Curriculum Vitae

Career

Cirium | 2024 - Present

As Cirium’s Lead Architect I set the technical strategy for the business; designing organisation wide solutions that support Cirium’s future growth.

Areas focused on:

Interfacing with C-Level leadership to ensure that technical strategy aligns with the goals of the business
Working with teams to ensure shared infrastructure/solutions meet their needs
Effective communication of strategy with stakeholders alongside clear documentation of designs
Engaging with suppliers to explore if new technologies and tools can support the business
Determining technical feasibility of upcoming projects and products

Cirium | 2022 - 2024

Architect accountable for the design of machine-to-machine interfaces (e.g. HTTP APIs, AMQP).

Areas focused on:

Engaging with stakeholders within the business and the wider organisation to gather requirements
- These stakeholders include Sales, Product, Project, Data, SREs, and Security
- Analyse requirements from the above to design solutions that meet the business needs
Working with teams to understand where shared infrastructure/solutions may benefit the business
Coordinating multiple teams to allow effective delivery
Establishing coding practices and drive technical direction amongst development teams
Leading teams in the decomposition of issues to aid problem-resolution
Effective documentation of design
Evaluating new technologies and tools for upcoming projects and train teams in their usage
Determining technical feasibility of upcoming projects

Cirium | 2020 - 2022

Integrate the software and systems from the recently acquired Snowflake Software into the broader processes and systems of Cirium.

Snowflake Software Ltd. | 2016 - 2020

Building cloud-based data processing and analysis pipelines for the Aviation industry.

Snowflake Software Ltd. | 2012 - 2016

Developing Java desktop applications and Java-based web services in an Agile environment.

Southampton University | 2008 - 2012

Awarded a First Class with Honours

Leadership: I excel at working with teams and guiding them towards a strategic vision.; In my current and previous roles at Cirium I have been accountable for driving the engineering department towards a platform based architecture.
Mentoring: I get a lot of satisfaction from working with engineers, of all levels, to grow their craft.; I especially enjoy pair-programming and the opportunity it gives me to not only train, but learn from other engineers.
Problem Solving / Creativity: I deeply enjoy solving problems.; From the performance of a SQL query, to the orchestration of multiple teams building out a business case; no problem is too big or small.
Accountability: It is important to me that I hold myself to the same standards I hold others to.; This has resulted in many high-trust relationships during my career as people can count on me to deliver whilst simultaneously striving to be better next time.
Communication: Although I have been known to use metaphors frequently, I excel at communicating with others.; In my current role I am responsible for business-wide technical strategy which I have to communicate upwards to C-Level management, and downwards to engineering teams.