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About
I am a Cloud Platform & AI Infrastructure Architect with over 18 years of experience designing enterprise cloud platforms, AI-ready infrastructure and developer ecosystems that enable engineering teams to build and operate secure, scalable products. I specialise in translating business strategy into resilient cloud architectures, platform engineering capabilities and technology roadmaps that accelerate software delivery while strengthening governance, security and operational excellence.
Throughout my career, I have led cloud transformation initiatives, enterprise architecture programmes and multidisciplinary engineering organisations, delivering AWS multi-account platforms, Kubernetes environments, internal developer platforms and self-service infrastructure that improve engineering productivity and reduce operational complexity.
career trajectory
Over 18 years, from networks to cloud platforms
A path from enterprise networks into DevOps, cloud-operations leadership, and enterprise cloud, platform and AI-infrastructure architecture.
DevOps Architect / Cloud Infrastructure Architect
CurrentEeze Entertainment Limited · Jun 2023 – Present
Lead enterprise cloud architecture, governance, platform engineering and modernisation across business-critical, multi-account AWS environments.
- Provide strategic leadership across a cloud estate exceeding £1.5M in annual expenditure.
- Drove ~40% reduction in cloud spend through rightsizing, optimisation and architecture modernisation.
- Govern cloud operating models, security controls, networking and enterprise-architecture principles across multi-account AWS.
- Architect hybrid connectivity — Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, Site-to-Site VPN and multi-region networking.
- Define platform-engineering standards, GitOps operating models and cloud-native patterns for engineering productivity.
Head of Cloud Operations
Cecure Intelligence Limited · Mar 2020 – Jun 2023
Led cloud operations, engineering enablement, technology strategy, enterprise architecture and cloud transformation across internal products and customer-facing engagements.
- Led a multidisciplinary organisation — 10 senior data engineers, 13 junior/graduate engineers, 12 cloud engineers; 5 direct and 50+ indirect reports.
- Managed ~£600K annual internal product investment and customer-funded transformations exceeding £300K per engagement.
- Presented technology strategy, financial impact assessments and transformation roadmaps to C-level executives.
- Established enterprise-architecture governance, cloud security standards and cloud-native platform patterns.
DevOps Lead
Cyberfleet Integrated Limited · Jan 2018 – Feb 2020
Led DevOps transformation across multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) application delivery, establishing engineering standards and automation frameworks.
- Established DevOps operating models, CI/CD standards and Infrastructure as Code practices across teams.
- Built and managed Kubernetes clusters and reusable Terraform modules across AWS, Azure and GCP.
- Automated provisioning and lifecycle with Terraform, Ansible and cloud-native automation services.
Network Manager
AT&D Telecommunication Limited · Mar 2015 – Dec 2017
Led network operations, service delivery and infrastructure modernisation for telecommunications providers across West Africa.
- Managed network engineers across LAN, WAN, MPLS, VPN, routing, switching and firewalls.
- Primary liaison across telecoms providers, managed service providers and datacentre operators.
Network & Systems Engineer
Silverwood Plastic and Allied Products Limited · Jan 2014 – Feb 2015
Administered Windows and Linux servers and enterprise network infrastructure supporting business-critical systems.
- Managed LAN/WAN/VPN, routing and switching, and Hyper-V virtualisation.
- Ran proactive monitoring, patching, backups and disaster-recovery procedures.
expertise
What I go deep on
AI Platform & Cloud Architecture
Design secure, scalable cloud platforms that provide the foundation for AI workloads, platform engineering and modern software delivery.
Platform Engineering
Build reusable cloud capabilities, golden paths, Infrastructure as Code, GitOps workflows and self-service platforms that enable teams to deliver software faster and more consistently.
Enterprise Cloud Strategy
Define cloud operating models, landing zones, governance frameworks and enterprise architecture standards that balance innovation, security and compliance.
Engineering Leadership
Lead engineering organisations, mentor technical leaders, establish architectural standards and partner with executives to align technology investment with business objectives.
certifications
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional · Amazon Web Services
- AWS Certified Security – Specialty · Amazon Web Services
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect · Amazon Web Services
- AWS Certified Developer · Amazon Web Services
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert · Microsoft
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate · Microsoft
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Certified Associate · Oracle
- ICSI CNSS — Certified Network Security Specialist · ICSI
education
- M.Eng — Computer Systems Engineering
- B.Eng — Electrical & Electronics Engineering
interests
Where my attention goes
where I’m heading
My differentiated value is designing and leading the infrastructure, cloud platforms, governance and developer capabilities that enable AI systems and engineering teams — not building or training models myself. I bring over 18 years of cloud architecture, platform engineering and enterprise architecture experience to bear on AI platform and AI infrastructure leadership, rather than starting that direction from zero.
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