Oct 2017 – Jan 2018 · 3 mos

• Led the rollout of Jenkins and Rancher.
• Built CI/CD pipelines for multiple Java based microservices covering static analysis, unit testing and deployment to system integration testing environments.
• Migrated multiple test packs to run in docker on demand in Jenkins creating a test as a service included in pipelines.
• Built solution for Jenkins based infrastructure CD pipeline including unit testing terraform code, acceptance testing AWS infra and daily startup/tear down to reduce operating costs.
• Terraform rewrite of infrastructure to support single command create and tear down working across multiple peered VPCs.

Feb 2017 – Oct 2017 · 8 mos

• Company was acquired by Global Logic*
• Was a member of the leadership team responsible for direction setting, new customer acquisition and P&L across three accounts.
• Led the path to live continuous testing team @ ASOS.com:
• Built infrastructure for continuous testing of complex ASOS.com path to live environments running on azure using terraform, puppet, docker, Jenkins, Zabbix, varnish, nginx, nexus and the elk stack. Jenkins farm running over 7k tests a day with less than 0.1% error rate.
• Architected web test framework built in Javascript using Nightwatch.js, selenium grid, browsermob-proxy and cucumber-js. All tests run in docker containers using compose for orchestrating multi container applications. All tests record web traffic to help developers debug issues. First web test framework to be rolled out to multiple teams at ASOS.com.
• Architected dashboard / information system visualising path to live environment health and test results. ReactJS application (Javascript/ES6) built using a mixture of higher order components and functional stateless components. Redux, thunk, Jest and Enzyme all used to deliver a well tested and well received tool. Built continuous delivery pipeline for the dash using Jenkins declarative pipelines.
• Led a mixed team of 6 SDET and defect mangers over the project. Mentored, trained and coached each to ensure a productive team. Was responsible for performance reviews of the team, stakeholder management and backlog management for programme of work.

Sep 2016 – Feb 2017 · 5 mos · London

• I worked with two teams helping to improve the quality of their build, test and release pipeline.
• Replaced their existing build and release Jenkins jobs with a single Jenkins Pipeline instance
• Introduced portable builds that run in version controlled docker based environments on developer machines and on Jenkins nodes. These build android, ios, native linux and JVM based applications
• Worked with the team to define a testing strategy that meets the needs of their customers and a plan of continuous improvement to help transition to it. This includes the introduction of specification by example to drive integration tests running on a Java based framework he helped develop.
• Helped increase unit test coverage for the java 8 backend and helped the client developers with the introduction of unit tests for the c++ code. Held pairing sessions to introduce mocking and more formal unit tests.
• Trouble-shooting, supporting developers and updating puppet configurations to roll out new software and Jenkins updates to the systems
• Produced a proof of concept immutable infrastructure pipeline using Packer, Puppet and Vagrant to build Jenkins Linux, Windows and MacOS Jenkins nodes tested using serverspec.

Jun 2016 – Aug 2016 · 2 mos · London, United Kingdom

• Worked on automated continuous delivery / continuous integration workflows of docker images using Jenkins and it's groovy DSL
• Built out makefiles to build, perform static analysis and unit test multiple projects.
• Orchestrating deployments of containers and test runs using Jenkins and Puppet enabling automated BDD and load testing.
• Collecting operational statistics with elacticsearch, logstash and kibana (elk) to report to senior stakeholders on capacity and usage.
• Aggregated logging using graylog enabling developer and support team visibility into testings runtime behaviour.

Aug 2015 – Jul 2016 · 11 mos · London, United Kingdom

• Product manager of a bespoke reporting platform designed to standardise reporting across EMEA, NA and APAC regions.
• I was responsible for gathering, validating and prioritising requirements for over 15 different client groups. Requirements had to be written up following a specification by example (BDD) style. I had to work with UX architects, visual designers, data visualisers and a development team (of up to 8 people). Together we delivered the work under a tight deadline whilst balancing new feature development and technical debt to ensure a high quality product and a flexible code base.
• I led the introduction of automated data testing and the introduction of redash to improve communication and collaboration within the team.
• I was responsible for delivering requirements to the definition of ready, backlog grooming and the impact analysis of new feature development. I filled in as a scrum master for the team helping to bring issues to the surface.

Feb 2015 – Aug 2015 · 6 mos · London, United Kingdom

• Solutions architect working on automated integration, functional and compatibility testing.
• Working with the business to gain an understanding of the requirements, development, manual testing and release processes across multiple teams to see how best to integrate automated testing whilst feeding back with improvements throughout.
• Using open source testing framework FitNesse to drive web and mobile devices within the office and 3rd party labs using Selenium and Appium covering the full stack comprising of backend ruby on rails REST app, data warehouse, frontend html, flash and Adobe AIR mobile iOS and Android applications.
• Using Scala to write SLiM server FitNesse fixtures. Using Actionscript for communications layer built on top of selenium wire json protocol to bridge app to test framework.
• Using Docker, Ansible, Vagrant and Jenkins for AWS/EC2 server provisioning, testing, continuous app deployment and static analysis.
• Using Python with Elasticsearch and kibana to graph test activity to help with decision making.

Sep 2014 – Jan 2015 · 4 mos

• Worked with HMRC on the the user led GDS digital transformation process.
• Held requirements workshops with the product owner, subject matter experts and external stakeholders. Described requirements using agile user stories, UML, knowledge sharing workshops and specification by example/BDD/Gherkin style acceptance criteria.
• Worked with 3rd party software suppliers to understand complex distributed systems and to commission new APIs. Was responsible for acceptance testing APIs to ensure requirements were met.
• Worked with user experience researcher to define KPIs and plans for lab based usability research.
• Worked with the QA and the project team to validate the acceptance criteria, modify/split requirements as appropriate and participate in estimation/planning sessions.
• Ran cross team BA workshops to facilitate knowledge sharing, reducing duplicate efforts, differences in process.
• Ran agile training workshop to help external stakeholders understand planning and delivery processes.
• Key Responsibilities: Discovery and documentation of existing processes, discovery and documentation of business requirements, interpretation and prioritizing of user research findings, 3rd party requirements specification, Scrum / agile training

Sep 2013 – Sep 2014 · 1 yr · London

• Appsbooth is currently “a personal assistant in the cloud”. It is a collection of productivity tools that connect your disconnected world back together. Appsbooth works on web, iOS and Android.
• Within Appsbooth phase 1 you can create todos and appointments, you can store your address book and you can send email as well as make telephone calls. All of these are highly connected and work together in harmony. This means you can create a todo linked to an email or add a list of todos that must be completed before your appointment date. Phase 2 is under wraps at the moment.
• I work with the investor to understand his vision, define a roadmap and create a delivery plan. Within the delivery plan I outline the data models, languages, frameworks and libraries that are best suited to help deliver this platform. I also focus on the branding and the business model to try to grow the roadmap into a successful business.
• Throughout the delivery I consult on how to be more agile (how to have more agility), the user experience, code quality and am responsible for backend development. I also help out with some of the front end JavaScript development.
• Key responsibilities; recruitment, data modeling, technical architecture, project management.
• Methodologies used; Wireframes, Scrum, Agile, UML, Lean business model canvas.
• Technologies used; Django, Docker, fig, fabric, Postgres, Sentry, ElasticSearch, AngularJS, Phonegap, RESTFul web services.

Mar 2013 – May 2013 · 2 mos · London

• I worked closely with the marketing executive to define a consistent data model that could be used to define the products they create, including single product and multi product bundles, variant products and products with different names/packaging for sale in different regions. I ran a white board UML session to define the products and to aid the discussion on how consistency could be reached.
• I went on to build an information system that allows the products to be entered, searched and extracted for use in a later eCommerce project.

Jan 2013 – Jan 2018 · 5 yrs · London, United Kingdom

• UCL Advances offers training, networking and business support for staff, students and external entrepreneurs to encourage and enable new enterprises to get going. Unique in the UK Higher Education sector, its primary role is to promote a culture of entrepreneurship on campus and engagement with entrepreneurs and small businesses beyond UCL's boundaries.
• I am a mentor with the UCL Advances programme. I draw on my experiences to help start ups with product development, technical strategy and branding. I focus mainly on mobile apps and social games.

Aug 2012 – Nov 2012 · 3 mos · Croydon, United Kingdom

• I worked with the campaign manager, consulting on their game design; helping with player motivations, player rewards and scoring mechanics.
• I then went on to build the front end game and back end leader board.

Jun 2011 – Feb 2015 · 3 yrs 8 mos · London, United Kingdom

• My contracting company - social software engineering with a focus on social network platforms, social/casual game design and game/competition mechanics
• I have worked as a sys admin, front end dev, back end dev, solutions architect, technical architect, business product owner, user experience architect and tester. I have worked independently and within teams, both as a team member and as a team leader.
• At I Need a Robot, I put it all together along with my polyglot programmer ability and my addiction for learning/challenges to provide companies with a resource who can competently work at any stage (or all) of development with a can do attitude to build top quality solutions that are:
• "solving the correct problem, using the correct technology and in the correct way"
• My most recent projects have found me using Adobe Starling for Air - to build multi platform hardware accelerated mobile apps, Django and TwitterBootstrap for cross browser compliant web applications and using good old fashion white boards for UML data modelling.

Jun 2011 – Dec 2012 · 1 yr 6 mos · London, United Kingdom

• I was an agile, business value focused technical architect capturing requirements, creating solutions and helping improve business processes along the way.
• I was responsible for all of the data modelling and migration of two sites with over 5k users from an off the shelf (undocumented) Ning platform onto a bespoke Django build.
• I established standards for documentation (using UML) and introduced a language the business owners used to describe their product to others - this was the business owners first development project. I introduced the concept of a backlog and held daily standups to ensure the business owners could track progress when desired.
• I introduced game mechanics and social engagement circles to help increase user engagement and provided a solid platform for the business owners to continue on with. I defined the feature they are using to earn revenue and I have provided over 2 years worth of future features additions (at scrum story level) with revenue making suggestions.
• I provisioned the whole stack (nginx,gunicorn,celery,mysql,redis,varnish-cache) and wrote every line of python code the site used to go live.

Jul 2010 – Jun 2011 · 11 mos

• Mentoring, project managing, appraisals, conflict resolution, architecting and developing.
• I used my extensive knowledge of agile methodologies, technical know-how and my engineering traits to improve productivity and reduce risk through out.
• In my year at FUSE Ltd, I introduced source control, continuous integration, scrum, TDD, frameworks, design patterns and the use of integrated development environments

Apr 2010 – Jul 2010 · 3 mos

• FUSE is a Digital Agency based in Soho, London.
• At FUSE I worked on a number of different projects and at different times of the development cycle, including:
• Customer facing work:
• Flash based Spot the Ball for the New Football Pools.
• Site planning, architecture and development for BrainJuicer (DJango and HTML).
• Public facing social networking applications for Unilever (Flash and PHP).
• Internal work:
• Shared address book front end, providing integration between LDAP and Google Apps as an internal project.
• Setup of an internal development server.
• Setup of internal Wiki/intranet
• Internal network support.

Mar 2008 – Apr 2010 · 2 yrs 1 mo · London, United Kingdom

• In this position I develop high quality software to satisfy the fast moving commercial requirements of the business. I work within a specialist team made up of Developers, Testers, an Architect and Business Product Owner. The role is driven by the project in hand and will generally cross over to other aspects of software development throughout the project lifecycle.

Sep 2007 – Feb 2008 · 5 mos

• By utilising the Orbis OpenBet software platform with its unique one account, one wallet solution, operators are able to provide their customers with the ability to bet and play across multiple products and platforms in all languages and currencies, providing a user-friendly singular clear view of all customers' gaming activities via comprehensive management and reporting tools.
• As a solutions architect, I consult on the implications of changes to OpenBet and am responsible for ensuring the business requirements of Ladbrokes are implemented in a timely and architecturally sound manner. To do this I:
• work as part of a team defining all facets of the client's technical strategy
• collaborate with business and technical teams to create solutions for the client product and platform projects
• compose detailed design & architectural documentation

Oct 2004 – Aug 2007 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• The OpenBet Fixed Odds Games module brings a new dimension to game play. The powerful and flexible suite of games offers over fifty graphically rich, non-download Flash games, including Slots, Keno, Scratch Cards, Balls and Hi-Lo.
• I worked in a position mostly concerned with customer delivery. I was responsible for ensuring the quality of the products released and was involved in user acceptance testing regularly. My key responsibilities were:
• Working closely with the Tech Lead in order to develop skills in all aspects of the development process.
• Carrying out code reviews as required by the Tech Lead.
• Providing ongoing support and mentoring to developers with the Tech Lead.
• Carrying out all parts of the release/deployment process, and help with releases where required.
• Producing viable estimates for all work (PIDs & internal projects).

Jan 2000 – Jan 2006 · 6 yrs

• Freelance web development and business process automation.

Jan 1998 – Jan 2003 · 5 yrs