Technical Consultant
I turn unstable systems into scalable, well-governed platforms.
I work with founders, engineering leaders, and enterprise teams who need senior technical direction, platform architecture, and systems that scale without the cost or latency blowing out.
Open to contract, fractional, and full-time opportunities
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About
I've been writing PHP since 2006, and building on WordPress since 2007. I started out in IT management, moved into development in 2011, then ran my own company for a few years before a good enough opportunity brought me back into full-time employment.
I've built for individuals and charities, government departments and multinational corporations, and most sizes of client in between. My work's spanned CMS and LMS platforms, AWS and Cloudflare infrastructure, Node.js and JavaScript development, and more recently AI — folding LLM and agentic tooling into the same production discipline as everything else I build, not treating it as a separate demo.
Core Specialisms
| Focus Area | Client Challenge | Primary Deliverable |
|---|---|---|
| Platform Architecture | Unstable systems and legacy code | Scalable blueprints, cloud migrations, decoupled systems |
| Fractional Leadership | Teams needing senior technical direction | Engineering roadmaps, hiring support, sprint governance |
| Performance & Scale | High latency and escalating server costs | Database optimisation, edge caching, load resilience |
| AI Integration | AI tooling that stays a demo, not a working part of the system | RAG pipelines, agentic workflows, and LLM integration built into production systems |
Platform Architecture
Challenge
Unstable systems and legacy code
Deliverable
Scalable blueprints, cloud migrations, decoupled systems
Fractional Leadership
Challenge
Teams needing senior technical direction
Deliverable
Engineering roadmaps, hiring support, sprint governance
Performance & Scale
Challenge
High latency and escalating server costs
Deliverable
Database optimisation, edge caching, load resilience
AI Integration
Challenge
AI tooling that stays a demo, not a working part of the system
Deliverable
RAG pipelines, agentic workflows, and LLM integration built into production systems
Impact & Case Studies
High-traffic media publisher, 8 web properties
Multi-Brand Publishing Platform Replatform
Brought delivery in-house on serverless AWS and rebuilt CI/CD around a sub-4-minute deployment cycle.
Client platform under sustained automated attack
Recurring Compromise Investigation & Containment
Diagnosed a root cause that prior fixes had missed, and closed it for good.
Chimes Music, online instrument retailer
Post-Migration SEO & Analytics Recovery
Diagnosed why organic visibility collapsed after a platform migration, and gave the business eyes on its own performance again.
Technical Capability Matrix
Languages & Runtimes
- PHP (Modern PHP, OOP)
- Node.js
- Modern JavaScript/TypeScript
Infrastructure & Delivery
- AWS
- Cloudflare (Workers, Edge Logic, Caching)
- CI/CD Automation
- Serverless Systems
Architecture
- Headless CMS
- Microservices
- REST & GraphQL APIs
AI & LLM Integration
- RAG Pipelines
- Agentic Workflows
- LLM API Integration
Engagement Models
Contact & Booking
Reach out directly, or send a message below. I typically respond within one business day.