Roger Foxcroft

Experience

Where I've worked

Three decades across publishing, education, retail and consumer goods, mostly at the point where digital platforms meet the business that depends on them.

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Now

Current roles

  1. April 2026 – Present

    Founder and Director

    Softfox Ltd

    IT consultancy for small businesses, and the maker of Safeguard. Cyber Essentials certified.

    • Hands-on technology partner to small organisations: sensible architecture, security taken seriously, and solutions the client can maintain.
    • Designed and built SafePark for SafePark App Ltd: a mobile app that helps truck drivers find and book secure parking across the UK.
    • Building Safeguard, a platform that helps voluntary youth performing-arts and sports groups manage safeguarding and child performance licensing.
    • Running the company end to end: product, engineering, security certification, finance and customers.

  2. 2026 – Present

    Principal

    Freeman Clarke

    Principal at Freeman Clarke, providing fractional CTO leadership to mid-sized businesses.

    • Available for fractional CTO engagements, typically one or two days a week, and for interim or short-term contract work.

Previously

Career history

  1. May 2022 – April 2026

    Engineering Director

    Taylor & Francis

    Led engineering for the digital sales and delivery platforms of a global academic publisher.

    • Led three engineering teams across the UK and Bangalore, spanning two business domains.
    • Consulted on architecture, strategy and the shared domain model across both domains.
    • Led the transition to AI-first software delivery, changing how the teams planned, built and shipped.

  2. May 2019 – May 2022

    Director, Technology Delivery, UK Qualifications & Assessments

    Pearson

    Accountable for technology delivery across the UK qualifications and assessments business.

  3. November 2017 – May 2019

    Development Manager, UK Qualifications & Assessments

    Pearson

  4. May 2017 – November 2017

    Principal Enterprise Architect, Digital & eCommerce

    Pearson

  5. January 2016 – May 2017

    Global Enterprise Architect, Digital & eCommerce

    Pearson

  6. January 2015 – December 2015

    eCommerce Technical Lead and Architect

    Pearson

    Across seven years at Pearson: built digital and eCommerce capability through architecture, platform and delivery leadership roles.

  7. February 2013 – December 2014

    Enterprise Architect, Web & Digital

    Home Retail Group PLC

    Shaped digital multichannel strategy for the Homebase brand.

    • Led architecture for web, mobile, CRM, analytics and customer insight platforms.
    • Designed integrations across CMS, PIM, DAM and eCommerce systems.
    • Delivered proofs of concept for emerging technologies and personalised digital experiences.

  8. 2008 – 2013

    Digital Architecture and Engineering Leadership Roles

    Reckitt Benckiser / SSL International

    IS Digital Solutions Architect, Technical Solutions Architect (Digital) and Technical Systems Manager.

    • Co-founded the Digital Solutions team under the CIO following the acquisition by Reckitt Benckiser.
    • Architected and delivered a global digital application platform supporting CMS, eCommerce, CRM and localisation.
    • Provided technical oversight for global consumer websites across major brands.
    • Led digital development teams delivering scalable web and eCommerce platforms.