Experienced healthtech CTO with 17 years in software development, most recently leading technology strategy at Doccla, a virtual wards healthcare company focused on proactive virtual care. Proven track record of delivering complex regulated healthcare technology solutions, including successful implementation of ISO 27001, ISO 13485, IEC 62304, CE+, and MDR compliance frameworks. Expert in functional programming, modern web technologies, and scaling engineering teams in highly regulated environments. Previously transformed struggling organizations into high-performing teams and built scalable, reliable systems serving millions of users across healthcare and consumer technology sectors.
Doccla
Leading technology strategy and engineering operations for a virtual wards healthcare technology company, focusing on proactive virtual care solutions.
Eva HealthTech
Joined as part of a turnaround management team and rightsized an ailing company - remotivated, retrained and rebuilt the core tech team (which has gone from an NPS of -80 to +45)
Delivered a COVID-19 Point of Care vaccination product from scratch within 6 months, 4 months ahead of our closest competitor
Over 50 customers using the software to administer over half a million COVID vaccinations with zero downtime and 20+ seamless updates
Highliner Technology
Co-founded and led technical development for remote managerial training platform via Slack integration.
Self Employed
On contract, advised and built the following startups from zero to first prototype, through to first customers:
Functional Works (rebranded Works Hub)
Turned the company from a traditional recruiter with just a WordPress jobs board, to a developer led company with an active community, AI job search & smart matching as well as internal process management tools.
SwiftKey
Leading a small team of 4, rebuilt the entire core of SwiftKey's keyboard in a cross platform, functional, flexible core
Within a year caught up with and overtook the existing BAU team (with 30 people and a 4 year head start) in terms of features and functionality
Patented many new features using this new flexible core to rapidly iterate on ideas
LamasaTech
Built a prototype which was used to raised £600k to develop multi-touch display technology
Grew the team and built an application platform as well as several specific applications for restaurants, museums and conference centres
In my limited free time, I've been developing a unique real-time strategy game where every unit runs a virtual machine and players write code to coordinate units. The project has evolved into a complex system featuring:
A completely custom keyboard, built from the PCB up perfectly formed to my hands and designed for my needs
US Patent 10,191,654 • Jan 29, 2019
US Patent 14812997 • Oct 3, 2016
Creator & Maintainer
Clojure cron-like library for scheduling
Contributor
Bug fixes including threading compiler issues
I'm a maker and keen woodworker when not at my computer. I also have an unreasonable enthusiasm for keyboards.
Interested in discussing technology leadership, functional programming, or potential collaboration opportunities?
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