Experience

NLA media access

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

• Head Of Engineering

  • Mar 2022 - Present



VavaCars

• Türkiye
• Retail Motor Vehicles
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Head of Platforms

  • Dec 2020 - Oct 2021



IRIS Software Systems Ltd

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Systems Engineering

  • Nov 2016 - Nov 2020

  Initially recruited to play an integral role in strategy development, operations management, service accountability, improvement planning, and service delivery, before gaining promotion to lead infrastructure improvements through a series of major changes culminating in the design and implementation of a next generation platform making iRiS GXP the worlds largest guest engagement platform. Strategically and cost effectively utilising cloud technologies in alignment with business goals… Show more Initially recruited to play an integral role in strategy development, operations management, service accountability, improvement planning, and service delivery, before gaining promotion to lead infrastructure improvements through a series of major changes culminating in the design and implementation of a next generation platform making iRiS GXP the worlds largest guest engagement platform. Strategically and cost effectively utilising cloud technologies in alignment with business goals while consistently and efficiently delivering strategic and transformational projects; ensuring high availability and scalability. Identifying and prioritising critical infrastructure needs and solutions. Endorsing technological advancements and maximising infrastructure investments through efficient use of technologies and tools. Implementation of tools to manage data privacy and associated risks and acting as final authority in relation to data privacy. Acting as authority for cloud platforms, infrastructure and security. Promoted an understanding of cloud technologies across the business and acting as a mentor to developers. Ensuring successful service delivery with global availability in excess of 99.98%. Coordinated business continuity and Disaster Recovery (DR) planning and implementation. Implemented and monitored best practices for compliance protection and data privacy including leading the transition to full GDPR compliance. Delivered various solutions for visualising business data, telemetry and statistics using data pipelines and Power BI.

• Data Protection Officer

  • 2016 - Nov 2020

• Director of Support & Delivery

  • Mar 2015 - Nov 2016



MBI International & Partners UK Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Group IT Director

  • Oct 2008 - Mar 2015

  Provided leadership, motivation and strategic direction to an IT team of 50+ staff; reduced staff attrition through effective recruitment, training and engagement. Monitoring and minimising IT expenditure, including procurement in alignment with a budget of £9M. Reduced operating costs by 31% and enhanced service availability across the whole IT estate in excess of 99.9% having harmonised systems across Group segments, including hospitality, oil and gas, food processing… Show more Provided leadership, motivation and strategic direction to an IT team of 50+ staff; reduced staff attrition through effective recruitment, training and engagement. Monitoring and minimising IT expenditure, including procurement in alignment with a budget of £9M. Reduced operating costs by 31% and enhanced service availability across the whole IT estate in excess of 99.9% having harmonised systems across Group segments, including hospitality, oil and gas, food processing, construction and manufacturing. Recognised amongst peers for willingness to remain ‘hands-on’ across all operations while supporting and collaborating with junior staff. Led and completed a Group-wide transition to Microsoft Lync to enable voice and video across. Advised on the investment of fully-owned metropolitan fibre networks in Paris, Vienna, Cairo and the Algarve as well as extensive microwave relay networks across France and the UK. The Group owns and operates 500+ kms of dark fibre and provides transit services to third parties using spare capacity. Coordinated business continuity and Disaster Recovery (DR) planning and implementation. Implemented and monitored best practices for compliance protection and information security.

• Group IT Operations Director

  • Sep 2004 - Oct 2008

  Established consistent architectures, tools and processes to identify issues in support of service excellence. Led the development of processes and operational standards of excellence in line with strict service standards and expectations. Pioneered and project managed the introduction of improved infrastructure and company-wide systems.



Cashcade Ltd

• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Database analyst

  • Oct 2002 - Mar 2004



EffCom Group AB

• Owner and CEO

  • Apr 1998 - Sep 2002

  Development of Certificate Management and PKI solutions, biometric access solutions and smartcard authentication products. Development of Certificate Management and PKI solutions, biometric access solutions and smartcard authentication products.



WebDev HB

• Co-Founder

  • Mar 1996 - Sep 1998

  Development and Sales of native online ERP systems. Development and Sales of native online ERP systems.