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I’m a mobile engineer and engineering leader with 15+ years building React Native, iOS (Swift), and Android (Kotlin) applications, including 4+ years directly leading people and scaling engineering teams. I currently oversee a 26+ app mobile portfolio that generates £10.7M monthly revenue for a £1B+ public e-commerce business, while driving platform strategy, technical direction, and reliable delivery at scale. I’m known for building high-performing, AI-enabled engineering cultures—coaching engineers into leadership roles, embedding AI-assisted development into day-to-day workflows, and translating technical strategy into measurable business outcomes. I’ve led distributed teams across the UK, India, UAE, and Portugal, improved app reliability to 99% across 26 consumer apps, and supported mobile revenue growth of +35.8% year-on-year through strong engineering standards, testing, monitoring, and release processes.…I’m a mobile engineer and engineering leader with 15+ years building React Native, iOS (Swift), and Android (Kotlin) applications, including 4+ years directly leading people and scaling engineering teams. I currently oversee a 26+ app mobile portfolio that generates £10.7M monthly revenue for a £1B+ public e-commerce business, while driving platform strategy, technical direction, and reliable delivery at scale. I’m known for building high-performing, AI-enabled engineering cultures—coaching engineers into leadership roles, embedding AI-assisted development into day-to-day workflows, and translating technical strategy into measurable business outcomes. I’ve led distributed teams across the UK, India, UAE, and Portugal, improved app reliability to 99% across 26 consumer apps, and supported mobile revenue growth of +35.8% year-on-year through strong engineering standards, testing, monitoring, and release processes.

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I’m a mobile engineer and engineering leader with 15+ years building React Native, iOS (Swift), and Android (Kotlin) applications, including 4+ years directly leading people and scaling engineering teams. I currently oversee a 26+ app mobile portfolio that generates £10.7M monthly revenue for a £1B+ public e-commerce business, while driving platform strategy, technical direction, and reliable delivery at scale. I’m known for building high-performing, AI-enabled engineering cultures—coaching engineers into leadership roles, embedding AI-assisted development into day-to-day workflows, and translating technical strategy into measurable business outcomes. I’ve led distributed teams across the UK, India, UAE, and Portugal, improved app reliability to 99% across 26 consumer apps, and supported mobile revenue growth of +35.8% year-on-year through strong engineering standards, testing, monitoring, and release processes.…I’m a mobile engineer and engineering leader with 15+ years building React Native, iOS (Swift), and Android (Kotlin) applications, including 4+ years directly leading people and scaling engineering teams. I currently oversee a 26+ app mobile portfolio that generates £10.7M monthly revenue for a £1B+ public e-commerce business, while driving platform strategy, technical direction, and reliable delivery at scale. I’m known for building high-performing, AI-enabled engineering cultures—coaching engineers into leadership roles, embedding AI-assisted development into day-to-day workflows, and translating technical strategy into measurable business outcomes. I’ve led distributed teams across the UK, India, UAE, and Portugal, improved app reliability to 99% across 26 consumer apps, and supported mobile revenue growth of +35.8% year-on-year through strong engineering standards, testing, monitoring, and release processes.

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I’m a mobile engineer and engineering leader with 15+ years building React Native, iOS (Swift), and Android (Kotlin) applications, including 4+ years directly leading people and scaling engineering teams. I currently oversee a 26+ app mobile portfolio that generates £10.7M monthly revenue for a £1B+ public e-commerce business, while driving platform strategy, technical direction, and reliable delivery at scale.

I’m known for building high-performing, AI-enabled engineering cultures—coaching engineers into leadership roles, embedding AI-assisted development into day-to-day workflows, and translating technical strategy into measurable business outcomes. I’ve led distributed teams across the UK, India, UAE, and Portugal, improved app reliability to 99% across 26 consumer apps, and supported mobile revenue growth of +35.8% year-on-year through strong engineering standards, testing, monitoring, and release processes.

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Engineering Lead — Mobile Apps at THG

March 1, 2022 - Present

Led and grew a distributed team of mobile engineers across the UK and India (including hiring, 1:1s, performance management, career development, and delivery). Owned delivery for a 26+ mobile application portfolio supporting £10.7M monthly revenue and contributing 22.9% of total company revenue with 35.8% year-on-year growth. Defined mobile platform strategy and technology direction, drove build-vs-buy decisions, and presented quarterly engineering and platform roadmaps to the CTO while partnering with senior stakeholders. Maintained 99% app reliability through strong testing, monitoring, and release processes; served 5M+ active users. Managed vendor selection and SLAs, led mobile architecture, security governance, compliance, and engineering best practices across React Native, iOS, and Android. Advanced AI-assisted development by embedding AI-driven code review into daily workflows and standardizing engineering practices across the team.

Senior Software Engineer → Engineering Lead at THG

September 1, 2021 - February 28, 2022

Joined as a Senior Software Engineer and was promoted to Engineering Lead within 6 months based on technical impact. Introduced automated testing frameworks, improved CI/CD pipelines, and adopted architecture patterns as team-wide standards to raise quality and engineering velocity.

Senior Mobile Application Developer at Defined.ai

January 20, 2021 - September 1, 2021

Built a cross-platform Neveo app (React Native, TypeScript) for AI training data collection. Developed custom native plugins for iOS and Android to support ML algorithms and audio processing needs.

Senior Mobile Application Developer at Define.ai (AI/ML Startup)

January 1, 2021 - September 30, 2021

Built a cross-platform Neevoc app (React Native, TypeScript) for AI training data collection. Created custom native plugins for iOS and Android to support ML algorithms and audio processing, enabling the app to capture and process data required for training workflows.

Senior Interactive Technologist — AR/VR & Mobile at B.U.T Global

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2021

Led development of AR/VR mobile applications using Unity 3D, ahead of mainstream adoption, delivering immersive experiences across mixed reality and indoor navigation for enterprise clients. Worked on both iOS and mobile deliverables with progression from junior to senior roles.

Senior Interactive Technologist — AR/VR & Mobile at B·U·T Global

January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2020

Led development of AR/VR mobile applications using Unity 3D ahead of mainstream adoption, delivering immersive experiences for enterprise clients across mixed reality and indoor navigation use cases. Built iOS and mobile capabilities, contributing to end-to-end product delivery with a focus on usable navigation and interaction experiences.

iOS & Mobile Developer (progressed to Senior Mobile Engineer) at Various Companies

October 1, 2010 - January 1, 2016

Progressed from junior iOS developer to senior mobile engineer, building native iOS apps in Objective-C and Swift and strengthening mobile architecture and application development foundations.

iOS Developer → Senior Mobile Engineer at Various Companies

October 1, 2010 - December 31, 2015

Progressed from Junior iOS Developer to Senior Mobile Engineer, building native iOS apps in Objective-C and developing a strong foundation in mobile architecture and application development.