Senior Tech Consultant and Contract CTO based in London And Essex.
Helping businesses navigate their online presence and grow online through Web Development and Digital Marketing.
What do I do?
Contract CTO
I work with companies of all sizes to drive innovation, optimise operations, and guide their team towards achieving the company's tech goals.
Business Advisor
I offer strategic guidance around businesses online presence, website and tech solutions to propel business growth.
Digital Marketing
I improve brand's image and online presence through UX and SEO to build websites and marketing campaigns that are highly converting.
Tech Mentor
I have given personal guidance and industry knowledge to empower over 60 people to enter into the tech industry to achieve their career dreams.
About me
Since 2012 I've been coding and building websites and software for businesses in Europe and North America. In 2015 I setup a digital consultancy called &Element and since then I've worked as a contract-CTO leading hundreds of people and projects, helping companies nail their digital growth.
I've worked from all around the world supporting businesses launch SaaS platforms, built all kinds of apps, improved/automated business operations and expand their online presence.
Today I help anyone from FTSE 250 companies, funded startups and new individuals new to the industry understand and navigate this weird and wonderful digital landscape.
Success Stories
Skipper My Boat
The AirBnB for boats
I created the MVP of the platform in a weekend which quickly allowed the SMB team to secure funding.
Over four years I built a technical team that took the platform from zero boats to over 32,000 registered boats.
460k
monthly
visitors
32k
boats
3
dashboards
&Element
AI/Digital Consultancy
Today I have grown &Element to a team of 10 specialising in AI, websites and UX/SEO services.
We focus on building bespoke automation tools and intelligent dashboards for businesses to help them make better decisions and save time.
8
years
running
10+
team
members
141
projects
ADP List
Guiding the next generation of tech talent
Providing mentorship to individuals entering the tech sector, helping them to progress through the design and development career paths.
1,250+
minutes
mentored
25
people
mentored
8 jobs
helped
secure
Forge Relations
Influencer Marketing Systems
Worked with this USA-based marketing company on many projects. Most notably the annual Gundies Awards.
Each year in Janaury receives over 2m domain loads with $30,000 of prizes given out to lucky voters.
2m+
domain
loads
313k
votes
85k
signups
MaekerSuite
10x video creation using AI
Record great talking head video faster than ever. Write your scripts and record yourself using our teleprompter app.
I took the iOS app and replicated functionality onto a new SaaS web dashboard along with integrating 9 other AI-based tools.
2.1k
daily
users
9
AI-based
tools
50k+
users
Merlin Cloud
Scalable Marketing SaaS platform
A range of household brands already use Merlin Cloud to deploy digital and physical marketing campaigns online and in-store.
The platform is truly scalable, supports thousands of interactions a second and includes AI heatmaps as a core feature.
100k
interactions
per-second
45m
data
points
26
pre-built
apps
Enterprise Nation
Working with HM Government
I am an approved mentor supporting the UK government's Help To Grow initiative.
I provide guidance to businesses between 10-250 employees to help them grow and succeed across a 12 rotating week programme.
12 weeks
per
company
10 hours
1-2-1
mentoring
96%
growth
rate
Galactic Servers
Game server hosting
Setup while I was in college my first venture featured hosting tens of thousands of players at its peak daily
In 2015 I sold this company to a larger hosting provider and used the funds to start &Element.
325k
unique
players
66TB
data
transferred
2216
orders
placed
Other companies I have worked with
Ready to get started?
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Testimonials
There is nothing like a change of career for creating a tidal wave of disruption; and after decades of leading industry, I was ready for a change. This needed capable hands and minds, but serendipitously, I met &Element! After working with them over 2 months we created my new brand and website. Luke and his team are the best I have ever worked with, and therefore come with my full support and highest recommendation.
Peter Cochrane OBE
Ex-CTO, BT Group Plc
Ruth Paton
Manager, University of Suffolk
Ben Stacy
CEO, Forge Relations