Personal Statement
Professional Overview
A dynamic full-stack engineer with a strong skillset and systems development focus, well suited to ambitious brands. With a background spanning over a decade across startups, scale-ups, and agency roles in Health Care, Luxury Fashion, and Sport verticals, I specialize in gathering project requirements, articulating development plans that allow buffer for uncertainties, and delivering projects on time and on budget. This is achieved while fostering partnerships with stakeholders to accelerate business growth and improve customer experience.
Core Competencies
- Excellent communicator with the ability to convey ideas clearly and succinctly
- Agile, innovative, and strategic thinker
- Proficient in IT, including Windows, Mac OS, Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Cloud, and CRM platforms
- Resilient and goal-oriented, continuously motivated to achieve personal and team objectives
- Adept at establishing and maintaining meaningful relationships with stakeholders at all levels
Employment History
Confidential Client | Shopify Technical Lead,
12/2024 - present
Overview
A global coffee brand in the process of launching a dedicated direct-to-consumer website, with plans to enhance their customer experience. I was approached to lead the Shopify implementation, aiming to support their entry into direct online sales. Faced with a three-month deadline for a beta launch, I provided expert guidance on feasible Shopify solutions, considering options like Liquid storefronts and headless architectures. My role was crucial in advising the team on leveraging their existing membership program's APIs and executing a phased rollout accessible to a select group of consumers, all while maintaining their global brand identity. Through a series of collaborative meetings & workshops, I distilled their needs into a comprehensive client proposal that received positive feedback and set the foundation for project success.
Achievements
- Consulted on Shopify capabilities, ensuring alignment with the brand's technical constraints and ambitions.
- Guided the team on leveraging APIs for enhanced functionality within set timelines.
- Designed a strategy for a phased website launch, maintaining exclusivity and brand consistency.
- Facilitated clear communication and alignment between the development team and stakeholders.
Tech Stack
Portfolio
Education History
07/2021
AWS Security Workshop
AWS Professional Services
- AWS Identity & Access Management
06/2020 – 09/2020
Software Engineering Immersive
General Assembly
- Front-End/ Full-Stack Development
- Front-End Frameworks & APIs
- Full-Stack Development
09/2006 – 07/2010
BSc Computer Science [Internet Business]
Kingston University, Kingston, United Kingdom
- Business Skills
- Software Development
- Economics, Business and Sustainability
- Marketing Principles
- Organisational Behaviour
- Business Decision-Making
- SEO & SEM
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09/2004 – 06/2006
BTEC National Diploma
Software Development, City & Islington College, London, United Kingdom
Personal Interests
Sports and Leadership
I am a former athlete, having played American Football at national and international levels. My peak was taking part in trials with the Baltimore Ravens and captaining the London Warriors to multiple National Championships. I still have an interest in the NFL.
Corporate Engagement & AI
I judge the Corporate Engagement Awards; which has provided me with insight into how companies are engaging audiences and positioning themselves to customers. I have a deep interest in AI and have won awards for an academic mentoring project I developed during a London based Hackathon.
