1. SaaS

    Head of DevOps

    May 2025 – Present

    Global SaaS / Procurement Technology

    • Leading Azure cloud-first transformation across the platform estate, rationalising legacy infrastructure.
    • Delivered £1M annual savings through infrastructure optimisation and vendor renegotiation.
    • Implemented New Relic observability across all production services, achieving 24/7 monitoring coverage.
    • Deployed Cloudflare security layer — DDoS mitigation, WAF, and bot management at the edge.
    • Decommissioning 2,000+ VMware servers as part of the cloud migration roadmap.
  2. Aviation SaaS

    Head of Software Development

    Sep 2022 – May 2025

    Aviation SaaS / Post-Acquisition Integration

  3. Energy & Utilities

    Head of Technical Services

    Dec 2014 – Sep 2022

    Energy / Smart Metering SaaS

  4. Financial Services

    Service Delivery Manager

    Aug 2007 – Dec 2014

    Financial Services / Document Management

  5. Various

    Earlier Roles

    Pre-2007

    Web Development / Application Support / IT Infrastructure

Skills & Technologies

Cloud Platforms

AzureAWSDockerKubernetesTerraform

Programming

.NETPHPJavaNode.jsPythonTypeScript

Security

ISO27001OWASPSAST/DASTCloudflareISO42001

Monitoring

DataDogNew RelicPrometheusGrafana

Delivery

JiraConfluenceAgileScrumKanbanTrunk-based dev