Software Engineering Technical Leader
June 2024 - Present
Cisco ThousandEyes
Leading complex full-stack BGP features, technical architecture, AI-first development practices, and cross-team frontend quality improvements.
Product-focused engineering leader
I build teams and software systems that turn complex technical domains into useful products.
I am a commercially minded technical leader with experience across network observability, fibre operations, enterprise SaaS, integrations, AI-assisted delivery, and full-stack product engineering.
Current focus
Cisco ThousandEyes technical leadership, BGP product delivery, AI-first development practices, and engineering quality at scale.
7%
BGP test revenue increase in the first month after launch
$10m
Blink revenue supported through early GTM solutions engineering
13.3%
reduction in customer reported bugs through frontend quality work
Experience
I work best where product judgement, delivery discipline, and technical depth all matter. Recent work spans BGP onboarding, alert automation, agentic development workflows, and quality practices that help teams ship with confidence.
Lead Software Engineer
April 2023 - June 2024
Vorboss
Managed a team of 8 full-stack product engineers building fibre planning, build, and network operations software for fast service delivery.
Head of Solutions Engineering
May 2019 - April 2023
Blink
Built global pre-sales and professional services teams, led strategic customer work, and supported growth through major enterprise integrations.
Full Stack Developer and Development Lead
2011 - 2019
Blink / RBC Capital Markets
Built product features, shared libraries, cloud infrastructure, authentication, reporting dashboards, and graph-backed architecture tooling.
Featured project
Reports Master is my new project for educators preparing student reports, built to make drafting, reviewing, and refining high-quality report comments faster and more consistent.
Technologies
TypeScriptReactVue.jsNext.jsNode.jsKotlinSpring BootGraphQLKafkaPostgresMySQLNeo4jElasticsearchClickHouseAWSOpenTelemetry
Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate, January 2026. Neo4j Certified Professional, June 2023.
Education
Systems Engineering, BEng (Hons), Loughborough University.
Community
BCS My Digital Future coach, Formula Student marshal, BCS member, and former RSPCA Bedfordshire South trustee and Chair of Trustees.