Experience

SecureKey Technologies

• United Kingdom
• Information Technology & Services

• Director of Service Engineering

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  • Built out a team to deploy and build new services• Led deployment activities across multiple banks to implement a distributed blockchain identity solution• Championed an infrastructure-as-code approach to deliver repeatable, consistent platforms using technologies such as Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Git and Jenkins.• Led and managed a successful datacentre migration

• Director of Infrastructure

  • Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  • Responsible for infrastructure projects, support escalations, capacity management and service improvements.• Maintained SLAs on multiple production systems running over 600 VMs across both private and public cloud, including an authentication platform processing more than 3 million transactions per month.• Implemented and maintained FedRAMP compliance for US Federal Credential Cloud Exchange solution.

• Senior Network Security Architect

  • Dec 2012 - Dec 2014

  • Promoted to Team Lead, managing six engineers delivering new projects and service improvements. Participated in management meetings• Responsible for on-going network architecture and design of SecureKey’s private cloud, spanning multiple interconnected sites• Technical project lead responsible for successfully delivering Federal Credential Cloud Exchange (FCCX) solution for US Postal Service in aggressive timelines• Designed, built and integrated a new performance testing/development site from the ground up (servers, networking, storage, connectivity)• Deployed, configured and upgraded F5 LTM, ASM and WOM solutions• Responsible for 10G core network upgrade in multiple sites using Dell Force10 S4810 switches• Configured and deployed Juniper Netscreen Firewalls utilizing policies, VPN tunnels, NAT, etc• Support and troubleshooting of Dell EqualLogic iSCSI arrays and NexentaStor NFS solutions



Sentaca Communications

• United Kingdom

• Wireless Data Architect

  • Jun 2008 - Dec 2012

  • Designed, implemented, tested and supported a pre-production lab for a major network operator, including MMS, SMS, mobile browsing and other mobile technologies• Responsible for design, implementation and project management of an HA Java application from a development environment to production using Oracle RAC and F5 load balancers• Architecture, deployment and configuration of a mobile advertising solution on a hosted private cloud• Organised and led technical discussions with hosting providers as part of an RFP process• Deployment and customisation of Jira to track development and customer issues• Enhanced network operator’s SMS service by implementing and testing value-add features on HP Blade systems. Tested resilient LDAP and Diameter failover using Cisco CSS• Successful migration of email to Google Apps, enhancing productivity and reducing costs• Deployed Cloud Hybrid storage solution for office IT infrastructure to enable better collaboration



• United States
• Restaurants
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director