Odevo

Running the product division in Odevo's UK market.
This includes solutions being used and developed by Rendall & Rittner, Trinity Property Group, Premier Estates, Vegner Group and Pinnacle.

UK Head of Product

Global Relay

After 6 months at GR, I was promoted to Product Director, across all global API offerings and integration technologies.

I ran a team that provides infrastructure, services and expertise in API development, documentation, security, client integration and delivery.  My team also rans all aspects of CRM and sales integrations with the reseller channel.

Our client base was largely financial services, comprising the vast majority of the world's retail and commercial banks, as well as financial traders, brokers and dealers.

Product Director

Leading the UK product managers for Global Relay's core product, Archive 10.

Group Product Manager

Zettel Ltd

Providing consultancy services to clients in project, managerial and advisory roles:  running product teams; advising on commercial strategy; implementing Agile methodology; managing app development; responding to RFPs, and overseeing digital transformation.

Head of Product Consultancy

HighWire Press, Inc.

Owned the product development and delivery for a new, complex OIDC access management and identity system, serving the global academic market. 

Multiple responsibilities ranging from customer-facing technical sales and requirement analysis, to organising and prioritising the Agile development process, training the technical support and operation teams, creating marketing strategies and pricing, defining the long-term roadmap and working closely with the PMO to define project and delivery process into complex customer environments.

Senior Product Manager

Stealth start-up

Off-shore start-up still in stealth
Principal consultant on the creation of a data-analysis AI platform
Delivered full platform specification, including API operation, functional requirements, associated app design, and business revenue structure
Platform still in stealth/alpha as of 2019

Principal Product Consultant

Macmillan Education

Brought in as a contract product manager, quickly moved to head of the digital product team. 

- Lead recruitment strategy to build new product team
- Overhaul of Agile practices with product & dev teams
- Oversaw 2 new product platform launches
- RFP & selection for 2 key software platforms (LMS and CMS)
- Commercial and technical strategy for migration of 50 legacy platforms
- Stakeholder management at board level, in multiple global markets

Head of Digital Product

Redwood - London agency

I worked with the Planning, New Business and Editorial Directors, shaping both Redwood's own digital strategy within the BBDO group, and creating digital services and strategic advice for clients. From September 2014 to March 2015, I was Acting CTO for the agency.

Redwood are the most awarded content agency in the world.
We provide digital and print communications for global clients including: Barclays, Marks & Spencer, Boots, Mazda, Virgin Media, Volvo, Land Rover and The Co-operative.

Chief Technical Officer (interim)

Lead Digital Strategist

Press Association

Defined the digital services and product strategy that the host news agency delivered for the London 2012 Olympics.

•  Delivered data-driven digital products into dozens of international media clients:

- Served 2 billion data requests per day globally
- 100 million+ daily product users in 40+ countries
- Real-time content translated into 26 languages

•  Advised global sports clients to help develop their product strategy for 2012
•  Helped convert client dialogue into 7-figure revenues, and constructed RFP responses
•  Identified translation partner, collaborating to produce real-time output in 26 languages 
•  Ownership of product life-cycle: scoping, development, testing and deployment

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Other projects:

•  Led collaborative development and launch of Football Week, PA's first ever Apple Newsstand app
-   Innovative product featuring editorial content augmented with dynamic data from live matches
-   Featured in global iTunes "top apps" list in month after launch
-   Won Media Pioneer Award 2013, Specialist Media
   
•  Responsible for specification, build, test and launch of finance industry subscriber sites: www.telecomfinance.com, www.satellitefinance.com

•  Led product specification for Rugby World Cup 2011

•  Led product specification for Royal Wedding and Jubilee events for official news agency

•  Led digital appraisal of live blogging platforms

Senior Product Development Manager

Yahoo!

Managed production of high-profile commercial microsite for Visa with hard deadline and short development timetable.

Brought project in 50% under budget, while achieving 200% of traffic targets.

- Devised editorial content plan
- Recruited and managed content team
- Consulted with technical team to develop and operate CMS
- Ensured product matched division's editorial priorities and commercial objectives
- Managed and deployed main site marketing to drive traffic

Editor, Special Projects

Channel 4

Responsible for commercial, technical and creative management of multiple business units at C4 Future Media.

Digital product development and management role for:

- 4Car (leading motoring website with 7-figure revenue streams)
- Football Italia (biggest Italian football site in the English language)
- Channel 4 Racing (main site for C4 Racing TV coverage).

Initially managed all aspects of 4Car business unit:

- Developed digital product strategy and development roadmap
- Devised content campaigns
- Created technical and marketing strategies, including social media
- Developed commercial projects and joint venture opportunities

As a result of my work on 4Car, in 2009 I was asked to extend these responsibilities to the Football Italia and Channel 4 Racing online products.

Senior Producer

A highly experienced leader in product, strategy and commercial roles
Delivered SaaS and PaaS, both B2B and B2C
Led Media Products for London Olympics, with over 1 billion users
Product Director for the world's foremost regulatory and compliance platform
Head of Product at one of the world's largest educational publishers
Head of Digital Strategy at the world's most-awarded content agency
Strategic consultant for 3 of the top 10 UK retailers
Registered adviser to the European Bank (EBRD)

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