Profile
Experienced engineer and leader with over 20 years experience. I build high quality, collaborative teams from scratch. I create an environment to deliver success by enabling my teams to work effectively and efficiently. I lead from the front demonstrating curiosity, value, integrity and delivering reliable solutions which create brand loyalty with customers.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Technology
Since 1995, I’ve been fortunate to work at some excellent companies pushing the boundaries of the available technology. Some of these have shaped or reshaped the Information Technology industry and the way the world communicates.
December 2020 - August 2023
MANAGER EMEA PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, FASTLY
Lead a team of highly skilled engineers based across EMEA delivering the best technical solution to customers in a holistic approach to integration.
March 2020 - December 2020
SENIOR CLOUD ENGINEER, FASTLY
Dedicated technical advisor and engineer assigned to high value customers. Provided architectural and software engineered guidance and solutions for customers in streaming media, advertising, e-commerce and publishing.
April 2017 - March 2020
CLOUD ENGINEER, FASTLY
Dedicated technical advisor to high value customers. Provided architectural guidance and software engineered solutions to customers in streaming media, advertising, e-commerce and publishing.
October 2016 - March 2017
SALES ENGINEER, NGINX
Demonstrating the value of NGINX and NGINX+ (plus) to enterprise prospects. Collaborating with both Product and Engineering teams to drive the product and its adoption forwards.
October 2014Â - October 2016
SALES ENGINEER, FASTLY
Demonstrating Fastly’s products and services to prospects. Helping find suitable solutions and implementing them with the customer through on-boarding and beyond.
April 2014Â - October 2014
CUSTOMER ENGINEER, FASTLY
Provided all encompassing engineering for customer facing needs. Including pre-sales, professional services and support functions. Preparing the team for success and growth.
March 2010 - April 2014
SENIOR CLOUD DEV-OPS ENGINEER, RIGHTSCALE (FLEXERA)
One of only 3 senior engineers globally, I helped customers to template, build and deploy applications on the original auto-scaling platform for the emerging Amazon, Google and Rackspace clouds. I built and educated customers on the use of automation for previously impossible application growth sometimes from 10’s of instances to 10’s of thousands in minutes.
As the I.T. world evolves, I seek out the next revolution, aiming to take a leading role at the forefront. If you have questions or an interesting opportunity reach out.
NON-TECHNICAL
Transferable skills learned outside of technology
August 2035 - May 2035
TEAM LEADER, ODEA
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January 2035 - May 2035
BS RD UNIVERSITY
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September 2035 - June 2035
BA MACG UNIVERSITY
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January 2035 - June 2035
MA CORAL STATE UNIVERSITY
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ULTIMATE TEAM PLAYER
April 2020
Fastly’s ‘CS All Star - Ultimate Team Player’ award is given to team members who demonstrate an all around commitment to Client Services success. Recipients are nominated by their peers and colleagues.