I'm a Technical Director and Solutions Architect with 20+ years of experience delivering large-scale digital transformation and cloud-native platforms for global organisations. I've worked across enterprise, public sector and agency environments, with a consistent focus on bridging the gap between high-level strategy and real engineering delivery.

My value lies in bridging the gap between business strategy and technical execution. I work alongside C-suite stakeholders to define platform strategy and target operating models, while maintaining the engineering credibility to stay close to delivery teams. I've built and scaled multi-disciplinary engineering departments of 35+ and have established long-term embedded partnerships with clients across recruitment, financial services, public sector and healthcare.

Currently leading as Senior Solutions Architect and Head of Technology on a major account engagement, with a direct path into Technical Director.

I'm a member of the Umbraco Composable CMS Advisory Board, and have served as the account partner for Tangent's Vercel partnership, with direct engagement with their product leadership on platform direction. I attend KubeCon, AWS and Azure events regularly. I use them as much to talk to other businesses about where the industry is heading as to follow the sessions themselves.

• email chris@k1ng.sh
• location Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK