Thirty years in technology transformation. I start with the problem, not the playbook.
FBCS. FRSA. Technology executive across government, financial services, life sciences, and media. Available for interim and fractional CIO roles.
Executive delivery at scale
Abcam: VP Global Engineering at an AIM-listed life sciences company, creating their first unified technology portfolio and delivering the engineering transformation that unlocked double-digit growth after four consecutive years. Travis Perkins: Group Director, bringing together all brands under a single software delivery function for the first time. Led crisis management during the Ukraine conflict. Cybersafe Schools: CEO. UK Government: at GDS, coaching the teams delivering the Exemplar programme that replaced paper driving licence counterparts for 40 million licence holders. At ESFA, delivering the digital Apprenticeship Service managing the distribution of £2.7 billion in annual levy funds. At HMRC, introducing agile delivery and DevOps within the Aspire programme.
The scale has always been large. The problems have always been structural. The people have always been a big part of the solution.
beò
My research into digital wellbeing and the attention economy directly informs my executive work. Understanding what constant connectivity actually costs organisations makes me a more effective CIO. As CTO of beò, I set the technical direction while the research team handles operations.
Available for interim and fractional CIO roles
Full ownership of the technology estate, accountable to the board. I take on interim and fractional CIO positions where the organisation needs someone to diagnose what's actually broken, build the right team around it, and stay until it's fixed.
What this looks like
Travis Perkins (FTSE 250)
Built software delivery across up to 200 people in UK and Ukraine. When the conflict began, led the evacuation of 100 team members while maintaining delivery continuity. Geopolitical risk, stakeholder communication, and operational resilience simultaneously.
Abcam (AIM-listed, £260M revenue)
Owned delivery, engineering, and operations across four countries. Created the business's first unified technology portfolio. Integrated with Oracle Cloud ERP. AWS migration reducing costs by 40%. Unlocked the double-digit growth Abcam had delivered for four consecutive years but was stuck entering its fifth.
The short version
FBCS. FRSA. MSc Psychology (Distinction). BSc Computer Studies. Data Science for Executives (Columbia via edX). Quantum Computing (Linux Foundation). Thirty years across GDS, Cabinet Office, HMRC, Abcam, Travis Perkins, Cybersafe Schools, American Express, JP Morgan, BBC, Barclays, Tesco, Sky, and The Guardian. Agile Alliance sponsor, AXELOS contributing editor, PRINCE2 Agile contributor, CTO Craft panel member. Keynote speaker.