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\n\n Introduced platform engineering practices, securing executive budget approval to implement \n Backstage \n as a service catalogue and deploy software templates that consolidated multiple CI services into a unified, \n reusable GitHub Actions pipeline. Leveraged \n Apache DevLake \n to provide data-driven insights that demonstrated measurable improvements in deployment frequency and lead time across engineering teams.\n
\n\n Architected and implemented an event-driven system using Apache Kafka for an e-commerce platform, handling product updates, search indexing, and order management. \n Despite raising concerns about the complexity being unnecessary for the business requirements, I led delivery of the system as requested. \n The implementation proved over-engineered - a simpler pub/sub API with SQS queues would have achieved the same outcomes with significantly less complexity. \n This experience reinforced the importance of advocating for appropriate technical solutions and matching architecture to actual business needs rather than pursuing sophistication for its own sake.\n
\n\n Built a multi-tenant preprint platform architecture from the ground up, starting with \n APSA Preprints \n and growing it from zero to over 25,000 scholarly articles with more than 13 million downloads. The flexible architecture enabled seamless partner onboarding, supporting multiple academic communities including \n ChemRxiv and \n Cambridge Open Engage, \n demonstrating scalable, cost-effective architecture that accommodates diverse research communities whilst maintaining exceptional performance standards.\n
\n\n Led delivery of a digital product for higher education six months ahead of schedule, \n even whilst navigating COVID-19 disruptions. Through focused technical leadership and \n team coordination, the product exceeded first-year sales projections by 25%, creating a new \n revenue stream that contributed to the organisation's digital transformation objectives.\n
\n\n Led the technical architecture and development of Cambridge Core, a comprehensive research platform serving academic institutions globally. \n The platform provides access to scholarly content, advanced search capabilities, and research tools, supporting millions of users worldwide \n in their academic and research endeavors.\n
\n\n Developed a comprehensive mobile web application for Eclipse Veterinary Software, specialising in \n mobile patient history management, real-time billing systems, and DICOM medical imaging integration. \n The application enabled veterinarians to access complete patient records, process payments, and view \n diagnostic images seamlessly across mobile devices. Still available in the App Store and in daily use \n 11 years later.\n
\n\n Taylor and Francis | April 2023 - Present\n
\n\n Abcam Ltd | February 2022 - March 2023\n
\n\n Cambridge University Press | June 2017 - January 2022\n
\n\n Cambridge University Press | November 2014 - June 2017\n
\n\n Eclipse Veterinary Software | February 2007 - October 2014\n
\nUniversity of Hertfordshire
\nUniversity of Birmingham
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