Me

I remember my first experiment in code, a system which mocked hacking into a bank which i was so proud to show off, until i got grounded because my mum thought it was real. I was nine it was on a Commodore 64, and that wasnt the last time i got grounded.

Portals, Money Movement, International

MessageMedia

Nov 2019 - Nov 2022

Primarily my role within MessageMedia was to help stabilise the platform and ensure we could achieve the SLA’s (20million messages a day in under 2 seconds) to ensure we could exit the market for 1.4billion to sinch in 2021. In order to achieve this, I introduced an engineering vision around autonomy, mastery and purpose to ensure we had a framework to keep and retain our best talent this allowed us to ensure we could achieve the purpose of migrating the eight platforms onto the cloud. More recently after the (Sinch) buyout it has been to scale the engineering team from 300-600 and grow the business x10 each financial year.

MYOB is an Australian multinational corporation that provides tax, accounting and other business services software to small and medium businesses. At MYOB I lead the SME nation which developed and supported the underlying platform for the Essentials and Account Right.

Allocate Software

Mar 2009 – Jan 2017

Allocate Software are a global leader within Rostering, Award Interpretation and Payroll. I worked with primarily with RosterOn an Australian owned and operated subsidiary, we joined the Allocate team to help close the gap for the complex Australian Award Interpretation Rules.

Bausch and Lomb are the world leading contact lens manufacturer. Shipping over 10million contact lenses and operating 24/7.

Co-Founder and CTO of PACSis an original start-up thought up to help reduce the stress across social work. The core-platform ‘Caremaster’ helped to deliver rostering and care plan management for aged care services. Working with Co-Founders to ensure we had funding to continue to deliver our platform across multiple local authorities. Building a business generating over 2 million in revenue and employing a staff of 20.

West Lothian Council

Apr 2003 – Aug 2004

Before big data was in, people, executives and government agencies still needed access to statistics and statutory reports

West Loathian Council

Feb 2002 – Apr 2003

Capita Education Software Solutions

May 2001 – Feb 2002

Project Manage the Implementation of EMS, Develop ScotXed Reporting Tool for use within Scottish Local Government, Liaise with Government Agencies on future Developments Regarding Data Collection within Education.

Timber Growers Association

Jan 2001 – May 2001

Upgrade Network & Server, Build & Implement Membership Database (SQL Server, VB6), Develop Monthly Management Reporting System, Advise on IT matters to Scottish Forestry Trust, Generate Mailshot System.