A decade oftechnology, securityand leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own technology strategy and its alignment with business objectives.
• Lead Information Technology, Software Development, Cybersecurity, Marketing, SEO, Listing Management and Digital Operations.
• Direct architecture across the business platform, cloud infrastructure and integration layer.
• Set security governance and technology policy across the organisation.
• Lead AI and automation adoption inside operational workflows.
• Manage vendor relationships, technology procurement and platform cost.
• Structure engineering leadership and delivery processes.

Outcomes

• Reduced technology cost while retaining organisational capability and the existing team.
• Improved code-to-production delivery speed across engineering.
• Sustained platform availability at 99.99%.
• Introduced in-house AI into real business workflows through the Andrea initiative.

Responsibilities

• Define and run IT strategy across infrastructure and enterprise systems.
• Manage AWS estate and cloud operations.
• Own network architecture, connectivity and business systems.
• Lead cybersecurity across application, email and infrastructure layers.
• Author technology policies and operating standards.
• Lead the technology team and manage procurement.

Outcomes

• Consolidated infrastructure into a stable, monitored cloud estate.
• Strengthened email security and organisational security posture.
• Established technology policy and standards across the business.

Responsibilities

• Develop and extend the CRM platform and its backend services.
• Optimise database queries and backend performance.
• Operate AWS infrastructure — EC2, RDS and S3 — with security controls.
• Build API, webhook and third-party integrations, including WhatsApp and Google services.
• Automate operational workflows across the business platform.
• Apply secure development practices across the delivery process.

Outcomes

• Improved CRM backend performance through query and database optimisation.
• Delivered messaging and lead automation through integrated APIs and webhooks.
• Hardened application and server configuration across environments.

Responsibilities

• Run the IT department and its operational services.
• Design and maintain network architecture and firewall policy.
• Manage on-premise infrastructure, servers and IP phone systems.
• Define and enforce security policies across enterprise systems.

Outcomes

• Brought network and firewall management under a defined security policy.
• Stabilised on-premise infrastructure and enterprise system operations.

Responsibilities

• Perform vulnerability analysis and penetration testing engagements.
• Analyse network traffic and monitor for suspicious activity using Snort.
• Investigate malware samples and document behaviour.
• Contribute to security research and threat identification.

Outcomes

• Delivered vulnerability findings and remediation guidance to engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Assess web application, API and mobile application security.
• Review application architecture for security weaknesses.
• Advise on cloud hardening and platform security controls.

Outcomes

• Identified vulnerabilities across the web, API and mobile surfaces and advised on remediation.
• Contributed cloud hardening recommendations to the platform team.

Responsibilities

• Secure AWS environments supporting IoT services.
• Review application and mobile code for security issues.
• Contribute to secure communication design across devices and services.
• Work alongside engineering teams on secure application development.

Outcomes

• Embedded security review into the product engineering workflow.

Responsibilities

• Audit the web application and peer-to-peer system for security defects.
• Review the codebase for insecure patterns and design weaknesses.
• Advise on infrastructure hardening and encrypted communications.

Outcomes

• Identified more than 40 critical vulnerabilities during the security engagement.

40+Critical vulnerabilities identified

Responsibilities

• Build web applications across the front and back end using PHP and React.
• Design and maintain web architecture and server configuration.
• Implement security policies for VPN-restricted development environments.
• Apply secure development practices across delivered applications.

Outcomes

• Delivered production web applications end to end, from architecture through deployment.