Head of IT Trading Platform @ AJ Bell
https://www.ajbell.co.uk
2021 - Present
Responsible for the technical delivery of the AJ Bell core trading platform.
Infrastructure Architect and Consultant @ FNZ/JHC Systems Ltd
https://www.jhc.financial
2001 - 2019
Designed and implemented the infrastructure for on-premise, managed service (private cloud) and public cloud deployments of the FNZ/JHC FIGARO wealth management system. Covering networking, server specifications, 3rd-party communications, security, virtualisation,
high availability, replication and disaster recovery. Directed technology reviews and upgrades to increase availability, scalability and to successfully drive down total cost of ownership.
Pioneered the development of a DevOps culture through the introduction of Ansible automation, Docker, Kubernetes container management and the integration of Ops into development projects.
Initiated and championed the provisioning of Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
Facilitated pre-sales support covering infrastructure and product integrations.
Product Manager @ FNZ/JHC Systems Ltd
2001 - 2019
Product manager responsible for:
- FNZ/JHC FIGARO web portal for retail & wealth management clients.
- FNZ/JHC FIGARO mobile app for wealth management clients.
- FNZ/JHC FIGARO REST API.
Directed product vision and roadmap strategy. Guided technical/UX/UI design governance, client and market research. Negotiated and secured project funding.
IT Manager @ JHC Systems Ltd
2007 - 2012
Supervised all internal IT including the design and implementation of LANs, WAN, network security, data centre co-location, data backup, disaster recovery, telephony, office moves, desktop standardisation, email, document management, IBM Power Systems
and vendor management.
