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+title: Curriculum Vitae
+description: An accomplished technology leader and mentor with over 18 years' experience driving large-scale engineering transformations and leading high-performing teams.
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+<dl class="personal">
+  <div><dt class="sr-only">Name:</dt>
+  <dd class="name">Christopher Mark Buckley M.Sc. (Dunelm)</dd></div>
+  <div><dt>Email:</dt> <dd>chris@cmbuckley.co.uk</dd></div>
+</dl>
+
+[Download as PDF](/cv/chris-buckley-cv.pdf){:rel="alternate" type="text/pdf"}
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+
+## Summary
+
+An accomplished technology leader and mentor with over {{ site.time | date: '%Y' | minus: 2008 }} years' experience
+driving large-scale engineering transformations and leading high-performing teams. Proven ability
+to define and execute technical strategies, ensure engineering excellence and build scalable,
+fault-tolerant solutions. Excellent hands-on experience in architecture, engineering and technical
+operations. Known for creating a culture of collaboration, continuous learning and technical
+ownership, while effectively communicating with clients and aligning stakeholders at all
+organisational levels. Keen advocate of open-source technologies and communities.
+
+
+## Professional Experience
+
+### Head of Engineering
+Company
+:  SmartSearch
+
+Location
+:  Ilkley, West Yorkshire
+
+Dates
+:  2025--2026
+{:.meta}
+
+* Led and scaled 15-person engineering team in a regulated B2B SaaS environment, building a culture of accountability & collaboration
+* Assessed team capability & structure, identifying gaps in technical depth and defining hiring & training priorities
+* Established clear team boundaries across Agile squads, improving ownership & delivery predictability
+* Defined engineering maturity roadmap through best practices in software development, quality assurance & continuous integration
+* Partnered with Product leadership to ensure effective planning & execution of product roadmap
+* Responsible for technology budgets, forecasting & progression planning and strategic client/vendor relationships
+
+### Principal Consultant
+Company
+:  Answer Digital
+
+Location
+:  Leeds, West Yorkshire
+
+Dates
+:  2022--2025
+{:.meta}
+
+* Defined tech strategy for architecture & engineering capabilities, client engagement & account management with clients across healthcare, financial services & retail sectors
+* Mentor for 5 senior architects & engineers supporting individual career paths & capability leadership
+* Defined company-wide mission, roadmap & progression plans with heads of capability
+* Managed internal technical operations, coordinated vulnerability remediation across 120 user devices and introduced new BYOD policies to satisfy Cyber Essentials Plus audit
+* Experienced in delivering tech strategy, M&A technical due diligence & ISO 27001 / CE+ compliance
+
+#### Interim CTPO, Preventx
+* Ownership, management and execution of the Preventx technology strategy
+* Overall responsibility for the technology within Preventx, including the platform, infrastructure, operations & quality management
+* Responsible for IT budget, including forecasting, allocation, and expenditure tracking
+* Product strategy and alignment of commercial aspirations with technical capabilities
+* Senior leadership, mentorship & motivation of a 20-person blended technical team
+* Fostered a culture of innovation and collaboration, representing the technical team at board level
+
+#### Engineering Lead, Scottish Friendly Assurance
+* Managed a blended team of 10 engineers distributed across multiple workstreams & locations
+* Supported development & assurance testing for a successful multi-year platform upgrade & introduction of Consumer Duty
+* Delivered organisation digital maturity improvements for SDLC, software governance, continuous integration & ways of working
+
+#### Principal Architect, Strike
+* Architecture lead for Strike during acquisition of Purplebricks
+* Technical appraisal of existing technology platforms, services & suppliers to inform target operating model, consolidated target landscape, change roadmap & risk assessment, enabling accelerated re-launch under a single brand & proposition within 6 months
+
+#### Lead Architect, NHS England
+* Architect & Account Manager for NHS COVID Pass programme
+* Supported creation of target operating model for successful service transition from NHSX to NHS BSA, aligning commercials, policy & technical governance
+* Responsible for Technical Design Authority process overseeing programme change
+* Led the initiative to embed SDLC best practices & release COVID Pass source code to the public
+
+### Senior Solutions Architect
+Company
+:  Sky Betting & Gaming
+
+Location
+:  Leeds, West Yorkshire
+
+Dates
+:  2017--2022
+{:.meta}
+
+* Launched a product-agnostic games content aggregation platform with teams across the Flutter group, saving over £2m annually in third-party platform fees and driving platform independence
+* Pioneered real-time Kafka data streaming platform to standardise communication with Data teams
+* Oversaw vulnerability management initiative prioritising & resolving hundreds of vulnerabilities across the gaming estate in under 6 months
+* Incident Commander providing measured support to on-call teams during incidents and major events
+* Technical contact for third-party suppliers providing supporting services and delivery capability
+* Mentor to other architects and engineers in teams across gaming products and services
+
+### Engineering Manager
+Company
+:  Sky Betting & Gaming
+
+Location
+:  Leeds, West Yorkshire
+
+Dates
+:  2015--2017
+{:.meta}
+
+* Provided leadership, management & coaching for 40+ full-stack Software, Test & Platform Engineers
+* Built & led agile engineering teams, growing from 4 to 10 cross-functional squads over 2 years
+* Implemented and communicated secure SDLC, increasing deployment frequency from 10 to over 200 per week
+* Managed third-party vendor relationships with Architects and Service Delivery Managers
+* Responsible for recruiting and retaining diverse-skill teams, working closely with Talent Recruiters
+* Championed corporate open-source contribution and technical community involvement
+
+### Principal Engineer
+Company
+:  Sky Betting & Gaming
+
+Location
+:  Leeds, West Yorkshire
+
+Dates
+:  2012--2015
+{:.meta}
+
+* Technical lead for Sky Poker in-house LAMP development team
+* Delivered and maintained a JavaScript poker application integrating with a third-party engine
+* Technical liaison for third-party supplier integration and software architecture
+* Defined product roadmap and strategic direction with Director of Product
+* Collaborated with Platform and Service Operations teams to ensure high availability
+* Worked with Architects to evolve company technical roadmap
+
+### Senior Software Engineer
+Company
+:  Everything Everywhere
+
+Location
+:  Darlington, County Durham
+
+Dates
+:  2009--2012
+{:.meta}
+
+* Delivered CSAT tooling & SMS-based PHP applications using Zend Framework & ActiveMQ
+* End-to-end accountability for key projects from design to launch
+* Maintained continuous integration and code analysis tools
+* Design authority and development of standards for RESTful Web services
+* Participated in team recruitment process (interviewing, technical tests)
+
+### Developer
+Company
+:  Vebra Solutions
+
+Location
+:  Pocklington, North Yorkshire
+
+Dates
+:  2007--2009
+{:.meta}
+
+* Development of PHP property management system with JavaScript Web frontend
+* Refactored existing implementation for cross-browser compatibility
+* Maintained the LAMP platform, CVS repository, coding standards and Bugzilla
+
+## Qualifications
+
+Manager HD Programme
+:  Institute of Leadership & Management, April 2015
+
+Practitioner in Enterprise & Solution Architecture
+:  British Computer Society, December 2013
+
+Master of Science (Research)
+:  Faculty of Science, University of Durham, 2006--2009
+* Thesis: "[Guessing Numbers Based on Network Routing Capacity](/research/thesis.pdf)"
+
+Bachelor of Science
+:  College of St. Hild and St. Bede, University of Durham, 2003--2006
+* Upper Second-Class Honours (2:1)
+* B.Sc. Natural Sciences (Computer Science & Mathematics)
+
+## Personal Interests
+* Programming (contributions to several open-source projects)
+* [Rock climbing](/interests/climbing/)
+* [Snowboarding](/interests/snowboarding/)
+* Cycling / mountain biking
+* Languages (Polish, French)
+* Music (guitar, live music events)