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With over 20 years in IT and 8 years of leadership experience, I've consistently driven technical transformation and team growth across leading organizations.
Engineering Lead — Large multinational bank (Nov 2024 - Mar 2025)
- Migrated legacy banking systems to a modern domain-driven microservices architecture.
- Designed and coordinated phased migration strategies to minimise operational risk during cutover.
Head of Engineering — Healthcare SaaS scaleup (2021 - 2024)
- Led a 60+ member engineering organisation through rapid scaling and capability uplift.
- Delivered a 46% reduction in cycle time through CI/CD pipeline implementation.
- Achieved 30% infrastructure cost savings by adopting Kubernetes and optimising workloads.
- Reduced high-priority incidents by 39% via microservices architecture and team restructuring.
Program Lead — $160M Department of Defense contract
- Delivered 100% of milestones on time for a large government defence programme while implementing AI features using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques.
- Established ISO 27001 compliance programmes and comprehensive security frameworks for defence deployments.
Engineering Director — Media / AI technology company (2017 - 2021)
- Modernised legacy applications, transitioning from a monolithic architecture to microservices.
- Managed cross-department initiatives involving 45 developers to deliver large-scale projects.
- Contributed to growth that supported approximately $65M Annual Recurring Revenue and realised ~50% productivity improvements via strategic team restructuring.
Senior Engineer to Development Manager — Global multinational technology company (2003 - 2017)
- Progressed from software engineer to development manager, leading teams through delivery model transformation.
- Migrated delivery practices from continuous delivery to cloud-based continuous deployment and managed large-scale CI infrastructure (thousands of virtual machines).
I excel at translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions while building high-performing engineering cultures.
Education
hold both a Master's and Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, providing a strong theoretical foundation in software engineering principles.
Master of Computer Science
Tsinghua University, Beijing (2000-2003)
Bachelor of Computer Science
Beijing University of Technology, Beijing (1993-1998)
This 8-year academic foundation in computer science equipped me with deep knowledge in algorithms, data structures, software architecture, and system design principles. The rigorous curriculum at these prestigious Chinese institutions provided comprehensive coverage of software development methodologies, database systems, operating systems, and computer networks.
Beyond formal education, my 20+ years of hands-on experience has been my most valuable continuing education. I've continuously evolved with technology trends, from early web development and enterprise systems at IBM, through modern cloud architectures, microservices, DevOps practices, AI integration with RAG technology, and security compliance frameworks like ISO 27001.
This combination of strong academic foundations and extensive practical experience has enabled me to successfully architect and implement complex systems, lead technical transformations, and mentor engineering teams across diverse technology stacks and business domains.