Clive Hibberd - Consulting CPTO and Engineering Advisor
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Consulting CPTO and Engineering Advisor
Xenias
Designed, planned, and executed the cloud adoption strategy for an offshore gaming operator, moving core services to AWS. Operational costs reduced by 30%, customer security was improved, and deployment automation issues addressed.
Conducted a full review of product and tech landscape, including technology, culture, external partners, ways of working, delivery, and finance, ensuring the product and tech organisation was able to achieve the investor’s objectives.
Advised on organisation, management, and structuring of the company’s product & technology teams, restructuring and improving the cloud-based infrastructure, and facilitating a structured and timely approach to the delivery of an appropriate disaster recovery strategy where none existed.
Architected, engineered, and delivered an AI-based, fully cloud-native, scalable online SAAS product.
Group Director of Digital Product Engineering
The AA
Transformed the digital product organisation by reducing bureaucratic practices and improving overall productivity. Headcount costs went down by over 30% and productivity increased by 50%.
Supported product and tech to make data-driven decisions and focus on generating outcomes that aligned to the PE investor objectives.
Consultant
Xenias
Advised several corporations on product development, technology, architecture, design, cloud migration, compliance, transformation, and change.
Covered sectors including B2B media (PAAS & SAAS design), gaming (compliance and data replication), and e-commerce.
CTO
ProSiebenSat1 Digital GmbH
Addressed failing projects, poor management, lack of direction, low morale, and questionable technology choices within Germany's premier live and OTT broadcaster.
Increased viewer reach by over 20% and B2B revenue by over 400% within the first year through championing and delivering an end-to-end cloud-native media syndication platform.
Appointed Head of Cloud Adoption & Governance for Seven-One Entertainment, driving up-skilling initiatives and cloud migration strategies that resulted in a 20% YOY reduction in onsite infrastructure costs and almost 100% uptime of critical services.
Head of Product Engineering
Michelin
Built and led teams that re-engineered the entire product portfolio on AWS, encompassing B2C, B2B, and B2B2C streams.
Expanded ‘Bookatable by Michelin’ into new markets across Europe.
Achieved a 2x expansion of the product and engineering function in-house and near-shore, introduced new ways of working, and built cross-functional product engineering teams that delivered with enthusiasm and energy to drive business value.
Head of Product Engineering
Bodog Global Sports
Rescued a long-failing initiative to build and deliver a complete replacement of the existing product portfolio for a world leader in online gaming.
Scaled the engineering and product function by 200%, automated manual and unreliable processes, rationalised the application portfolio, and improved communication and collaboration in a globally distributed organisation to deliver on a new product roadmap to a very tight timeline.
Completed and released services and systems as planned, resulting in a 30% increase in trading volumes and revenue.
Associate CTO
Think Finance
Delivered a new B2C product by focusing efforts where the need was greatest, reorganising and streamlining the delivery pipeline, and fostering a culture of quality, data-driven decision-making, ownership, clarity, and innovative thinking.
Introduced a product-led culture using agile practices and support systems, minimised admin, increased visibility and accountability, and promoted internal collaboration that improved quality, delivery, and team motivation.
Head of Web Services
Jagex Games Studio Limited
Led a team of 150+ engineers responsible for building and maintaining all non-gameplay technology for over 200M active accounts.
Introduced lightweight but effective agile processes to ensure deliverables were clearly defined and prioritised, and provided visibility to the board to meet go-live deadlines.
Drove significant change under difficult circumstances to meet the Closed-Beta deadline for a major new game released in December 2012.
Development Manager
Worldpay
Owned the capacity and performance of the gateway, achieving a 300% increase in throughput by rearchitecting the database layers and increasing horizontal scalability.
Led the redesign of the card acceptance pathway and integration of alternate payment methods, resulting in Worldpay being voted ‘Best Alternative Payments Programme’ at the 2012 Card & Payments Awards.
CEO/CTO
Kwari
- FinTech multiplayer online game, from concept, raising investment through to go-live.
Managing Director
LVS
- Sportsbook development and operations.
Consultant Engineer
Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, RBC
- Credit derivatives and general fixed income modelling and trade processing.
IT Programme Director
Orama Management
- Technology transformation and consultancy.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Automotive, Banking and Finance, Retail, and Insurance.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Product Development, Strategy, Legal, Operations, and Project Management.
Summary
I am an experienced executive / C-level technologist who has an extensive history of delivering leading-edge technology and change, in many organisations, globally.
Notable headlines from recent engagements include:
Reducing tech resource cost by 30% while increasing productivity by 50%
Delivery of a media syndication platform generating 400% increase in revenue and adding 3x the number of syndicated partners in the first year.
Complete replacement of the entire platform for an international gaming company, leading to 30% increase in player numbers and reduced churn.
Full architectural design, development, and engineering of a radically new AI-based product in the public affairs sector
Invigorating and scaling a failing technology organisation, revising architecture, simplifying deployment and bringing the delivery roadmap back on-track.
I take the lead and motivate my teams by gently but firmly pushing the boundaries of the current status quo, continually supporting them, and challenging them to deliver on the product and technology roadmap. I pride myself on engaging in clear and open communication with everyone I interact with.
As a creative and strategic thinker, I develop pragmatic strategies and put them into action, with a focus on achieving the corporate goals.
I have successfully completed many assignments within a variety of industry sectors, from banking through to gaming, media distribution, e-commerce, fintech and insurance.
I am a cloud-first and AI advocate but balance technology adoption with the needs and objectives of the organisation and its stakeholders. With my background as an engineer, I enjoy staying close to the technology but focus on guiding my teams in the right direction, rather than dictating solutions.
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