(Fractional Portfolio Executive)
Professional background
I bring hands-on engineering depth and executive delivery across infrastructure,
information security, payments/FinTech, and technology operations.
Over my career I’ve worked and led teams in diverse environments across 5 continents
and 30+ countries, spanning from startups to enterprise-scale operations,
often in regulated environments.
My leadership style is lead by example and people-focused.
I aim to raise standards, guide teams, and create clarity, rather than “manage by title”.
I avoid any kind of micromanagement, preferring clear goals, delivery by agreement,
and delegated responsibility with clear authority to act.
Below is a chronological summary of my past and current roles, responsibilities,
and representative contributions for clarity.
Career timeline
(chronological past to present experience)
1982-04 to 1989-06 – Sweden – Ericsson Telecom
Metrologist | Metrology & Maintenance, aerospace / precision calibration
Focused on high-precision measurement, calibration, and electronics maintenance in aerospace-related work.
Representative contributions:
- Electrical/electronics repair and preventive maintenance
- Instrument calibration and certification with traceability to national standards
- Development of calibration methods and measurement procedures
- Software development and modernisation of production tooling (including a migration from PDP-11 to PC-based workflows)
- Procurement support: evaluation and selection of equipment and suppliers
1989-06 to 1990-05 – Sweden – IMS Data AB
Senior consultant | Computing Consultant (Unix / systems)
Delivered Unix systems consultancy and led projects.
Representative contributions:
- Senior Unix and systems consulting
- Project management and delivery ownership
1990-05 to 1991-05 – Sweden – Computron Systems
CTO
Combined systems design, software delivery, consulting, and commercial/strategic responsibilities.
Representative contributions:
- Systems design and software development
- National education programme work (technical delivery and enablement)
- Unix consulting and complex troubleshooting
- Venture capital discussions and technical due diligence support
- Inventions and IP rights work (patent/copyright considerations)
- Technical advisory including data recovery
1991-05 to 1999-07 – Scotland – W10 Ltd
CEO
Built and ran an ISP and IT services business across Unix services, networking, engineering, and bespoke solutions.
Representative contributions:
- ISP and IT services delivery and operations
- Unix application services (including SAS environments)
- Networking design/implementation and consultancy
- Bespoke hardware design/support and systems engineering
- Payment solutions development
- Practical operational exposure to legal, compliance, and contractual realities in “live fire” environments
1999-07 to 2006-05 – Scotland – PayCard Ltd
CTO (FinTech) | Board member and senior shareholder
Designed and built payment platforms and secure transaction systems with resilience as a core requirement.
Representative contributions:
- Architecture/design/development of credit-card and secure transaction systems
- Decentralized/distributed backend transaction platforms with disaster recovery and resilience design
- Support for multiple transaction modes (B2B, P2P; micropayments through high-value flows; online, retail, and offline contexts)
- Security-restricted public-sector consultancy (Sweden); details limited by confidentiality.
- Patent holder
2006-05 to 2011-07 – Ireland – Omnific Ltd
CEO | InfoSec / public-sector and regulated advisory & delivery
Delivered IT solutions and security advisory spanning individuals through large international organizations.
Representative contributions:
- Hardware/software design and consultancy
- Security advisory work with government and international stakeholders (as advisor/consultant within agreed scopes)
Some engagements are subject to NDA or security restrictions.
- Media production for corporate and public-sector needs
- Patent holder
2011-07 to 2013-06 – Northern Ireland – NYSE Euronext
System operations | Systems Engineering (Unix SAE / large-scale operations)
Returned to an engineering-focused role after relocation, operating in a high-availability environment.
Representative contributions:
- Engineering ownership of Unix environments and operational reliability
- Virtualization and estate management across physical and virtual servers
- Incident response, troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and design improvements
- Supported Linux/Unix systems within NYSE Euronext global operations across an estate of 30,000+ servers.
2013-07 to 2014-05 – Malta – Phoenix
IT Manager | AI trading context
Led IT operations and built supporting software/reporting.
Representative contributions:
- IT management, troubleshooting, and systems maintenance
- Database administration work (MSSQL, MySQL) and Unix operations
- Software and report development; requirements/system analysis
- Cross-team communication and operational support
2014-05 to 2018-04 – Malta – StreamAMG
Head of Infrastructure | Engineering (media streaming)
Functionally one level below CTO in an org without a formal CTO role.
Representative contributions:
- Linux/Windows infrastructure engineering and network operations
- Monitoring/observability and web technology development
- Application debugging, troubleshooting, and performance work
- Virtualization, physical servers, networking, databases, and cloud technologies
- Streaming platform components: transcoding, CDN, media workflows
- NOC systems and data-collection design
2018-04 to 2018-11 – Malta – EmberLabs
Chief Officer / R&D
R&D across hardware AI, IoT, and bespoke electronics/software; plus Atlassian support.
Representative contributions:
- R&D planning and execution across electronics and software
- Custom systems: IoT, embedded integration, prototyping/testing
- Atlassian administration and support (Jira/Confluence/Bitbucket)
2018-11 to 2021-02 – Malta – Casumo
Corporate IT Manager
Owned internal IT, security, and production support responsibilities.
Representative contributions:
- Corporate IT operations and end-user systems support
- Security operations support, access controls, and incident handling
- Production support escalation and operational coordination
- Backup/DR operations and documentation/asset management
2021-03 to 2022-09 – Malta – Swintt
CS and IT Ops Manager | Combined technical and operations leadership
Led execution of IT and customer support operations, effectively covering combined CTO/COO-style responsibilities for those functions.
Representative contributions:
- Operational leadership across IT and CS
- Budgeting, vendor management, and delivery prioritization
- Policy/process development, risk management, and KPI-driven operations
- Crisis response, business continuity, and cross-functional stakeholder reporting
2022-11 to 2023-03 – Malta – Ancient Gaming
CTO
Focused on operational and governance-adjacent execution.
Representative contributions:
- Process improvement and operational uplift
- Licensing and budgeting support
- Production management
- Technical, legal and compliance support (in collaboration with relevant owners)
2023-03 to present – Malta – EmberLabs
Chief Officer / R&D | Fractional CTO/CIO/CISO/CPTO
Fractional leadership and advisory to small and mid-sized clients, alongside R&D in IT/AI and bespoke hardware/software systems.
Representative contributions:
- Executive technology leadership and roadmapping
- Architecture and modernisation planning
- Risk assessment and mitigation planning (security, operations, continuity)
- Vendor management, budgeting support, and stakeholder alignment
- Mentoring and leadership for technical teams
- Technical due diligence and scalability assessment
- Governance, policy, compliance, and operational frameworks (where applicable)
Consolidated capabilities (core strengths)
- Fractional CTO/CIO/CISO/CPTO leadership: strategy, delivery, and accountability
- High-availability infrastructure and operations (enterprise-grade environments)
- Security and risk: pragmatic controls, incident readiness, and continuity thinking
- Payments/FinTech systems: secure transaction platforms and resilient backends
- Full-stack problem solving across hardware, embedded/IoT, systems, networks, and software
- Modernisation and transformation: legacy-to-modern migrations, operational uplift
- Vendor, budget, and stakeholder management; cross-functional execution
- Documentation, standards, and repeatable processes that scale teams and outcomes