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Iain Wandless

Senior Technical Leader

Commercially focused strategic senior leader with extensive experience driving multimillion-pound digital transformations for Europe’s leading enterprises utilising modern cloud technologies and agile practices at scale to achieve long-term strategic business objectives through customer-centric leadership and product-led methodologies. Leveraging extensive technical experience, I translate business challenges into technology strategies that deliver measurable ROI and competitive advantage while maintaining focus on customer value and market needs. I excel at building high-performing, cross-functional teams and fostering innovation cultures that consistently excel through agile, customer-focused delivery practices. Known for quickly building strong stakeholder relationships and adding sustainable value to organisations by cultivating inclusive, collaborative environments that attract, retain, and develop the best digital talent.

Experience

Solution Architect

Apadmi

Manchester, UK

January 2024 - Present

Azure Architect

Hitachi Solutions Europe

London, UK

June 2022 - December 2023

Azure Integration Architect

Tata Consultancy Services

Leeds, UK

February 2022 - June 2022

Web Architect

CIVICA PLC

Leeds, UK

October 2021 - February 2022

Azure Lead Developer

CIVICA PLC

Leeds, UK

September 2019 - October 2021

Skills

Business & Commercial Leadership

Revenue generation & business developmentGo-to-Market (GTM) strategyMulti-country operations

Strategic Leadership & Transformation

Practice Development & ScalingCentre of Excellence Design & ImplementationDigital Transformation StrategyOrganisational Transformation & Change Management

Technology Strategy & Architecture

Enterprise Architecture & Technology RoadmapsCloud Strategy (Multi-cloud, Hybrid, Edge, etc.)Security & ComplianceIntegration Architecture & API Strategy

Delivery & Operational Excellence

Agile/Scrum Leadership at ScaleDevOps Culture & PracticesProgram & Portfolio Management

Technical Excellence

AzureAWSInfrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM)Domain Driven DesignMicroservices ArchitectureCloud Adoption Framework