Work with me

Board-level technology leadership

Using the latest technology thinking to enable growth, improve processes, give better visibility of operations and realise value.

For established businesses that means fractional, interim or contract leadership. For smaller startups and individual entrepreneurs it means consultancy through Softfox.

Ways of working together

Via Freeman Clarke

Fractional CTO

Part-time, board-level technology leadership for mid-sized businesses. Strategy, architecture, supplier and team decisions, and someone accountable for making technology serve the business. Fractional engagements are arranged through Freeman Clarke, where I'm a Principal.

Freeman Clarke

Direct

Interim and contract leadership

Interim CTO or engineering director cover, or a defined piece of work: a platform or architecture review, a delivery turnaround, an AI adoption plan, or leading a team through a difficult transition.

Softfox Ltd

Consultancy for small organisations

Hands-on help for small businesses and charities through Softfox: the right software, a clearer process, or a well-built tool that makes day-to-day work easier. Cyber Essentials certified.

softfox.com

Product

Safeguard

Softfox's first product. A platform that helps voluntary youth performing-arts and sports groups manage safeguarding and the child performance licensing that comes with putting on shows.

safeguard.softfox.com

Where I'm useful

Focus areas

Technology strategy
Architecture and platforms
AI adoption in delivery teams
Legacy modernisation
Building and leading engineering teams
Security and Cyber Essentials
Cloud-native systems
Governance that doesn't slow people down

Currently

Who I'm working with

Consultancy

SafePark

Designed and built the SafePark mobile app for SafePark App Ltd: helps hauliers and truck drivers find and book secure parking across the UK, with live cargo-crime updates and vetted sites.

safepark.app

Family business

A Major Music

Part-time Operations Director of a family-run music shop at Trentham Shopping Village, since 2017.

amajormusic.co.uk

Pro bono

Stafford District Arts Council

Chair. Oversees the allocation of Borough-approved funding for local arts projects, with transparent governance and best use of public money.

stafforddistrictartscouncil.org.uk

Pro bono

Musical Youth Theatre Stafford

Technology and safeguarding support for a voluntary youth theatre company, and the pilot customer for Safeguard.

myts.org.uk

Sound like a fit?

Drop me a line with a few sentences about your organisation and what you're trying to do.

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