Mark Strefford is a technologist focusing on delivering value through customer-focused ML, AI, and digital technologies. He has a strong track record in designing, developing and deploying customer-facing enterprise-grade services and platforms. He excels in leading teams that build these systems, working with senior and board-level stakeholders to deliver the business vision.
He is a serious techie who also works closely with senior management and board-level stakeholders, acting as an intermediary between business visionaries, technical teams, and external vendors. He has led multiple successful digital/technical transformations in the private and public sectors, and with international delivery teams across Europe, India, and the USA. He has an innovative approach to technology delivery, looking at upcoming technology trends to determine their suitability for business needs. He frequently performs multiple roles over the lifespan of a project, equally adept at running workshops, developing proofs of concept, architecting a production solution through to leading the technology teams. He is fully experienced in leading agile delivery programs, including mentoring teams and stakeholders moving from more traditional development approaches to agile. He fully embraces a risk-based, test-driven agile delivery methodology, looking to adopt continuous delivery where applicable for the organization.