# A bit about me

> I learn your business first. The right technology follows.

I'm James Blizzard. I've been doing this since 2006. The early years were the unglamorous projects that teach you the most: rescuing stalled work, dragging print-era systems into the web era, helping small businesses ship things they didn't think they could.

Since 2014 I have led engineering at Browser Group, eventually as Technical Director and CTO. I've architected mission-critical, complex systems for clients who couldn't afford them to go wrong, including platforms streaming millions of documents a month through NLP and AI tooling.

I'm happiest getting to grips with a new domain, learning it well enough to make the right calls quickly. Coming up to speed fast, then delivering, is a lot of what I bring.

Outside the specifics, I'm a firm believer that the best technical decisions are usually the ones that read, written down, like common sense.

## On the record

- Practising since: 2006
- Roles held: CTO, CISO, Technical Director
- Sectors: Healthcare, government, energy, financial intelligence
- Engagement: Fractional, a few days a month

## Contact

- Email: jim@blizzard.consulting
- Canonical page: https://blizzard.consulting/about/