Where I've worked.

Mar 2023 — present · now

CDS UK

Solution Architect

• Solution Architect at CDS, working mostly on UK public-sector digital services.
• Lead architect on Single Online Home, a national policing platform on a hybrid Azure and Cloudflare estate.
• Wrote CDS's engineering handbook — our architectural patterns and how we work with Claude Code day-to-day.
• Build MCP servers for enterprise data exposure to AI tools.
• Wrote the AI governance framework we use with public-sector clients, including the College of Policing.
• Architect healthcare integrations (HL7, FHIR), digital evidence platforms, and legacy modernisation across Azure, AWS, and Cloudflare.

Dec 2021 — Mar 2023

HeadClear

Chief Technology Officer (co-founder)

• Co-founded HeadClear and built the product from the ground up as CTO.
• Insight Optical Imaging — vital signs measured through a phone camera, no stored video.
• Shipped iOS and Android apps (Ionic), a web dashboard, and a .NET Core + PostgreSQL backend.
• ML models for wellbeing anomaly detection, within strict privacy boundaries.
• Azure AD integration with automated user sync for enterprise rollouts.
• Data portability designed in so employees keep their wellbeing data when they leave. HIPAA-level throughout.

Oct 2020 — Dec 2021

Advanced

Principal Software Engineer

• Led Flexipay's transformation from legacy desktop payroll to multi-tenant SaaS.
• Redesigned the core architecture for tenant isolation on shared infrastructure.
• Built the processing engine, pension auto-enrolment automation, and HMRC RTI submissions.
• By the time I left, Flexipay served around 3,500 UK organisations.

Apr 2019 — Oct 2020

Mitrefinch

Developer → Delivery Team Lead

• Started on MF Secure, Mitrefinch's access-control product — biometric entry, fire-safety integration, real-time tracking.
• Vue + TypeScript and C# .NET Core on Azure across the payroll and access-control products.
• Promoted to lead the Platform team — the Azure estate underneath the whole product suite.
• Built SSO across the suite and connected access control, time & attendance, and payroll into one coherent platform.
• Transitioned into the Principal Software Engineer role at Advanced when Mitrefinch was acquired in October 2020.

Nov 2016 — Apr 2019

IFS

Software Engineer → Senior

• Built a unified Xamarin Native mobile framework for iOS, Android, and Windows desktop — shared business logic, platform-specific UI where it mattered.
• Owned the offline-first sync system with conflict resolution, for field workers on intermittent connections.
• The framework underpinned IFS's mobile workforce management line.
• Promoted from Software Engineer to Senior during tenure.

May 2016 — Nov 2016

MultiPie

Mobile Applications Developer

• First professional role, at a small app consultancy in Nottingham's Creative Quarter.
• Native iOS and Android apps for a varied client book — games, social, brochures, sports, manufacturing.
• Small team, so involved from first client conversation through to launch and support.