Independent technical strategy & assurance for complex digital programmes

I help organisations run complex digital platforms well — aligning delivery, architecture, resilience, and ways of working so systems scale safely and predictably.

I am remote by default, vendor-neutral, and engaged where clarity, confidence, and control are required.

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What I help with

Technical strategy & decision support

Shaping and challenging technical strategy with senior stakeholders — clarifying options, trade-offs, and risks before they become delivery problems.

Programme-level technical assurance

Independent assurance across architecture, delivery, and operations, providing a clear view of material risk and recommended actions.

Architecture governance

Reviewing and guiding architectural decisions to maintain coherence, sustainability, and alignment across multiple teams.

Delivery & operational resilience

Advising on delivery health and production readiness, improving reliability, operability, and long-term resilience.

When I am typically engaged

Programmes are scaling fast

Multiple teams are delivering, but architectural coherence, decision ownership, and risk visibility are breaking down.

Delivery and operational risk is rising

Incidents, delays, or resilience concerns are becoming material risks that require independent technical oversight.

Leadership needs an independent technical view

Senior stakeholders need a clear, unbiased assessment of technical health, trade-offs, and priorities.

Control needs to be restored

Programmes need short-term stabilisation alongside practical recommendations for sustainable ways of working.

Use Cases

If you’re unsure which engagement fits, start with a short call and I’ll recommend an appropriate approach.

GDS: One Login — Programme-level technical assurance

Assurance and governance across a large multi-team identity programme, improving resilience and risk visibility.

FirstGroup — Group-wide rail technology appraisal and strategic recommendation

Independent technology appraisal to identify cost-saving opportunities, strengthen governance, and define a scalable group-wide software strategy.

Home Office — Digital services strategy assurance review

Assurance of digital service strategy and cross-functional delivery approach to support effective rollout of new business capabilities.

Department for Transport — Blue Badge service

Led delivery from alpha to production for a nationally significant digital service.

FutureLearn — Green field education platform underpinning business growth

Defined overall solution architecture direction and enabled adoption from C-suite to engineering teams.

Higher Education — Student mobile platform architecture and integration

Architecture definition for a cloud-based student mobile platform, integrating legacy systems and enabling future digital evolution.

Stabilisation engagement — Restoring delivery control

Reset ways of working and reduced fragility in an existing production system.

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