I'm a software engineering leader with 14+ years' experience building games and interactive software across PC, console, mobile and VR.
Throughout my career I have worked across a wide range of interactive technologies, from custom game engines and rendering systems to online infrastructure, XR platforms and medical simulation. My experience spans hands-on software development, architecture, technical strategy and engineering leadership, including leading multidisciplinary teams and building engineering capability.
I now bring that experience to organisations that need senior technical leadership, specialist engineering expertise or additional technical capacity without necessarily making a full-time senior hire.
My mission is to build.
I believe successful products are built on strong engineering foundations, effective teams and clear technical direction. I enjoy creating the systems, structures and environments that enable talented people to do their best work sustainably, turning individual strengths into collective success.
Technical leadership for organisations that need senior technical direction without a full-time CTO/Technical Director. Strategy, architecture, engineering capability, team development and technical decision-making.
Independent technical advice on architecture, technology choices, technical strategy, delivery risks and difficult engineering problems.
Rapidly turn uncertain ideas into working technical prototypes.
Hands-on senior engineering for projects that need experienced technical leadership alongside implementation. Architecture, difficult technical problems, core systems and mentoring.
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Enginefall is a player-driven survival/crafting shooter combining large-scale multiplayer gameplay with MMO-style online systems.
As Lead Software Engineer, I built and led the Backend and Tools engineering function, establishing the capability required to deliver game services, infrastructure and internal tooling.
FundamentalXR delivers multi-user haptic VR surgical training simulations, combining immersive technology with clinically accurate surgical workflows.
As Principal Software Engineer, I provided technical leadership across a multidisciplinary team of engineers, artists, product specialists and medical experts, translating complex requirements into practical technical solutions.
Avakin Life is a large-scale social virtual world with 200M+ registered users across mobile and PC platforms. As part of the Core Technology/R&D team, I developed core platform technologies spanning C++, C#, Unity, Node.js and JavaScript.
Led the redesign and rewrite of Avakin Life's apartment configuration tooling, replacing a manual content workflow with a dedicated desktop editor that reduced creation time from hours to minutes. Also contributed to server-side asset processing technology, improving performance on lower-end devices and supporting future user-generated content.
Built and established hedgehog lab's XR engineering capability, delivering immersive AR and VR applications for enterprise clients across art, energy and industrial sectors. As Lead XR Programmer, I provided technical leadership across XR, web and backend engineers, translating ambitious product concepts into practical architectures.
Architected a distributed XR platform combining Unity VR applications, WebGL experiences, Drupal-based backend services and cloud telemetry systems to deliver personalised virtual experiences.
Zerolight develops real-time 3D visualisation technology for automotive brands including Audi and Volkswagen. I worked on graphics, rendering and streaming technologies powering cloud-delivered interactive vehicle configurators and immersive automotive experiences.
Improved rendering and video streaming performance for showroom installations, identifying rendering bottlenecks and designing a novel buffering solution to deliver smoother playback. Also developed a panoramic VR visualisation system for Samsung Gear VR, enabling cloud-generated vehicle visualisations to be experienced on mobile VR hardware.
Progressed from Software Engineer to Technical Lead, helping grow an independent studio from a small startup into a successful multi-platform games developer. Led engineering across custom engine development, gameplay systems and multi-platform releases, shipping titles including The Hungry Horde and Vostok Inc.
Designed and developed core technology powering The Hungry Horde, including a custom 3D engine and rendering systems targeting PlayStation Mobile and PlayStation Vita. As Technical Lead, provided technical direction across a team of engineers, overseeing architecture, code quality, hiring, mentoring and delivery across console and mobile platforms.
Need technical leadership, independent technical advice or experienced engineering support?
Get in touch to discuss your project, team or technical challenge.