Career

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Almost two decades building software and leading teams across investment banking, retail and payments.

1 yr3 yrs 10 mths at Landmark Group

Head of Engineering, Payments - Retail & Ecommerce

Landmark Group

Landmark Group is a Dubai-based retail and hospitality conglomerate operating brands such as Babyshop, Centrepoint, Splash and Max. Founded in 1973, it is one of the Middle East's largest retailers, running over 2,200 outlets across the GCC, India, Southeast Asia and Africa.

Founded
1973
Headquarters
Dubai, UAE
Employees
~55,000
Industry
Retail
www.landmarkgroup.com
· Dubai, UAE
  • Payments
  • Digital Wallets
  • Loyalty
  • Platform Engineering
  • AI Enablement

3 yrs3 yrs 10 mths at Landmark Group

Head of Technology - Retail

Landmark Group

  • Point-of-Sale
  • Omni-Channel
  • Platform Modernisation
  • Engineering Excellence
  • Technology Leadership

4 mths

Vice President, Software Engineering - CIB

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American multinational bank and financial services holding company offering consumer banking, investment banking and asset management. Tracing its roots to 1799, it is the largest bank in the United States and one of the biggest in the world by assets.

Founded
1799
Headquarters
New York, USA
Employees
~310,000
Industry
Banking
www.jpmorganchase.com
· London, UK
  • Digital Private Markets
  • Platform Architecture
  • TypeScript
  • GraphQL
  • Investment Banking

10 mths

Head of Software Development - Retail

Tesco PLC

Tesco PLC is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer and the United Kingdom's largest supermarket chain. Founded by Jack Cohen in 1919, it holds roughly a quarter of the UK grocery market and operates thousands of stores across the country.

Founded
1919
Headquarters
Welwyn Garden City, UK
Employees
~330,000
Industry
Retail
www.tesco.com
· London, UK
  • Point-of-Sale
  • Cloud Native
  • TypeScript
  • Kubernetes
  • Technology Leadership

4 yrs 7 mths

Vice President, Senior Technical Lead - CIB

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American multinational bank and financial services holding company offering consumer banking, investment banking and asset management. Tracing its roots to 1799, it is the largest bank in the United States and one of the biggest in the world by assets.

Founded
1799
Headquarters
New York, USA
Employees
~310,000
Industry
Banking
www.jpmorganchase.com
· London, UK
  • Desktop Platforms
  • Platform Engineering
  • Developer Experience
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Investment Banking

7 mths

Full-Stack Technical Lead - Media Streaming Services

Piksel Group

Piksel is a media technology company providing online video software and streaming services to broadcasters and content owners. Historically based in York, it emerged in 2013 from the bankruptcy of NASDAQ-listed KIT digital, once one of the world's largest video software providers.

Founded
2007
Headquarters
York, UK
Employees
~500
Industry
Media technology
piksel.com
· York, UK
  • Media Streaming
  • Microservices
  • Angular
  • GoLang

1 yr 5 mths

Systems Integrator - Sports Betting & Gaming

William Hill PLC

William Hill is a British bookmaker offering sports betting, online casino, poker and bingo across retail shops and digital channels. Founded in 1934, its non-US business was acquired by 888 Holdings (now Evoke plc) in 2022 for around £2 billion.

Founded
1934
Headquarters
London, UK
Employees
~10,000
Industry
Betting & gaming
www.williamhill.com
· London, UK
  • Sports Betting
  • Real-Time Transactions
  • Java
  • Spring
  • Enterprise Systems

1 yr 5 mths

Senior Developer - Digital Agency

Search Laboratory

Search Laboratory is a Leeds-founded digital marketing agency specialising in data-led SEO, paid search and multilingual campaign management. Established in 2005 by Ian Harris, it was acquired by Havas Group in 2022 and integrated into Havas Media.

Founded
2005
Headquarters
Leeds, UK
Employees
~200
Industry
Digital marketing
www.searchlaboratory.com
· Leeds, UK
  • Digital Products
  • JavaScript
  • MVC
  • C#
  • Analytics

2 yrs 2 mths

Software Engineer - Digital Agency

IDHL Agency

IDHL Agency is the Harrogate-based digital agency that Web Marketing Group became after a series of mergers and a group rebrand. It offers SEO, paid media, web development and CRO services for brands across the UK, operating as part of the wider IDHL Group.

Headquarters
Harrogate, UK
Employees
~300
Industry
Digital marketing
www.idhlagency.com
· Leeds, UK
  • JavaScript
  • PHP
  • .NET
  • SQL
  • SVN

Professional Chess

Full-time on the tournament circuit

Sabbatical
Countries visited
11
ECF rating
2057 → 2463
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2 yrs 5 mths

Finance Systems Developer - Retail

Wm Morrison Supermarkets

Wm Morrison Supermarkets, trading as Morrisons, is one of the United Kingdom's largest supermarket chains. Founded in Bradford in 1899, it was listed on the London Stock Exchange until private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice acquired it in 2021.

Founded
1899
Headquarters
Bradford, UK
Employees
~110,000
Industry
Retail
www.morrisons.com
· Bradford, UK
  • Finance Systems
  • Oracle
  • Java EE
  • PL/SQL
  • Retail

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