About Me

Currently exploring the realms of AI and Automation to craft innovative solutions that enhance efficiency and drive growth.

With over a decade of experience driving digital transformation and eCommerce innovation, I currently serve as the Digital Development Manager at Cromwell Tools Ltd where I lead a talented team of developers in building scalable, high-performance digital solutions that power one of the UK’s leading industrial tools and supplies platforms.


My journey with Cromwell began in 2015, and I’ve been part of every stage of its digital evolution from early systems integrations and backend development to architecting and delivering a full-scale eCommerce rebuild. As part of this transformation, I led the strategic merger of two legacy platforms into a single, modern solution, aligning technology, teams, and processes to deliver a seamless customer experience. This initiative helped scale online revenue from £1.5 million to over £100 million annually in just five years, positioning Cromwell as a digital market leader.


Throughout my career, I’ve been deeply hands-on with technology from building data pipelines and backend systems to working with modern stacks like React, Node.js, Next.js, and AWS. I’m passionate about creating efficient, future-proof digital ecosystems that empower teams and enhance business performance.


I believe in leading by example: fostering collaboration, mentoring developers, and bridging the gap between technology and business goals. Whether defining architecture, planning sprints, or writing code, my focus remains on building digital solutions that deliver real, measurable impact.

Career Timeline

A journey of leadership, innovation, and technical excellence across multiple roles and industries.

  • 2023

    Digital Development Manager

    Cromwell Tools Ltd

    2023 – Present

    Led the strategic merger of two legacy eCommerce platforms into a unified, scalable solution. Architected and managed the full migration integrating systems, processes, and teams to deliver a seamless customer experience and significant operational efficiency. This transformation increased online revenue from £1.5 million to over £100 million annually in 5 years, establishing the business as a market leader.

    Currently leading a team of 12 developers to build additional features and scale the eCommerce platform Responsibilities include sprint planning, code reviews, stakeholder management, onboarding and mentoring new team members, writting technical specifications, and defining the technology stack and when possible writing code.

  • 2021

    Digital Development Team Lead.

    Cromwell Tools Ltd

    2021 – 2023

    Lead a team of 6 developers to help build and manage backend system and data pipelines to ensure smooth operation of the ecommerce website. I also worked with the head of digital development to ensure right technologies are chosen for the stack and ensure best practices are being followed.

  • 2019

    Senior Software Engineer

    Cromwell Tools Ltd

    2019 – 2021

    This was the start of our digital transformation journey at Cromwell. I took on a role to help build the new ecommerce platform from scratch using modern technologies like React, Node.js, NextJs, and various AWS services like Lambda, API Gateway, Cognito, DMS, CloudFront, RDS, Open Search and many other technologies AWS provide. I collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to deliver a seamless online shopping experience that significantly boosted sales and customer satisfaction.

  • 2015

    Full Stack PHP Developer

    Cromwell Tools Limited

    2015 – 2019

    Worked on various satellite system used to manage inventory, orders, customers to cover the shortfall in our ERP system. Duties included writing various integrations between ERP and other systems using PHP, Laravel and Postgres.

  • 2015

    Software Developer

    Reviews.co.uk

    2015 – 2015 (6 months)

    Worked on their reviews platform, building new features and fixing bugs. Technologies used were PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery and Laravel.

  • 2013

    PHP Developer

    Ambitious Digital

    2013 – 2015

    Digital Agency, worked on various client projects using PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, and WordPress.

  • 2012

    PHP Developer / IT Support

    Pro Cars Limited

    2012 – 2013

    Worked on their in-house car management portal and provided IT support. Technologies used were PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and HTML/CSS.

  • 2009

    Computer Science With Artifical Inteligence

    University Of Nottingham

    2009 – 2012

    Studied Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence at the University of Nottingham.

  • 2008

    Access to Computing

    Leicester College

    2008 – 2009

    Completed an Access to Computing course at Leicester College

Tech Stack

A selection of modern technologies and tools I have hands-on experience with

Next.js
Next.js
Node.js
Node.js
Redis
Redis
Redis
REST API
React
React
MongoDB
MongoDB
Postgres
Postgres
AWS Cognito
AWS Cognito
AWS Cognito
AWS Lambda
AWS Cognito
AWS RDS
AWS Cognito
AWS OpenSearch
AWS DMS
AWS DMS
AWS
AWS
Digital Ocean
Digital Ocean
MUI
MUI
Hero UI
Hero UI
MCP
MCP
LLM
LLM / ChatGPT

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