Founder & Director · Fostech Systems Ltd

Senior technical ownership for important software systems.

Through Fostech, I help organisations support, modernise and take clearer technical ownership of bespoke software where the challenge is not just code, but risk, ambiguity, operational reality and commercial constraint.

25+ years building and modernising software platforms
2026 founded Fostech Systems Ltd for software continuity and modernisation
25+ developers led and mentored across agency and product teams
AZ-204 Microsoft Certified Azure Developer Associate

Best fit

Useful where important systems need clearer ownership, safer change and stronger technical direction.

The strongest fit is work that needs senior judgement and hands-on delivery: software continuity, practical architecture ownership, platform modernisation, systems integration, fractional CTO support and credible AI-enabled product delivery.

Capability

Broad technical judgement, not a single-stack identity.

Architecture & Delivery

Platform designModernisationSystems integrationDomain modellingAPI designEvent-driven workflows

Cloud & Operations

AzureAWSDockerCI/CDInfrastructure as codeSupport models

Identity, Security & Reliability

OIDC/OAuth2Entra IDAuth0KeycloakTenant isolationPen-test remediation

AI, Data & Search

RAG assistantsVector searchAzure OpenAIDocument ingestionRecommendation enginesReporting

Hands-On Engineering

.NET/C#TypeScriptReactAngularPythonSQL Server/PostgreSQL

Selected work

Recent projects with real operational complexity.

A small selection from agency, product, healthcare, ecommerce, AI, cloud and integration-heavy delivery work.

AI / RAG / Secure Documents · 2021+

Huvepharma Global Intranet and AI Document Assistant

Architected and delivered a global pharmaceutical intranet and grounded AI document assistant spanning SharePoint, Microsoft Graph, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search and permission-sensitive document access.

Value: Turned a large controlled document estate into a searchable, permission-aware portal and AI assistant without bypassing existing Microsoft 365 security boundaries.

Angular.NET Azure FunctionsPythonAzure OpenAIAzure AI SearchMicrosoft GraphEntra ID

Fractional CTO / AWS / DevOps · 2025

Zing Cover / Athena Insurance Platform Technical Ownership

Provided fractional CTO and hands-on platform leadership for a business-critical insurance platform during a technical leadership transition, introducing Dockerised delivery, CDK infrastructure, CI/CD and support documentation.

Value: Reduced operational risk and created a maintainable operating model with clearer deployment, support and handover practices.

TypeScriptAWS CDKApp RunnerCloudFrontWAFRDS MySQLDocker

Offline-First / SaaS / Industrial Data · 2015+

Aunir / IngotStat Offline-First NIR Sample Management Platform

Architected and built a hybrid Electron/Angular desktop operator app and central .NET/Angular Azure SaaS platform for food and agricultural analysis workflows.

Value: Supported unreliable-connectivity environments with local persistence, scanner file processing, LIMS integration, synchronisation, alerting and reporting.

ElectronAngular.NETAzureSQL ServerAzure FunctionsOffline sync

Bespoke CRM / Azure / Reporting · 2017-2023

GM Business Growth Hub / BASIL Bespoke CRM Platform

Architected and delivered a domain-specific cloud CRM platform replacing a legacy internal forms-based system, spanning ASP.NET Core, Angular, SQL Server, Azure AD, Azure Functions, Azure Search, integrations, migration and reporting workflows.

Value: Supported complex service-delivery, contract, activity, referral, result and reporting processes that were too bespoke for an off-the-shelf CRM approach, including Excel and Power BI reporting outputs.

ASP.NET CoreAngularSQL ServerAzure ADAzure FunctionsAzure SearchPower BI

Contact

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