As a passionate and results-driven New Business Director at Nexus Cove, I bring over five years of specialised experience in driving business growth within the digital transformation sector. My expertise lies in identifying and capitalising on new market opportunities that align with the latest digital trends, including AI integration, Aviation, Pharma, Retail and Fintech. Throughout my career, I have cultivated strategic partnerships that have significantly contributed to revenue growth and positioned companies as leaders in the digital landscape. I am adept at building lasting client relationships by understanding their unique challenges and delivering tailored solutions that drive operational efficiency, enhance customer experiences, and foster innovation.
My role at Nexus Cove involves not only leading the charge in new business development but also facilitating cross-functional collaboration to ensure project success from inception to completion. By leveraging my deep understanding of industry-specific needs and digital transformation trends, I help organisations navigate complex technological changes and achieve their business objectives.
With a proven track record of success and a relentless commitment to driving growth, I am dedicated to helping Nexus Cove and its clients stay ahead in the rapidly evolving digital world.
Over the past two decades, I have driven the growth of several companies by developing innovative products based on a deep understanding of customer needs, market trends, and competitive landscapes. My data-driven insights enable organisations to stay competitive by strategically identifying and positioning new product opportunities.
As Head of Product at Allocator, I led teams in creating impactful financial tools like fund screens, performance charts, and portfolio analysis solutions. My expertise in agile methodologies has fostered collaboration, optimised processes, and ensured efficient execution. At Tesco, I addressed product maturity issues and led key projects like GetGo and Clubcard’s web-based product, delivering strategic solutions for long-term success.
I specialise in agile transformation, SCRUM, KANBAN, and SAP integrations, having led initiatives at Tesco, Birdseye, and IBA. My leadership has consistently improved workflows and operational efficiency. Passionate about dual-track agile development, JTBD, and OKRs, I ensure the right success metrics are in place for product launches, focusing on customer interviews and team training to drive mature product development and measurable ROI.
As a strong communicator, I excel in engaging stakeholders and leveraging insights to guide decisions. My strengths include managing multiple squads and value streams, with a focus on product discovery and delivery that fosters innovation and drives tangible results. With a can-do attitude and extensive experience, I bring the expertise needed to navigate scale and complexity, especially around data and trends, to any organisation.
During my career I have worked within some of the largest and most successful banks, aviation, automotive, and global logistics companies, operating in the UK. I am an Agile enthusiast who’s journey first began in a more traditional project management environment, progressing into the Agile realm. I have utilised a catalogue of different frameworks and approaches to optimise value delivery for my clients, enabling truly valuable outcomes for our customers and users, whilst generating a return on investment for my clients. My range of various roles has given me a breadth of experience and perspective, viewing transformations from different optics, I am able to help clients articulate customer and business needs into strategic objectives, which ladder down to the day-to-day goals of delivery teams, ensuring true focus on value. I am an approachable and energetic people person, who loves meeting and working with new people. Over the years I have built up a proven track record of coaching and developing high performing, outcome focused teams, in both office based and remote working environments. So far, my career has given me the opportunity to not only coach development teams and product leads, I have also shaped Agile transformations at enterprise level, coached domain level groups and business leaders, to eliminate silos and focus on customer value, as well as leading significant internal tool adaption programmes, including a suite of Atlassian products. My technology exposure ranges from traditional E-commerce and mobile app software development to large scale data platforms / cloud migrations and experience working with DevOps, architecture, and cyber security / fraud prevention functions.
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