BIO
Build Ideas, Design Solutions, Architect Operations
I incite action around ideas, solutions and change. I'm driven to learn, discover, ferret out information and then share that wisdom and knowledge with enthusiasm to change things for the better.
My infectious energy, enthusiasm and optimism is what drives people around me through Change.

PRINCIPLES
Cornerstones & Groundwork

INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE
I work in creating Platform Infrastructure that can be easily updated, quickly deployed and true to the principles of DevOps. Tear Down, Update, Rebuild, Patch - These processes can be automatic without causing outage to hosted applications. They can be architected to securely integrate a wide network of applications with ease. Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Git, Chef or Puppet - whatever the flavour, the principle architecture is there to utilise and allows us to live into DevOpS and Continuous Integration and Deployment.
SECURITY FIRST
Dynamism. Security no longer has to hinder development or developers. I create Platforms that encourage Developers to focus on features not security. Security is intrinsic, built in and doesn't get in the way. API Driven One time Passwords, Dynamic Creds, Range of Robust Authentication options allows agile development without risk. Secrets and storage can be centrally managed, roles and policies no longer have to replicated. My vision of Security is to architect Security products that deliver Business Value, availability and resilience.


CLOUD COMPUTING
Over 7 years of Cloud Computing experience working across AWS, Azure, Hashicorp, Cyberark, Hortonworks, Cloudera, PCF, CF. The ability to integrate, migrate and be agnostic allows solutions architecture to go beyond 'staying relevant' and conceive a future state environment that can grow and change with the agility of your business and the world around us
HELPING OTHERS TO ACHIEVE
" Do more than Belong : Participate
Do more than Care : Help​
Do more than Believe : Practice
Do more than be Fair : Be Kind
Do more than Dream : Work"
– William Arthur Ward
