Technology leadership across cyber security, AI, cloud and governance
Twenty-five years moving between the vendors who build technology and the organisations that buy it, with a career that started in technical training
70% reduction in consultant preparation time through AI-augmented delivery
3 to 5 times return on investment achieved for clients
Over £10m won in competitive technology tenders
Where my experience sits
Six areas run through my career, and they rarely get talked about together even though they depend on each other.
IT Strategy & Leadership
Turning technical decisions into plain business terms: what something costs, what it delivers, and whether it’s worth doing, without jargon or vendor-led hype.
AI strategy and adoption
A platform-agnostic evaluation methodology, tested across multiple AI platforms, for moving from experiment to production with real governance.
Vendor and partner relationships
Commercial agreements, co-op and marketing fund management, co-sell alignment and partner tier performance. I’ve worked on both the vendor side and the buyer side.
Governance, risk and compliance
Frameworks that hold up to scrutiny, drawing on auditor-level knowledge of international standards.
Cyber Security
Practical security leadership and governance that protects the business without grinding it to a halt.
Cloud infrastructure
Strategy grounded in more than two decades of hands-on infrastructure engineering.
Recent thoughts
- The first rung into cyber security is half what it was in 2022Ada Lovelace Day will bring out the figure on women… Read more: The first rung into cyber security is half what it was in 2022
- Fourteen days: what Cyber Essentials now expects your people to doCyber Essentials now fails organisations outright on patching and multi-factor… Read more: Fourteen days: what Cyber Essentials now expects your people to do
- Twenty-Five Years in Managed Services, and What Actually StuckMy last day in managed services is 30 September, 25… Read more: Twenty-Five Years in Managed Services, and What Actually Stuck
- What Happens If Your AI Vendor Goes Dark Tomorrow?Ask most technology leaders whether they know their organisation’s biggest… Read more: What Happens If Your AI Vendor Goes Dark Tomorrow?
- The Skill Gap Nobody Puts on a Project Management CertificateEvery project manager I’ve worked alongside can build a schedule,… Read more: The Skill Gap Nobody Puts on a Project Management Certificate
Community
Alongside this, I invest time in developing technology people and communities: mentoring through the British Computer Society, career coaching with Ada, peer mentoring with the London CTOs, and founding Greyface Guild- a community interest company that hosts groups such as the Techie Brunch Club which supports over 1,000 technologists, and South Devon Sound which is a community radio station encouraging and supporting local arts, creative, and media talent.
Let’s talk
If any of this is relevant to your event, your team, or someone you’re mentoring, I’d like to hear from you.