The Client was a Tier-1 IT services provider delivering as prime to a UK central government department with a national footprint. The Client developed a Business Continuity plan and invested in a failover data centre but the incumbent supplier struggled to organise a representative failover test to validate the new investment.
IT integration platform upgrade
The Client delivers a shared pathology service across 5x NHS Trusts. The digital workflows across the network all flow through a single integration engine. That engine was significantly out of date at hardware and software and prone to repeated service outages directly impacting patient care. The issue was flagged as the highest impact on the...
Building a Production ML Prediction Engine with Bayesian Evaluation and CLV Tracking
A predictive decision engine project required a robust, production-grade ML system capable of generating probabilistic outputs against real-world outcomes, held to strict commercial performance standards. The system needed to move beyond simple model accuracy metrics to demonstrate genuine predictive edge measured in financial terms.
Rebuilding a Production ML Forecasting System to Eliminate Data Contamination in B2B Programmatic Advertising
A B2B programmatic advertising platform was operating with a fundamentally compromised audience reach forecasting system. Impression data used to generate forecasts contained significant ISP and non-human traffic contamination, making commercial forecasts unreliable and undermining advertiser confidence.
Scaling a £1.3BN Advertising Technology Ecosystem Across a Major Broadcasting Group
A leading UK broadcaster with over £1.3BN in annual advertising revenue needed to modernise and scale its entire advertising technology ecosystem across live TV, streaming, and on-demand platforms. The organisation required a senior technical leader to own strategy, architecture, and delivery across a complex, mission-critical environment.
CTO Leadership Through $25M Series B: Building a Global Programmatic Platform
A fast-growing B2B location data and programmatic advertising platform operating across EMEA, US, and APAC needed a CTO to lead technical strategy and provide investor-grade credibility ahead of a major fundraising round.
Integrating 5 disparate businesses into a single effective business .
TiG had already grown by acquiring two Managed IT Services businesses. Then it acquired ThirdSpace, a specialist consulting business, specialising in Microsoft Identity and Security solutions and soon after Mobliciti, a mobile solutions and security and managed networks business. My challenge as Director of Integration was to integrate each of the underlying businesses into a...
Making Document and Data Classification work for an Independent Maritime Body that inspects ships and sets global safety standards
In an organisation of engineers – a long‑standing technical assurance organisation that applies rigorous standards, audits, and certification processes to complex, safety‑critical systems. This is an organisation that REALLY understands the concept of classification of ships, but did NOT have a concept of classification to denote the sensitivity of different document types and data. Information...
Sunbeams Play (children’s services charity)
Children’s services charity needed a fundable business plan to unlock grant income and stabilise long-term operations.
Appian User Application
At Barclays, control gap identification and risk reporting were fragmented across multiple systems and manual processes. This limited visibility for senior leadership and made it difficult to proactively manage operational and regulatory risk.