Work
Case studies.
What the problem was, what I did, and what changed.
Pharmaceuticals · 2021–2022, 2025–2026
Designed in 2021, asked back in 2025: a Data & AI platform that lasted
A global pharmaceutical company
I was technical lead for a multi-tenant AWS Data & AI platform: about 25 products, each bootstrapped in under a day, and the full RAG data path. The client built on my 2021 design, then asked me back.
Read case studyEnergy · 2022–2024
Recovery built to survive a ransomware attack
A major UK energy provider
I led the design and build of an immutable backup platform across AWS, GCP and Azure, so a major UK energy provider could keep operating if it were ever hit by ransomware.
Read case studyMedia & Publishing · 2017–2018
Making the board case for an AI venture
A global media and publishing company
As designated CTO of a planned AI and data science spin-off, I built the case to the board with the Chief Digital Officer, CTO and Finance Director, and designed the data platform behind it.
Read case studyFinancial services · 2015–2016
From an early-stage monolith to an enterprise-ready product
Envizage
As CTO of Envizage, a wealth-management fintech start-up, I turned an early-stage monolith into a multi-tenant product ready for enterprise clients, and built the team to deliver it.
Read case studyMedia · 2012–2014
Election-grade integration for BBC News
BBC News
I rebuilt a Tier 1 news API single-handedly before London 2012 (millions of daily views, no restart in two years), then built the integration platform behind election coverage until 2015.
Read case studyBanking · 2007–2008
From 15 to 600 concurrent users, two months before launch
A major Greek bank
A mortgage application due for 300 branches handled 15 concurrent users against a target of 500. In under four weeks, I got it to 600.
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