I don't just fix broken systems. I help growing teams build the architecture that won't break in the first place.
Most consultants list skills. I solve problems — and I prevent them. The difference matters. The teams that reach out to me fall into two camps: ones with broken systems that need someone to diagnose the failure and design a path out, and ones that are scaling and need someone who's already seen what breaks at every stage of growth.
I've been both. I've worked in companies that grew from 10 people to thousands, and I've worked at places like EA where the scale was already massive. In high-end software support I worked with organisations like NASA, major banks, wildlife rescue networks, and US military installations — environments where the systems had to work and the stakes weren't theoretical. That range means I know what a 20-person team is about to run into when they hit 100 — and what a 500-person org is carrying from the decisions they made at 50.
That instinct comes from decades across the full stack of technology — not just software, but infrastructure, networking, process, and people. I've managed NOC operations for power-distribution networks where downtime wasn't an option. I've built school computer labs on budgets that shouldn't have worked. I led early VoIP and SIP-H.323 transitions when the routers barely supported it, and rolled out ERP systems through manufacturing plants where the wireless had to fight steel, concrete, and forklifts.
What ties it all together is systems thinking. Whether I'm reading a codebase and spotting that you need ephemeral sessions and mapped data IDs, redesigning how three teams hand work off to each other, or helping a growing company lay the right foundation before it's too late — I'm doing the same thing: identifying failure points before they become incidents.
This is where DevOps, security, and architecture meet — and where most systems fail. It's architectural diagnosis: understanding a system deeply enough to see where it's going to break and knowing how to prevent it. Whether you're fixing or building, if your organisation needs that kind of clarity, let's talk.
Built and managed computer labs on tight budgets — imaging, networking, and support for hundreds of users.
Led early-adoption transitions to VoIP, managing router configurations and PBX integrations.
Oversaw network operations centre for critical power-distribution infrastructure, ensuring 24/7 uptime.
Supported mission-critical systems for organisations including NASA, major financial institutions, and US military bases.
Rolled out enterprise resource planning systems and designed wireless networks through complex manufacturing plants.
Full-time consulting: diagnosing systems, designing for growth, building custom tools, and helping teams at every stage of scale.
Simple. Brutal. No fluff.
I analyse how your system actually behaves in production — not how it was designed. Diagrams lie. Logs don't.
I locate where assumptions break:
I don't hand you a report. I show you:
I design changes that:
I've seen what breaks at 10 people and what breaks at 10,000. That range is the value.
I don't scan for vulnerabilities — I read the architecture and tell you where it's going to fail. Structural problems need structural solutions, not patch jobs.
When three teams are blocking each other with unclear hand-offs and meeting overhead, I design the async contracts and tooling that make the right communication the default.
When off-the-shelf doesn't fit, I build it. CI/CD integrations, coverage enforcement, CLI utilities, automation bots — tools that remove friction and make the right thing the easy thing.