Do you need the expertise of a seasoned Chief Technology Officer?

I know how crucial it is for businesses to have an experienced technology leader at the helm but cost can sometimes be an issue especially for startups or scaleups so if you're looking for an interim or fractional CTO or perhaps coaching to bring a less experienced engineer into the role feel free to drop me a message, and let’s discuss how I can support you.I’m also passionate about mentoring both current and emerging tech leaders through the Meet a mentor(MaM) community.

"Don’t get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water" - Bruce Lee

Sector experience includes:

  • Pharmaceutical

  • Consumer electronics

  • Broadcast

  • Digital Health

  • Manufacturing

  • Finance

  • Insurance

  • Social media

  • And more...

About MeI'm a seasoned technology executive with extensive experience as a CTO/CIO, leading global engineering teams and scaling businesses in high-growth sectors like pharma, digital health, insurance, and financial services. With a background in software development, I specialize in leveraging AI, data science, and cloud strategies to drive innovation and business growth.Throughout my career, I’ve successfully scaled teams of 150+ engineers, developed cutting-edge SaaS products, and managed multi-million-pound budgets, all while ensuring technology strategies align seamlessly with business goals. Whether you're looking to enhance customer engagement through AI, build scalable cloud solutions, or improve your company’s cyber security posture, I offer the expertise to get you there.Let’s work together to solve your most complex tech challenges. Contact me to discuss how I can support your business.

Most companies use the cloud in some capacity, but many still rely on data silos to solve IT problems. A holistic approach to cloud strategy can provide greater impact by aligning technology with business goals.What I Can OfferI develop comprehensive cloud strategies and roadmaps that place technology at the core of your business. This transforms cloud decisions from IT-only considerations to opportunities for enhancing business performance. By adopting this approach, enterprise companies can achieve the agility and speed of startups. My services include:

  • Analysis of existing IT and business infrastructure

  • Identifying company vision, goals, and objectives

  • Creating high-level technical designs

  • Assessing risks and challenges

  • Current and future

  • Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis

  • Developing and executing a resource plan for the agreed strategy

Serverless ArchitectureWe are in the third wave of cloud transformation: serverless architecture. While the term ‘serverless’ is somewhat misleading (since physical servers still exist), it shifts the focus from server management to rapid application deployment. This reduces time-to-market, accelerates iteration, and cuts management costs.I’ve designed multiple applications using serverless technology, but I’m always mindful of balancing innovation with practicality. It’s critical to evaluate TCO to ensure serverless is the right solution.For more details, check out my recent article on serverless technology here.Hybrid CloudAWS once dominated the cloud landscape, but now Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Azure are strong contenders. Hybrid cloud solutions offer the ability to combine on-premise and public cloud infrastructures, allowing flexibility and innovation.Benefits of Hybrid Cloud:

  • Avoid vendor lock-in, especially with serverless-specific tools

  • Enhanced redundancy and risk mitigation

  • Seamless deployment with minimal disruption

  • Better alignment with data security and regulatory requirements, ensuring sensitive data remains secure on-premise

A successful CTO is the bridge between business and technology, translating complex technical concepts into clear, actionable strategies for non-technical leaders like the C-suite and board. My focus is always on delivering business and product goals quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively—using the best technology for the job. Here are just a few of the areas I can help with:

  • Leveraging data science and AI to enhance engagement

  • Get ahead of your competition by implementing GenAI and Large Language Models (LLMs)

  • Leading and managing technical teams

  • Developing and reviewing technical strategy

  • Architecting solutions on AWS and GCP

  • Crafting cloud strategies: mono, hybrid, or on-premise integration

  • Building and launching SaaS products (B2B and B2C) with microservices and serverless technology

  • Mentoring and growing technical and QA teams

  • Managing remote, offshore, and international teams

  • Advising on cyber security posture and technology choices

  • Creating and maintaining risk registers from a tech perspective

Tech stories that interest me around development, Cloud or security issues. I publish longer form articles on Medium and I publish a bi-weekly podcast called TechCaptains with Ron Danenberg.

- Just in case your company thinks you can't afford take security seriously or that pen testing is too expensive or that experienced CISO who wants £150k/yr is too pricey? Article #cybersecurity #malware #crime

- Could the whole Encrochat hack have been a police sting all along? Well done if it was. Article #cybersecurity #malware #crime

- What would anyone post screenshots from their Zoom calls on social media, are people that daft? Article #privacy #security #zoom

- Well this is interesting, but doesn't change the fact that so many companies especially #techcompanies simply don't understand they need a complete review of how they hire to get more diversity. Women for instance read job adverts quite differently to men, so if you don't get that right you will fall at the very first hurdle and to be honest its not that hard to do right. Article #hiring #humanresources #womenintech

- One big problem with Lambdas on #AWS is connection overloading, they are short-lived and can scale fast. Some of this can be mitigated with object caching and the use of connection pools but a better solution has now gone into production with RDS proxy. Article #serverless

- Credit card skimmer code embedded in an image and delivered through a very popular #wordpressplugin, amazing. Article #malware #cybersecurity

- Lots of countries have Stingrays, and this is why if you live in a shall we say "less democratic" country, using a cellphone could be a death sentence. #cybersecurity #malware #mobilesecurity Article

- Pretty shocking that 83% of Global 2000 enterprises have not adopted basic security practices. Article

- Back to the future here, fast server side rendering courtesy of #websockets and #erlang .This is a pretty impressive demo it must be said. Watch here

- Prisma sounds very interesting and I think the author is completely wrong in stating that a large subset of devs dont want the database abstracted away, my experience of most is the complete opposite! Article #database #nosql #rdbms

- There have been warnings for years around the potentially huge problem of millions of comprised #iotdevices well it is now upon us. This will be far worse than Mirai I suspect for DDOS attacks. Article #security #cybersecurity

- Treat source code like gold. As this post points out its not just about IP. But the other point to make here is don't store credentials in your repo, ever! Cannot emphasise how important this is and can't believe it still happens at companies that should know better. In #awscloud it's made easy and you can encrypt things like stage variables using KMS. Less experienced engineers can be excused but if you have team leads or senior devs who allow this to pass code review they are probably in the wrong role. Article #security #git

- Homomorphic encryption sounds like something that shouldn't be possible, processing encrypted data without decrypting it first. The maths behind it is over 10 years old & now IBM have released a toolkit for developers to use homomorphic #encryption in their applications. Article #datasecurity

- Here we go again with #russia, I must admit I had no idea Exim and Postfix were 91% of the mail server market that is astounding. Article #security #cybersecurity #unix

- Modelling a hierarchical relational structure in a single #nosql table, in this case #aws #dynamodb . Skip to minute 46 if like me initially you can't get your head around it. Article

- Nothing like discussing languages with devs to get flame wars going. PHP seems to be equally loved and hated, VBA should be killed with fire (I have my own horror story of that from many years ago, still scarred). Building something new today? Bias towards Typescript and Node would be my advice for many reasons. Article #programming

- All governments are the same, they want to tell voters they have simple solutions to their problems but putting backdoors in #encryption to catch bad guys is still a terrible and self-defeating idea that is the zombie of bad ideas. Instead put more money and training into good old fashioned police work, I know its not as sexy. Article #privacy #security

- Two fascinating takeaways. First, 93% of companies looking at hybrid solutions and second top initiative is reducing costs (amazing how many companies rush to build without properly planning or understanding cost implications). Article #cloudcomputing #hybridcloud

I'm happy to discuss your needs and whether I can help. If I can't, I will know someone who can. I always try to respond the same day.I will never add you to an email list, spam you or share your email.