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+title: Curriculum Vitae
+description: An established technology leader and mentor with 16+ years' experience working on large IT platforms and enterprise transformation programmes.
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+<dl class="personal">
+  <div><dt class="sr-only">Name:</dt>
+  <dd class="name">Christopher Mark Buckley M.Sc. (Dunelm)</dd></div>
+  <div><dt>Email:</dt> <dd>[email protected]</dd></div>
+</dl>
+
+[Download as PDF](/cv/cv.pdf){:rel="alternate" type="text/pdf"}
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+
+## Summary
+
+An established technology leader and mentor with 16+ years' experience working on large IT platforms
+and enterprise transformation programmes. Skilled at communicating with clients & stakeholders at
+all organisational levels in fast-paced agile businesses. Excellent hands-on experience with a strong
+architecture & engineering background; experienced in delivering highly available, fault-tolerant,
+distributed systems across financial services, healthcare, retail and iGaming sectors using
+on-premises and cloud-based solutions. Keen advocate of open-source technologies and communities.
+
+
+## Professional Experience
+
+### Principal Consultant
+Company
+:  Answer Digital
+
+Location
+:  Leeds, West Yorkshire
+
+Dates
+:  2022--Present
+{:.meta}
+
+* Broad leadership role responsible for strategy & direction of architecture & engineering capabilities, engagement & account management with clients across all sectors, organisational maturity & operational excellence
+* OKR champion responsible for shaping & communicating company mission & objectives
+* Defined company mission, strategy, roadmap & progression plans with heads of capability
+* Experienced in delivering tech strategy, M&A transformation & due diligence, ISO 27001 governance
+
+#### Interim CTPO, Preventx
+* Ownership, management and execution of the Preventx technology strategy
+* Overall responsibility for the use of technology within Preventx, including the platform, infrastructure, operations & quality management
+* Responsible for IT budget, including forecasting, allocation, and expenditure tracking
+* Product strategy and alignment of commercial aspirations with technical capabilities
+* Senior leadership and mentorship of a blended technical team
+* Fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration, representing the technical team at board level
+
+#### Engineering Manager, Scottish Friendly Assurance
+* Management of a blended engineering team distributed across multiple workstreams
+* Delivering organisation digital maturity improvements for SDLC, software governance, Continuous Integration & ways of working to support development & assurance testing for a major platform upgrade
+
+#### Head of Architecture, Strike
+* Head of Architecture for Strike during acquisition of Purplebricks
+* Delivered technical due diligence & appraisal of existing platforms, services & suppliers to inform target operating model, consolidated target landscape, change roadmap & risk assessment for accelerated re-launch under a single brand & proposition
+
+#### Lead Architect, NHS England
+* Architect & Account Manager for NHS COVID Pass programme
+* Supported creation of target operating model for service transition within NHS, aligning commercials, policy & technical governance
+* Responsible for Technical Design Authority process overseeing programme change
+* Led the initiative to embed SDLC best practices & release COVID Pass source code to the public
+
+### Senior Solutions Architect
+Company
+:  Sky Betting & Gaming
+
+Location
+:  Leeds, West Yorkshire
+
+Dates
+:  2016--2022
+{:.meta}
+
+* Launched a new games content aggregation platform with teams across the Flutter group, reducing third-party revenue share and driving platform independence
+* Pioneered real-time Kafka-driven data hub strategy for standardised communication with Data teams
+* Incident Commander providing measured support to on-call teams during incidents and major events
+* Engaged with heads of technology, product and marketing to align business and technical strategy
+* Oversight of compliance initiatives including GDPR, PCI DSS and vulnerability management
+* Technical contact for external vendors providing supporting services and delivery capability
+* Mentor to other architects and engineers in teams across gaming products and services
+
+### Engineering Manager
+Company
+:  Sky Betting & Gaming
+
+Location
+:  Leeds, West Yorkshire
+
+Dates
+:  2014--2016
+{:.meta}
+
+* Built & led multiple agile engineering teams delivering products and services in the Gaming sector
+* Provided leadership, management & coaching for Software, Test and Platform Engineers
+* Implemented and communicated SDLC for governance of continuous delivery and operational support
+* Worked with Architects and Service Delivery Managers to manage third-party vendor relationships
+* Responsible for recruitment and retention of diverse-skill teams working closely with Talent Recruiters
+* Key advocate for corporate open-source contribution and technical community involvement
+
+### Principal Engineer
+Company
+:  Sky Betting & Gaming
+
+Location
+:  Leeds, West Yorkshire
+
+Dates
+:  2012--2014
+{:.meta}
+
+* Technical lead for Sky Poker in-house development team
+* Delivery and support of Rich Internet Applications in a virtualised LAMP environment
+* Technical liaison for third-party integration and software architecture
+* Worked with stakeholders to define product roadmap and strategic direction
+* Collaborated with Platform and Service Operations teams to ensure high availability
+* Worked with Architects to evolve company technical roadmap
+
+### Senior Software Engineer
+Company
+:  Everything Everywhere
+
+Location
+:  Darlington, County Durham
+
+Dates
+:  2009--2012
+{:.meta}
+
+* Development and maintenance of applications using Zend Framework
+* End-to-end accountability for projects from design to launch
+* Project planning with stakeholders to define project scope
+* Active involvement with evolution of Continuous Integration and code analysis tools
+* Design authority and development of standards for RESTful Web services
+* Involvement with team recruitment process (interviewing / technical tests)
+
+### Developer
+Company
+:  Vebra Solutions
+
+Location
+:  Pocklington, North Yorkshire
+
+Dates
+:  2007--2009
+{:.meta}
+
+* Development of PHP property management system and Ajax-driven UI framework
+* Refactoring of existing implementation for cross-browser compatibility
+* Maintenance of LAMP platform, CVS codebase, coding standards and Bugzilla
+
+## Qualifications
+
+BPSS & SC Clearance
+:  UKSV, January 2023
+
+Manager HD Programme
+:  Institute of Leadership & Management, April 2015
+
+Practitioner in Enterprise & Solution Architecture
+:  British Computer Society, December 2013
+
+Master of Science (Research)
+:  Faculty of Science, University of Durham, 2006--2009
+* Thesis: "[Guessing Numbers Based on Network Routing Capacity](/research/thesis.pdf)"
+
+Bachelor of Science
+:  College of St. Hild and St. Bede, University of Durham, 2003--2006
+* Upper Second-Class Honours (2:1)
+* B.Sc. Natural Sciences (Computer Science & Mathematics)
+
+## Personal Interests
+* Programming (contribution to a number of open-source projects)
+* [Rock climbing](/interests/climbing/)
+* [Snowboarding](/interests/snowboarding/)
+* Cycling / mountain biking
+* Languages (French, learning Polish)
+* Music (electric guitar, live music)