I build software, and the teams that build it. Mostly for healthcare, from London.
I've run Fat Fish Digital since 2013. We design and build web and mobile products for organisations where getting it wrong has consequences: NHS trusts, health startups, the odd bank and law firm. More and more of that work has AI in it, which I studied at Sussex back when it was a niche subject.
Running Fat Fish and its team of engineers and delivery leads.
Head of Technology at Welldoing, IT Lead at EmERGE mHealth, and fractional CTO at Carradale Futures.
Building Keel and organising Responsible Futures.
Open to conversations about senior technology roles, interim work and advisory.
A patient communication tool used by NHS trusts and Mayo Clinic UK. I have led the architecture since 2020, including the build that took the company from prototype to £1 million in funding.
SOPHIA holds NHS trusts' policies, SOPs and checklists, with document permissions and version control. The AI drafts procedures from source documents. It also reviewed 450 university policies against freedom of speech law in six working days, with every change cited and signed off by a person.
Welldoing matches people with verified therapists across the UK. More than 1,000 therapists, and tens of thousands of client connections a year. I have led the technology there since 2018, including the AWS rebuild.
EmERGE grew out of an EU Horizon 2020 programme and supports sexual health and HIV services alongside clinic systems. I have been IT Lead since 2023. New clinics and patient groups, including PrEP users, sit on the same codebase.
Took the product from definition to launch in eight months. That included a quote engine built with Covea Insurance, back-office tools, a clinical iPad app, and a link into vets' practice software.
A social platform for list-based recommendations in music, entertainment and fashion. I designed the backend and the mobile app, set how AI is used for moderation and the feed, and cut the AWS spend by 60%.
Circe runs therapist-led group sessions. We helped them win an Innovate UK grant and are now building the platform as their technology partner.
A subscription briefing for people accountable for AI in regulated organisations. A scanner watches 17 regulatory sources each week and every briefing is checked by a person before it goes out.
Talks and panels on building technology responsibly.
Two small, fixed-price pieces of work, booked and paid through Contra.
An AI agent tests your site the way a real customer would. I review every finding and send you a fix list ranked by impact.
View on Contra (opens Contra in a new tab)A plain-English AI policy for your staff and a risk register of the AI tools your business already uses, aligned with UK GDPR.
View on Contra (opens Contra in a new tab)I still take technology roles, permanently or for a few months, and Fat Fish still takes on build work. If what's actually wrong is a strategy, a supplier or a project, I'll look at that. Same for grants, investment and R&D tax.
Computer Science and AI at the University of Sussex, first class, in 2004, then straight into running my own businesses, starting with Bright AI, an early AI and mobile app agency. I also mentor Sussex graduates through the university's Global Mentoring Programme.