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
3–5× times return on investment achieved for clients
Over £10m won in competitive technology tenders
Where my experience sits
Five areas run through my career, and they rarely get talked about together even though they depend on each other.
Cyber Security
Practical security leadership and governance that protects the business without grinding it to a halt.
AI strategy and adoption
A platform-agnostic evaluation methodology, tested across multiple AI platforms, for moving from experiment to production with real governance.
Cloud infrastructure
trategy grounded in more than two decades of hands-on infrastructure engineering.
Governance, risk and compliance
Frameworks that hold up to scrutiny, drawing on auditor-level knowledge of international standards.
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.
Recent thoughts
- Your cloud provider is making a fortune from your confusionBetween 21% and 32% of cloud budgets are wasted.Harness estimates… Read more: Your cloud provider is making a fortune from your confusion
- UK board-level responsibility for cybersecurity just hit an all-time lowIn 2021, 38% of UK boards had a named director… Read more: UK board-level responsibility for cybersecurity just hit an all-time low
- The EU AI Act became enforceable on 2 February 2025Most businesses have barely noticed. Here’s why that changes in… Read more: The EU AI Act became enforceable on 2 February 2025
- A client called me six months into their ‘digital transformation’They’d already spent millions.Replaced three legacy systems.Hired a transformation director.… Read more: A client called me six months into their ‘digital transformation’
- 95% of AI pilots are failing right nowMIT interviewed 150 executives and studied 300 public deployments. The… Read more: 95% of AI pilots are failing right now
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 CTO Club, and founding the Techie Brunch Club, a network of over 1,000 technologists.
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.