Blizzard/consulting

Work

Twenty years of projects.

Much of it is under NDA, so names are left out.

Case studies

RaceAtYourPace Leaderboard

Sports & events · 2022–

Race At Your Pace

A complex virtual-events platform with unique ecommerce needs.

Financial platform on a mobile device

FinTech · 2023–

Beach Finance

CTO for a regulated savings and investments platform.

Neural network of connected nodes

Risk intelligence · 2014–23

Document intelligence at scale

An NLP pipeline grading millions of documents a month, replacing multiple provider systems with one query.

Electricity transmission towers

Public sector & enterprise · 2013–18

Mission-critical platforms

Five engagements for the NHS, government and energy, where the work was hosting, assurance and sign-off.

All projects

All work19

2023–
Beach Finance
Technology and security leadership for a regulated financial platform.
Security & complianceInfrastructure as codeAPI designMobile apps
FinTechCase study →
2022–
Race At Your Pace
A virtual-events platform: entries, payments and results at scale.
E-commerce & paymentsAPI designMobile appsInfrastructure as code
Sports & eventsCase study →
2025
Art fair operator · AWS audit & decommission
Auditing, migrating and safely closing down a legacy AWS estate.
Infrastructure as codeDue diligence & advisory
Arts & culture
2025
Climate standards body · target-setting platform
Helping businesses define long-term emissions-reduction targets.
Bespoke platforms
Climate & sustainability
2025
Defence & security think tank · global risk map
Country-by-country risk metrics, mapped and compared.
Mapping & data visualisationAI & agentic systems
Risk intelligence
2025
Race At Your Pace · route builder
A custom route-mapping tool with user-defined stops and progress tracking.
Mapping & data visualisationMobile apps
Sports & eventsCase study →
2014–23
Document intelligence at scale
A streaming NLP pipeline grading millions of documents a month.
NLP & document intelligenceData & streaming pipelinesAPI designAI & agentic systems
Risk intelligenceCase study →
2022
Life sciences · blinded market-research platform
Blinded stakeholder research for the life-sciences industry, at startup pace.
Bespoke platformsSecurity & complianceInfrastructure as code
Life sciences
2020
Global security-risk mapping
Mapping incidents and regional risk for analysts, insurers and investors.
Mapping & data visualisationAPI designData & streaming pipelines
Risk intelligence
2019
Due-diligence reporting portal
Ordering, producing and delivering due-diligence reports - securely.
Bespoke platformsSecurity & complianceAPI design
Risk intelligence
2018
International motorsport venue · ticketing & operations
Multi-lingual ticketing and live chat for a world-famous race venue.
E-commerce & paymentsInfrastructure as codeAPI design
Sports & eventsCase study →
2014
FCDO Services website
A simple website with distinctly non-simple hosting requirements.
Security & complianceInfrastructure as codeBespoke CMS
GovernmentCase study →
2014
Shell Ideas 360
A global ideas platform, built to Shell's compliance and documentation standards.
Bespoke platformsSecurity & compliance
EnergyCase study →
2014
Twine
A SaaS intranet product: architecture, build and infrastructure.
Bespoke platformsInfrastructure as codeAI & agentic systems
Workplace SaaS
2014
UK Trade & Investment · technical advisory
Independent advice on renewing - or replacing - a core departmental system.
Due diligence & advisory
GovernmentCase study →
2013
NHS · graduate scheme platform
The system behind the NHS graduate management training scheme.
Bespoke platforms
HealthcareCase study →
2009–13
Mitsubishi Electric · multi-site CMS
A ground-up CMS that treated product data as a first-class citizen.
Bespoke CMS
Manufacturing
2010
Marine coatings retailer · e-commerce rebuild
Replacing a struggling Magento store with a platform still running 15 years on.
E-commerce & paymentsBespoke platforms
Retail
2008
Construction e-procurement platform
An e-procurement platform for the building industry.
E-commerce & paymentsBespoke platforms
Construction