Transparency disclosure
Professional background (Fractional Portfolio Executive)
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 early-stage builds, regulated environments, and enterprise-scale operations.
My leadership style is example-led and humanistic: I aim to raise standards, guide teams, and create clarity, rather than “manage by title”.
Below is a chronological summary of roles, responsibilities, and representative contributions for full transparency.
Career timeline (chronological)
1982-04 to 1989-06 — Sweden — Ericsson Telecom
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 modernization 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
Computing Consultant (Senior 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 back-end 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)
- Advisory work on information security (including Swedish government consultancy)
- Patent holder
2006-05 to 2011-07 — Ireland — Omnific Ltd
CEO (InfoSec / national-security-adjacent advisory and 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)
- Media production for corporate and public-sector needs
- Patent holder
2011-07 to 2013-06 — Northern Ireland — NYSE Euronext
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
- Experience operating at significant scale (including estates of 30K+ 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
CO / 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 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 and Legal and compliance support (in collaboration with relevant owners)
2023-03 to present — Malta — EmberLabs
CO / R&D | Fractional CTO/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 modernization 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/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 back-ends
- Full-stack problem solving across hardware, embedded/IoT, systems, networks, and software
- Modernization 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