they interact with. Reviewing the development procedures within Legend, investigating areas of Lean software development & continuous improvement for the development teams. (TDD & Continuous Integration et al) Along the way, keeping my hand in at developing applications using the Microsoft stack and other technologies. Scrum Master for 2 development teams within Legend, providing agile advice & assistance to the teams and the other teams they interact with. Reviewing the development procedures within Legend, investigating areas of Lean software development & continuous improvement for the development teams. (TDD & Continuous Integration et al) Along the way, keeping my hand in at developing applications using the Microsoft stack and other technologies.

Soultions Architect

• Sep 2012 - Feb 2013

Providing advice and guidance on the technical and product delivery challenges facing Prozone and Amisco. Providing development options, stage plans and milestones the company needs to meet in order to achieve and improve the build quality of the products it delivers. Mentoring developers on software best practices and techniques that could be employed in their situation,e.g Test Drive Development, Continuous Integration and Design Patterns. Designing applications which will help in the data flow and the processing of the production environment. Improving my French language skills as my time is split across sites between the UK and France. Also doing a bit of development....(TDD and Agile-naturally)

Lead Solutions Architect

• Apr 2012 - Aug 2012

Working on the "Sports Connect Project" for the Fitness Industry Association, funded by Sport England & Olympic 2012 Digital Legacy Project. The project's aim is to aggregate sporting activities, timetable information allowing users to access multiple sport providers all from one place. Skills used: WCF, C# Working on the "Sports Connect Project" for the Fitness Industry Association, funded by Sport England & Olympic 2012 Digital Legacy Project. The project's aim is to aggregate sporting activities, timetable information allowing users to access multiple sport providers all from one place. Skills used: WCF, C#

Principal Technical Architect

• Dec 2010 - Apr 2012

At The Races holds the picture rights to 30 UK and 27 Irish Racecourses including Ascot, Doncaster, Curragh and Leopardstown. Available on Sky Channel 415 and Virgin 534 Joined a highly skilled and respected development team whose responsibilities include the support and development of the On-line side of At The Races.com Primary Responsibilities: + Defining and implementing the transition of AtTheRaces.com from an on premise hosting solution onto the Microsoft Azure Platform. + Identify and resolve technology issues with the transition, providing solutions within Azure. + Re-factor the existing code base ensuring that the code has sufficient test coverage in order to support the site. + Bring the support and future development of AtTheRaces.com into ATR; with the aid of Agile Methodologies, Continuous Integration tools and Test Driven Development.

Senior Developer

• Aug 2000 - Jan 2010

My role involved developing .Net applications whilst performing the responsibilities of a Technical Architect. The applications designed employed techniques and development patterns to ensure the scalability and robustness of the system. The projects undertaken followed an Agile approach, using Scrum methodology whilst the actual development is performed via Test Driven Development (TDD) thus ensuring the code is testable. I have worked on numerous successful projects in a variety of size of teams. Whilst at Sky I have developed web sites and applications for internal clients such as SkyBet and various premiership football teams including websites for Arsenal, Chelsea FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC and Manchester City. I was the Technical Architect & Lead Developer for Super6 and many other great features on the sites.

Software Engineer

• Apr 2000 - Aug 2000

I joined Sports Internet Group as developer and built applications for the areas within the group. These include OPTA and Planetfootball.com The company was bought by BSkyB in August 2000. I joined Sports Internet Group as developer and built applications for the areas within the group. These include OPTA and Planetfootball.com The company was bought by BSkyB in August 2000.

Software Engineer

• Oct 1999 - Apr 2000

I developed bespoke applications for UK and Malaysian power stations. The applications were written in VB6 and used SQL Server as their underlying database. I developed bespoke applications for UK and Malaysian power stations. The applications were written in VB6 and used SQL Server as their underlying database.

Technical Support Developer

• May 1997 - Oct 1999

I worked at Nestle for over 2 years and worked on various internal projects. The projects ranged from desktop applications to intranet applications which we rolled out across Nestle UK. I worked at Nestle for over 2 years and worked on various internal projects. The projects ranged from desktop applications to intranet applications which we rolled out across Nestle UK.

Software Engineer

• Aug 1996 - May 1997

I worked at Admiral on various projects for Barclays Bank in Coventry and Poole. The majority of my time at Admiral / Barclays was developing business account banking applications in Delphi. These predated the Internet banking applications and required either a card reader to access the accounts or a dongle attached to the user's PC. I worked at Admiral on various projects for Barclays Bank in Coventry and Poole. The majority of my time at Admiral / Barclays was developing business account banking applications in Delphi. These predated the Internet banking applications and required either a card reader to access the accounts or a dongle attached to the user's PC.

Software Engineer

• Jun 1994 - Aug 1995

Work placement year - as part of degree course Work placement year - as part of degree course

Software Engineer

• Oct 1991 - Dec 1991

I was awarded an EU Scholarship to work within Action Business Center, Crete, for 3 months working on a bespoke application which was sold to Mediterranean countries. I was awarded an EU Scholarship to work within Action Business Center, Crete, for 3 months working on a bespoke application which was sold to Mediterranean countries.