Timeline of companies and projects
Companies I've worked with, and the projects I delivered at each.
PersonalSide projects and freelance workAll personal or side projects
Stealth StartupMar 2025 — Present (1 year 7 months)AI-Powered Portfolio & Asset Research Management
Key Responsibilities & Achievements:Build and iterate on a CRM platform for wealth and asset managers, shipping features across the stack with a strong user experience focus.
Designed and delivered an AI chatbot that enabled users to query internal data in natural language, reducing time spent manually searching for information and improving access to research insights.
Created a custom Microsoft Word add-in that streamlined note ingestion into the platform, reducing manual effort and improving adoption among research users, increasing .
Implemented customisable dashboards for users to configure their preferred views, layouts, filters, charts and data to support different research workflows.
First CircleMar 2024 — Mar 2025 (1 year)Banking solutions for SMEs in the Philippines
Key Responsibilities & Achievements:Modernised legacy API and front-end projects, improving maintainability and delivery speed.
Managed and mentored 3 junior developers, strengthening onboarding, improving technical confidence and helping the team deliver more consistently.
Built an individual verification platform for the internal team, improving efficiency and opportunity to scale and process many more individuals.
Delivered a document data extraction tool that converted PDFs and low-quality scanned images into structured data, improving accuracy efficiency and reducing the review time from hours into minutes.
AsurafinMar 2021 — Mar 2024 (3 years)An investment technology, custody & trade execution platform
Key Responsibilities & Achievements:Built and maintained web applications using Storybook, Nuxt, Vue and Tailwind.
Developed Kotlin APIs using http4k, jOOQ, and PostgreSQL to deliver regulated client reporting with a strong focus on accuracy and reliability.
Led and mentored a team of front-end engineers, helping raise code quality, improve delivery standards and support team growth.
Worked closely with clients and internal stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions, improving delivery clarity and reducing rework.
NineSeven DigitalJul 2019 — Jan 2021 (1 year 6 months)A digital agency with my sister
Drummond CentralJul 2016 — Mar 2021 (4 years 8 months)An independent advertising & digital marketing agency
Key Achievements & Responsibilities:Built and maintained .NET web applications in C# and mobile applications in Xamarin for iOS and Android across multiple client projects.
Built front-end applications in Vue and supported clients across support, delivery and iteration cycles.
Progressed from Junior Developer to Senior Developer within 4 years, reflecting strong technical growth and consistent delivery.
Led delivery on multiple client projects, working directly with stakeholders to translate requirements into working products.
British EnginesJul 2014 — Jul 2014An engineering group, designing and manufacturing products
Newcastle UniversitySep 2012 — Jul 2016 (3 years 10 months)University
First Class Honours (74.3%)Relevant Modules:
Website Design & Construction (Server-side) using Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP
Web Technologies using PHP framework, Twig, RedBean, HTML5, jQuery, Font-Awesome & Bootstrap
Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction
Cryptography
Advanced Java programming
Website Design & Construction (Client-side) using HTML, CSS & JavaScript
Computing Mathematics
Database Technology