“I had the pleasure of working with Richard on a project to activate data governance and privacy-by-design policies across our Customer Data Estate on Google Cloud Platform.
Richard’s passion for designing data solutions that enable responsible value realisation—whether by powering models, analytics, applications, or reporting—is infectious. Richard doesn’t just know GCP inside out; he is also a massive Privacy advocate, enabling us to bring a “privacy as code” philosophy to life, leveraging tools like Analytics Hub to deliver scalable, compliant, and future-proof solutions.
Beyond his technical brilliance, Richard is collaborative, engaging, and laser-focused on solving problems. He’s a team player who brings people together to deliver impactful results. I highly recommend him to anyone looking for a top-notch data engineer/architect :)”
— Director of Data Estate at Virgin Media O2
“Richard is a technical powerhouse and expert in GCP cloud technologies.
At Virgin Media O2, he was the first platform guy in the data team, built the team and an award-winning data platform from scratch. He delivered major programmes like the comms platform, which not only saved the business millions per year but also improved customer experience by enabling better and faster communication.
Richard is one of those rare individuals who can be technical employee number one in a company – he can pick the right tech, build solutions, lead teams, and rearchitect systems already in flight. If you have the chance to bring Richard in, you will be very satisfied.”
— Director of Data Science at Virgin Media O2
“Absolute expert is a term I rarely use to describe an individual. Richard is one I would give that description to. I worked with Richard for only a short period of time on a very complex fast-paced data warehousing project and during that time Richard’s technical ability, attention to detail and professionalism was critical to its success.
Richard could be the linchpin that starts, manages, carries or helps recover any project. Richard would be an asset to any team.”
— Data & Analytics Manager at Pearson
“Richard helped us design and implement our cloud-native analytics platform at Pets at Home.
I was exceptionally impressed with Richard’s attitude, intellectual ability, solution design and creativity. I have never worked with an external party that was so dedicated to building a quality product for their client.
I could not recommend Richard more!”
— Head of Engineering at Pets at Home
“I worked with Richard on a large scale Data Warehouse Migration project with very complex ingestion & transformation requirements. Richard being the Engineering lead inspired us all to the successful delivery of the project while working above and beyond to deliver enterprise ready solution.
Richard’s wealth of knowledge in Software Engineering, way of working & delivering production ready solutions was a critical factor for success. He is able to foresee solutions/architectural flaws months ahead and able to suggest alternative solutions.
Working with Richard was a unique experience and I was able to learn so much as Richard is always helping/encouraging colleagues to learn & upskill.
Any team that has Richard as a colleague is an incredibly lucky team as he will delivery best results.”
— Head of Analytics at Datatonic
“Richard is an amazing engineer who has the perfect mix of customer focus and technology. He has an analytical mind and always approaches challenges with passion. He has helped deliver Single Customer View and GDPR programs in Just Eat which had both technical and stakeholder challenges.
Richard would be a great value add in any team looking to tackle challenging problems.”
