Profile
Experienced delivery leader with a strong background in scaling engineering organisations, leading strategic software initiatives, and embedding practices that drive continuous improvement. Proven ability to build and grow high-performing delivery units, align technical execution with business objectives, and create environments optimised for flow, value, and learning.
Delivery Leadership Experience
CTO & Associate Partner – Ki Reply
July 2024 – December 2024 (Redundancy)
Rejoined Reply to lead Ki Reply — a consultancy dedicated to optimising engineering and delivery performance.
- Established tunable delivery environments focused on outcome optimisation
- Embedded generative AI into SDLC workflows to support developer productivity
- Diagnosed and resolved systemic blockers to delivery flow and business value
CTO & Associate Partner – Canvas Reply
December 2021 – December 2023
Founded and scaled Canvas Reply from inception into a full-service delivery unit within the Reply Group.
- Scaled the organisation from 30 to 150+ consultants
- Generated over £14M in annual revenue
- Defined and executed the technical and delivery vision
- Led major deliveries including easyJet Holidays and Domino's UK rebuild
Projects Delivered
easyJet Holidays
Acted as one of three delivery leads across PM, engineering, and QA. We ran a monolithic delivery team structured for high velocity and pragmatism — favouring speed and business value over rigid process. From a blank slate to a functioning, revenue-generating platform in just 7 months with 40+ team members.
easyJet Airlines
Oversaw the stable migration from easyJet's legacy eJ2 platform to a new microfrontend architecture. I led the sprint teams and ensured consistent velocity and quality delivery over time, coordinating closely with product and commercial stakeholders.
Domino's UK
Initially brought in as Head of QA, it quickly became clear that a hybrid QA and Delivery Lead role was needed to meet targets. I introduced structured reporting and governance practices, ran multiple sprint teams, and later mentored and replaced myself to ensure sustainable delivery. Domino's had stringent reporting requirements around delivery velocity, which I formalised through lightweight but auditable delivery ops.
Vodafone MPR
Working alongside the Finance Service Manager for BI, I was tasked with rebuilding Vodafone's internal finance reporting platform to demonstrate the power of modern data visualisation. With a small budget, I built and scaled a delivery team that later incorporated both client-side and internal developers. We introduced early NLP/NLG capabilities (pre-AI boom) to support conversational insights for stakeholders and execs.
VM O2 Moonshots
Led a small prototyping team to develop a federated digital information wallet for the public — allowing users to manage, authorise, and monetise access to their personal data. This speculative innovation effort explored decentralised identity and trust models for consumer data control.
JD Williams
Led agile transformation and delivery modernisation of JD Williams' legacy systems. I provided executive leadership with continuous delivery metrics, embedded agile governance across teams, and helped establish predictable, iterative release practices across critical services.