Technology Leadership
How to deliver a technological transformation
How I brought fragmented systems, teams and processes together.
Read essay →Charlie Tarr
Hands-on CTO & Ruby on Rails engineer
I build and scale technology businesses. I work across a portfolio of businesses and platforms, combining strategic leadership with hands-on product development.
Work
Technology partner
I work across a portfolio of businesses and platforms, acting as a long-term technology partner. This allows me to combine strategic leadership with hands-on product development, building and maintaining the systems each business needs as it evolves.
I enjoy understanding a business, its customers and its people, then bringing the right combination of technology, product thinking and leadership to its challenges. I'm equally comfortable shaping technology strategy, leading cross-functional teams and getting hands-on with the code.
Creating a simpler, more scalable technological foundation
Most recently, I led a major transformation for a group responsible for administering approximately 750 pension schemes, £250M+ in assets and more than 1,000 clients. This involved bringing together fragmented systems, teams and processes to create a simpler and more scalable technological foundation.
750
Pension schemes
£250M+
Assets administered
1,000+
Clients supported
Principles
My approach is collaborative, pragmatic and grounded in first principles. I value open-minded teams, simple solutions and technology that delivers meaningful value to real people.
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Prioritise customer experience
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Work from first principles
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Compress complexity
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Embrace test-driven development
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Make great design choices
Writing
Below are three selected essays that provide insight into my approach to technology leadership and software development:
Technology Leadership
Orchestrating systems, teams and technologies
How to create order when an established business has complex systems, technology and culture.
Read essay →Software Engineering
Building web apps with Ruby on Rails
Five principles learned from more than a decade of building Rails applications.
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