Anthony

Anthony

anthonywest@me.com

About Me

Education

Cambridge Judge Business School 2023 – 2024

Chief Technology Officer Programme (Executive education)

Modules included Strategy, Culture, Leadership, Process & Execution, Global Organisation & Partners, Innovation portfolios, Market ecosystems, Externalities & Governance. Electives in Digital disruption and transformation strategies, and Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Imperial College London Apr – Nov 2024

Professional Certificate in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

Modules included statistics, probability, ML/AI/Gen-AI techniques, model evaluation, Naïve Bayes, deep learning, hyper-parameter optimisation, use case feasibility, coding and competitions using Python and associated tools.

University of the West of England 1997 – 1998

MSc Management Information Systems

University of Plymouth 1992 – 1996

BSc Environmental Science (2:1)

Chemistry major.

Work & Experience

PE-backed SaaS product provider (Alpha Tax) 06/01/23 - 04/01/24

Interim Head of Delivery

Led all engineering for a cloud-native Azure rewrite of a flagship SaaS product. Reset governance, stabilised delivery and increased release cadence by 80% while improving DORA by 20%. Managed multiple offshore teams and optimised delivery flow using value stream mapping.

Deloitte LLP 11/01/18 - 04/01/20

Interim Head of Engineering

Transitioned engineering towards Lean, DevOps and cloud-native practices across a portfolio of 90+ products. Defined sourcing strategy, implemented secure development standards and operating model, and led enterprise agile pilots for mission-critical systems.

Landmark Information (Daily Mail Group) 06/01/22 - 05/01/23

Interim Director of Engineering

Interim leadership of engineering programmes and vendor/offshore capability. Established delivery governance and architecture oversight, recovered critical mobile and AI deliveries, and defined technology strategy while supporting legacy and new product development.

Skills/ Technologies

Engineering leadership
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