Executive Leadership Experience

Head of Product and Engineering | IOTICS

Technology Strategy & Execution:
Drove IOTICS’ flagship product from concept to a sellable state within 9 months, aligning engineering priorities with business goals.

AI Innovation:
Led a strategic product pivot to exploit emerging AI opportunities, delivering an MVP for a RAG-enabled LLM pipeline in just 12 weeks.

Operational Excellence:
Designed and certified an Information Security Management System (ISMS) to ISO27001:2022 standards.

Stakeholder Engagement:
Reported to the board, communicating technical roadmaps, risks, and opportunities to align stakeholders with product and technology vision.

Senior Director of Engineering | Flexera

Scale & Leadership:
Managed a global engineering team of 130+ across 7 locations, overseeing a diverse portfolio of 4 product lines (SaaS and On-prem architectures).

Platform Transformation:
Led the development of a greenfield SaaS analytics platform leveraging graph database technology, microservices and event-driven architectures to modernize product delivery.

Delivery Focus:
Ensured strategic portfolio alignment, enhancing performance and reducing delivery timelines across complex tech landscapes. Reduced manual processing of catalog content by over 50% through machine-learning classification and automation.

Director of Engineering and Site leader | BDNA (Acquired by Flexera)

Scaling Operations:
Established BDNA’s Belfast operation, scaling to 40 staff in 18 months with an industry-leading 60/40 gender balance.

Innovation:
Spearheaded the development of a next-generation asset management catalog leveraging graph database technology.

Strategic Partnerships:
Collaborated with local government investment bodies, recruiters, and vendors to position the site as a critical innovation hub.

Community Impact:
Sponsored and hosted multiple tech meetups and events, fostering a vibrant and engaged local talent pipeline.

Core Skills

Strategic Execution

Organisational Design | OKR Implementation | Secure Development Lifecycle | Roadmap Development | Change Management | Innovation and Prototyping

Team Development

Mentorship and Coaching | Leadership Team Enablement | Career Pathway Design | Performance Accountability

Communication & Collaboration

Board advisory | Board Reporting | Seasoned public speaker | Event Coordination

Technology Leadership

On-Prem, Cloud (AWS) | SaaS/PaaS | Event-Driven Architectures | Microservices

Data Leadership

AI/ML | GenAI (LLMs & RAG) | Knowledge Graphs | Streams | Analytics | Data Warehousing | Business Intelligence

Information Security

ISO27001:2022 Design and Implementation | CyberEssentials | Vulnerability Management

Leadership Philosophy

I create environments where teams are driven by:

Clarity of mission
Empowered decision-making
Accountability

My leadership style balances autonomy with strategic direction, ensuring alignment with commercial goals.