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I am a Product Manager with a diverse software engineering and design background, and experience as a founder of a client-facing business. I've been delivering websites and apps for 10+ years. Duke of York Young Entrepreneur Award winner 2017.
References available upon request. You can see what people have said about me here.
- A federation of 40+ London GP practices were restricted by NHS regulation and struggling with collaboration, communication, and project governance. In 2016, after thorough requirement gathering and a 3-phase build, my team delivered a bespoke private network and project management tool. It was only retired when the NHS rolled out MS Office in 2020.
- Arsenal FC were looking to efficiently record and report match-day injuries. They thought they needed a bespoke data gathering and reporting system; instead, I created a simple workflow using existing free tools, which transformed their process and they still at every home game.
- After being let down by a previous agency, travel-guide startup Cityboard had a barely-functioning iOS-only app, and little remaining runway. Under tight time and budget constraints, my team designed and delivered a beautiful, cross-platform MVP with newly-launched React Native.
- Think-tank The Business of Cities needed a way or aggregating and analyzing indexes for their clients. Through novel use of the Elo rating algorithm, I created a methodology and tool which is "critical to their work", providing insight to cities across the world.
- Traditional, premium butchers Godfreys.co had queues round the block and no online presence. I designed and project-managed a complete rebrand and award-winning eCommerce website that now brings in 30% of their revenue.
November 2021 - Ongoing
March 2021 - Novmber 2021
Managing consumption of loan provider and credit scoring APIs, as well as release of Swoop's own API. Have recently delivered a new sales channel for Swoop, allowing users to find themselves up to £1,000,000 in funding, accessible within 24 hours via our loan providers' APIs.
April 2016 - August 2018
Co-founded Codogo, delivering client products through our agency business, whilst developing in-house collaborative document tool Codogo Write. I personally:
- Owned project lifecycle from ideation to delivery of complex web and native apps for from 30+ clients ranging from the NHS to Arsenal FC.
- Pitched, winning awards, clients, and investors, even being flown out to try for Y Combinator with our in-house product.
- Project managed (Agile) and supported the growth of my team.
- Software Engineer (FE) - Pollen, 2019 - 2021
- Software Engineer (FE) - Workshare, 2018 - 2019
- Development & Design Intern - Akkroo, 2015
- Design Contractor - Ludifi, 2014
- Design Contractor - 4J Studios, 2013
- UX Designer - Better Brief, 2012 - 2013
- Project manager - Godfreys.co, 2011 - 2012
2012 - 2016
British Computing Society accredited. Awarded Rising Star of Research.
Dissertation: The use of evolutionary AI in the balancing of competitive multiplayer games
2011 - 2012
2010 - 2011
Graphic Design pathway
2003 - 2010
A levels: Physics, Economics, Music
Product: Research, Stakeholder management & engagement, Prioritization & roadmapping, A/B testing, Documentation, Project Management (SuperHi, 2019)
Data: Google Sheets (I live my life through it), ML, Python, SQL, R
Design: Prototyping/wireframing (Figma/Sketch), Adobe CS, User research (ethnographic), UX, UI
Engineering: JS (React, TS, GraphQL, Redux), testing (TDD, react-testing-library, Jest, Enzyme), CSS (responsive, Styled-Components), Agile
- Duke of York Young Entrepreneur Award, 2017
- Rising Stars of Research Symposium Member, Durham University, 2016
- Blueprint Enterprise Challenge, Durham University, 2016
- Genesis Pitching Competition, 2016
- Enterprise Kickstart Winner, Durham University Enterprise Society, 2015
- Best Website Award, Meat Management Magazine, 2012
I regularly attend PM conferences & meet-ups (Elevate, Product School). I keep up to speed with PM best-practice through online learning and blogs/newsletters.
I've always got a personal project on the go; currently, I'm building a fantasy football team-building AI and the tool that made this CV. I regularly attend developer meet-ups (React London, GitHub Universe, Next Conf).
I love board games, quizzes, cryptic crosswords, and cats. I'm a runner (first marathon should have been in December), cyclist, rock climber, and dancer (1st place university circuit). I sing and am a multi-instrumentalist.