Turning Complex Problems Into Confident Technology
What I deliver
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Direct delivery with one accountable contact from initial discussion through sign-off, backed by 15+ years of production experience.
Outside IR35 engagement available. Work delivered on defined statement of work or day-rate billing — full clarity for you and your agency.
Most engagements begin with a targeted review, then move to scoped fixes or delivery sprints only where needed.
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Scope in writing, deliverables in writing, and time-boxed work from the first review through to sign-off.
Service catalogue
Most engagements combine several services. Clear requirements at the start lead to better outcomes and fewer surprises.
Select a phase to see how risk is reduced before anything bigger starts.
Map brittle workflows, hidden dependencies, and failure points before coding starts.
Define what will be delivered, what is deferred, and what success looks like in operations.
Implement in controlled slices with testing, logging, and rollback-ready change boundaries.
Leave clear documentation and ownership guidance so your team can operate confidently.
Build C#/.NET backend systems and APIs. Outcome: clean architecture you understand, proper testing, structured logging, code ready for long-term ownership and change.
Typical: 5–20 days · Day rate or fixed price
Typical deliverables include API endpoints and data contracts, services/workers, integration adapters, and handover documentation covering deployment and support.
Excel/VBA solutions that eliminate manual effort and improve accuracy. Outcome: proper error handling, audit trail, documented inputs/outputs, tools your operators trust.
Typical: 3–10 days · Day rate or fixed price
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Modernise ageing VBA or legacy .NET operational systems. Deliverables are scoped to a fixed timeline with clear handover and knowledge transfer — minimal overhead after sign-off.
Typical: 20–60 days · Day rate or phased fixed price
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Engineered workflows for reconciliation, data processing, and reporting. Delivered to agreed scope within a defined timeline — clear deliverables, tested output, ready to hand over.
Typical: 5–15 days · Day rate or fixed price
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Connect platforms, APIs, and databases reliably. Outcome: clean data flow with automatic validation, clear audit trail, problems surface early before impact, and sensitive information handling can align with Microsoft Information Protection requirements.
Typical: 5–20 days · Day rate or fixed price
Available on day-rate, statement-of-work, or retained billing, delivered 100% remote. Outside IR35 preferred — IR35 compliance documentation available at contract stage. Flexible to placement windows and agency timelines.
Typical: Per agreement · Day rate agreed per placement
Learn more about Maintainability
Get honest feedback on code quality, testing practices, and architecture, with a focus on long-term maintainability. Recommendations are prioritised by impact and difficulty.
Typical: 4–8 hours · Hourly specialist time
Hands-on PR feedback to help you build consistency, correctness, and long-term code health. Actionable suggestions, not just criticism.
Typical: 1–2 hours per session · Hourly specialist time
Design application and service boundaries that handle change well. Clear responsibilities, reliable data flows, and operational visibility from day one.
Typical: 1–3 days · Day rate or fixed price
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Root-cause investigation and tested fix, scoped to the defect, focused on restoring production reliability. Clear written findings. Covered by the standard 30-day warranty from sign-off.
Typical: 4–16 hours · Hourly specialist time or fixed price
Learn more about Document Processing & ECM
Enterprise-grade inbound document processing, capture, and ECM development using OpenText Captiva, with hands-on experience configuring and troubleshooting ImageTrac and Kodak scanning solutions across Outlook MSG, PDF, and image ingestion routes. Aligned to operational and compliance needs with proper integration.
Typical: 5–15 days · Day rate or fixed price
Hands-on consulting inside your Azure environment — troubleshooting live issues, improving CI/CD pipelines, and advising on architecture and resource provisioning. You retain full control: I work within your access model and governance without making unsolicited changes.
Typical: Half-day to 5 days · Hourly specialist time or day rate
Suitable for placements where Azure work is in scope. I can join your client's environment directly — troubleshooting live issues, improving pipelines, or advising on configuration — within their access model and governance.
Hands-on consulting inside your GitHub organisation — troubleshooting Actions workflows, improving CI/CD reliability, and reviewing repository and access configuration. You retain ownership: I work within your org's access model and do not make changes without agreement.
Typical: Half-day to 5 days · Hourly specialist time or day rate
Suitable for placements where GitHub is the team's source control platform. I can join the org as an outside collaborator and work within the existing access model — no lengthy onboarding required.
Boundaries
This is a consulting business focused on reliable delivery and low operational risk. I do not sell packaged SaaS products, growth-hack retainers, or high-volume agency production.
Deliverables
Clear deliverables that reduce risk and make handover straightforward.
Engagement
Engagements range from a single-day review to multi-week delivery — depending on scope and complexity. The more complete your requirements, the stronger the solution.
Day-rate or milestone billing. Outside IR35 preferred — IR35 compliance documentation available at contract stage. Cover levels confirmed before placement. Learn more about remote delivery.
Understand your goals, constraints, and data landscape. Produce a scoped plan with realistic estimates, early quick wins, and a high-level design (chargeable) — so you're confident before a single line of code is written. Clear, complete requirements at this stage lead to better outcomes and fewer surprises later.
Review the proposal together, agree scope, deliverables, and fee structure in writing — then sign off to proceed.
Deliver in small, testable slices with regular checkpoints — so you can steer the work as it progresses.
Walk through the completed solution together, confirm it meets the agreed requirements, and formally sign off before handover.
Final deliverables are released once payment has cleared. Low-level design, documentation, and knowledge transfer — everything you need to own and operate the solution. The 30-day warranty period starts from sign-off.
30-day warranty: the warranty period starts from solution sign-off. Defect fixes identified within that period are covered. Fixes may be subject to additional cost where the issue is caused by a change in requirements, third-party dependencies, environment changes, or work outside the agreed scope.
Final deliverables are released only once the corresponding payment has cleared.
Guide rates are published on the pricing page; the rate for a specific role and the timeline are confirmed after a short discovery call. Engagements can typically begin within one to two weeks of agreement.
Fixed-scope offers
For a narrower question than a full engagement, these four are scoped as a fixed piece of work with a defined deliverable — useful as a starting point before committing to something larger.
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Development platform
A modern, professional-grade environment — from code to cloud — with AI assistance available on request at every layer.
Business productivity, collaboration, and AI-assisted workflows across documentation, communication, and project coordination, with delivery experience in Microsoft Graph API and Microsoft Information Protection-aligned implementations.
Cloud hosting and infrastructure — App Service, Functions, SQL Database, and DevOps pipelines for reliable, scalable delivery. Also available to work within existing client Azure environments for troubleshooting, pipeline work, and advisory.
Source control, CI/CD automation, AI-assisted development via Claude, code review, and pull request workflows across both platforms.
Full-featured IDE for .NET development and unit testing, paired with a lightweight editor for fast iteration — both with integrated AI assistance.
CI/CD pipelines, build automation, and deployment scripting — integrated into every engagement to keep delivery reliable and repeatable.
High-end workstation equipped with CPU, GPU, and NPU acceleration for fast compilation, responsive debugging, and AI-assisted development workflows.
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Full coverage for professional errors, delivery quality, and third-party claims.
Data protection and cybersecurity incident coverage for your operational security.
Cover levels are not displayed publicly, but relevant certificates, schedules, and limits can be provided at contract stage.
All policies are current with supporting schedules and certificates. Additional internal policies are maintained for company operations and are disclosed only where contractually required.
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