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Name:
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Christopher Mark Buckley M.Sc. (Dunelm)
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Email:
chris@cmbuckley.co.uk
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+ +[Download as PDF](/cv/cv.pdf){:rel="alternate" type="text/pdf"} +{:.download} + +## Summary + +An established senior leader and mentor with 14 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 problem solver with a strong +architecture & engineering background; experienced in delivering highly available, fault-tolerant, +distributed systems in regulated and licensed industries using on-premise and cloud-based solutions. +Keen advocate of open-source technologies and communities. + + +## Professional Experience + +### Principal Architect +Company +: Answer Digital + +Location +: Leeds, West Yorkshire + +Dates +: 2022--Present +{:.meta} + +* Broad leadership role responsible for strategy & direction of architecture & engineering capabilities, early engagement with clients across all sectors, organisational maturity & operational excellence +* OKR champion responsible for shaping & communicating company mission & objectives +* Defined company technical strategy, roadmap & progression plans with heads of capability + +#### NHS England +* Lead Architect & Account Manager for NHS COVID Pass programme +* Facilitated creation of target operating model for service transition within NHS, aligning commercials, policy & technical governance +* Chaired Design Authority process overseeing architectural change for the programme +* Co-ordinated open-source 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} + +* Management of multiple agile software teams delivering products and services in the Gaming tribe +* Provided leadership and line management for Software Engineers, Testers and DevOps 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 +* Close involvement 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 +* Project planning with stakeholders to define project scope +* End-to-end accountability for projects from design to launch +* Participation and leadership of daily stand-ups, planning meetings and sprint retrospectives +* Active involvement with evolution of CI 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 + +### Manager HD Programme +Institution +: Institute of Leadership & Management + +Dates +: April 2015 +{:.meta} + +* ILM: Distinction + +### Practitioner in Enterprise & Solution Architecture +Institution +: British Computer Society + +Dates +: December 2013 +{:.meta} + +* AMBCS: Intermediate and Practitioner Certificates + +### Master of Science (Research) +Institution +: Faculty of Science, University of Durham + +Dates +: 2006--2009 +{:.meta} + +* Thesis: "[Guessing Numbers Based on Network Routing Capacity](/research/thesis.pdf)" +* Supervisor: Stephan Dantchev + +### Bachelor of Science +Institution +: College of St. Hild and St. Bede, University of Durham + +Dates +: 2003--2006 +{:.meta} + +* 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)