Product led

I combine over a decade of web & mobile software product management and delivery, with experience of many nuanced implementations of Agile development & process. With proven expertise in building & leading cross functional teams. I pride myself on fostering highly collaborative project delivery, and facilitating excellent teamwork.

With a wide range of commercial experience, I thrive on the ownership of P&L for products I develop and take to market. From collaborative full stack service design, to finessing delightful mobile app experiences, I help organisations reach and develop new audiences for their core value proposition. A rich mix of telecoms knowledge and hands on design of dozens of mobile applications allows me to bring together the right data, insights & strategy to ship the minimum loveable product. Then test more, learn more, & iterate.

Building business cases combining solid analytical data, with market & user experience testing, I leverage deep contextual research as the key to designing products that deliver real value & impact with their audience. I revel in the challenge of developing the experiences and narratives that engage customers with innovative new services.

Mobile Product Owner: Good Energy.  08/18 - 09/19.

Senior Product Owner of mobile applications and a host of supporting services for an established 100% renewable energy generator and supplier. Energy infrastructure companies are not known for their elegant modern data systems. Nearly two decades of domestic energy generation systems and metering technology provided another area of complexity.

This role required bringing together a vast range of often unreliable data sources through a funnel of services to support the mobile application. The project broke new ground in the Good Energy organisation. Prioritising real UX design processes & engaging with customers was key to success. This app is now ranked in the top 3 UK energy apps available today.

Director of Product:  Vypr Validation Technologies.  04/16 - 08/18

Product Ownership and delivery of the complete road map for the Vypr consumer insights platform. Building and leading a cross functional agile team to transform this business into one of the leading market data intelligence platforms in the UK. Operating remotely with colleagues spread throughout the UK and Germany. Proving the elegance of combining true native mobile applications, with rapidly customisable survey vehicles built with HTML5 standards, was a source of great satisfaction. 

In this role I lead strategic technical product design & development, which has moved the company away from reliance on third party services, to creation & delivery of its own core technology platform and Intellectual Property. This work has delivered a powerful and differentiated market proposition driving successful growth of the business. 

Product Owner: Intohand Ltd.  08/14 – 04/16

Leading the end to end process of building software and web services for a wide range of clients. Developed Agile practices across the whole business to increase team performance and product quality. Supporting project qualification for the HMRC R&D Tax Credit scheme.

Multi-platform Financial technology service projects with WeSwap & JudoPay.

Scoping, consultancy & Proof of Concept projects for BBC Newsbeat, NTT Data, and the UK Environment Agency. 

Mentoring R&D projects in app & web services, data security, SIM & bespoke mobile data network provision, and emerging technologies.

Mobile Product Manager: Coull Ltd.  10/13 – 08/14

Head of the transformation of Coull’s Vidlinkr product from desktop browser video players on to the mobile web, and leading development and delivery of the In App SDK products for iOS & Android. This role required taking this innovative startup to a new level in programmatic advertising in video by delivering a unique cross platform ad format.

Director, Consultancy: Mobstrategy. 03/12 – 10/13

Providing web & mobile product & strategy consultancy, & business development for clients in India and the UK. Highlights: Resident Mentor at TLabs, for Times Internet. Product consultancy on Gaana,. Speaking engagements at GDG India events, as part of the Google Developer Expert Programme. Early stage Strategic and revenue modelling for D4SC.

Product Owner: Future Platforms. 11/10 – 03/12

Leading mobile application development projects across multiple native platforms and mobile web. Highlights: The award winning Glastonbury Festival app, HTML5 web apps for BBC Skillswise & Radio One Big Weekend. Also delivery of app projects for Sky Television, CNBC, Dominos, Lastminute.com, Dennis Publishing, Berg London, & more.

Event Director: Humanoid Events Ltd. 03/10 – 11/10

Launching the droidcon Android developer conference in the UK. Responsible for the complete delivery of the world’s largest Android developer conference in 2010. Provided complete production, sponsor relationships & revenue, marketing strategy & collateral. Curated content programming across keynote presentations and four conference tracks. 

Product Manager: Orange UK/France Telecom. 02/09 – 02/10

Event Director. Future of Mobile: Carsonified. 05/07 – 12/08

Mobile working product specialist: O2/Systems Axis. 03/06 – 05/07

References available on request. I maintain strong relationships with many former colleagues and employers. As such I can provide a range of referees to attest to the strength and depth of my digital product skill set.