Work
Companies I've worked with and helped grow. Currently focused on consulting, advisory roles, and building AI agent systems.
Current Roles
Ongoing advisory and consulting work.
Stealth Startup (x2)
Technical Advisor & Prototyping
Something I love to do is develop proof of concepts and prototypes of completely new ideas for founders experimenting with startup ideas.
- Developing new angles and approaches to existing problems through Generative AI and other cutting edge technologies
- Building early prototypes of potential products and features
TAU Marketing Solutions
Technical Advisor (formerly Lead Developer)
Led initial development of TAU's technology offering, now providing strategic technical guidance and helping shape product direction for this rapidly growing company.
- Designed initial technical architecture and product roadmap
- Led development of core product features and suite of AI-powered tools
- Onboarded and coached senior developers and established best practices
ClickTrain
Strategic Technical Advisor
Advising on product direction and helping with integration and automation work, particularly around Google Ads.
- Advising on technical product direction
- Providing support with integration work
Vervaunt
Technical Consultant & Developer
Working on various technical projects, including building a range of AI tools to help the team work with advertising platforms and data more efficiently.
- Developing a suite of custom AI-powered tools to help the paid media team work more efficiently
- Previously built a range of tools that integrated with Google Ads and other platforms to help the business run more efficiently
- Assisted data analysts with ETL pipelines for large-scale analysis and reporting
fractional/talent (formerly Neil's Recruitment Co)
Technical Consultant & Developer
- Developing a custom AI-powered tool to help book meetings with candidates, hiring managers and other stakeholders and process the transcripts from those meetings for gathering insights and data
- Architecting and building a custom CRM system to help the business manage clients and candidates based on AirTable
- Building data analysis pipelines and custom reporting dashbaords to help the business analyse the data from the CRM system and other sources
Previous Experience
Full-time roles and significant engagements.
Ad-Lib.io (acquired by Smartly.io)
Head of Solutions
- Managed remote team of 7 support specialists and engineers
- Reviewed internal processes to find opportunities for automation and efficiency gains
- Deployed a variety of technical solutions to increase efficiency and effectiveness of internal processes
- Developed customer-facing solutions to meet specific challenges faced by clients
- Responsible for all escalations of customer & technical support
EssenceMediacom / WPP Media (formerly Essence)
Associate Director, Media Activation Technology
- Leading client relationships on custom technology and tools to help media teams automate processes, improve campaign effectiveness and mitigate risks
- Designing, developing and implementing tools from scratch, combining a range of platforms across Google Marketing Platform and social media platforms
- Managed £MMs of programmatic display and video campaigns for clients, including programmatic TV and video campaigns
- Ran multiple 'UK First' campaigns for clients, including YouTube buying via DV360 and Programmatic/Audience Guaranteed deals with dynamic audiences
Renault UK
Ecommerce & Digital Marketing Assistant (University Placement Year)
- Worked as part of the team to ensure all website information is correct and displayed in an aesthetically suitable manner, as well as meeting brand guidelines. This involved both personally using the Content Management System to implement changes and briefing developers to make modifications.
- Compiled and produced reports and presentations on website and campaign performance.
- Liaised and worked with agencies on web development, digital asset production, social media and search advertising.
- Assisted customers, dealers and other areas of the business with any queries related to digital matters. This often involved using Microsoft Access or SQL Server to query and add/removes records from databases.
- Prepared Prezi presentations for internal meetings and published original YouTube content.
Interested in working together?
I'm always open to discussing new opportunities and interesting challenges - whether that's advisory work, custom tool development, or deploying Praxis for your team.