I'm currently a Compliance Analyst for a Legal Tech SaaS vendor, managing and supporting ISO, SOC2, and FedRAMP audits. My past experience has been mostly in technical roles, so it has been interesting moving into the compliance and governance space. I've enjoyed learning about how SecOps and DevOps processes feed into broader business objectives like product development, growth and sales.

This was a cross-functional role managing digital identity and authentication technologies for a financial institution. I managed the delivery and implementation of technical solutions across IT operations, IAM, and fraud detection. As SME for CIAM applications, I got to dive deep into identity federation technologies (SAML, OAuth, OIDC) and how they facilitate the integration of third-party services into digital banking applications. I enjoyed being close to the software development life-cycle and playing a role in how new features were designed, built, tested and released.

During my time at Capgemini, I learned from an excellent and talented group of security professionals and laid the foundation of my technical knowledge in the cybersecurity and technology space. I administered security tools including SIEM, IDS, EDR, Threat Intelligence, and Vulnerability Management systems. I triaged security incidents, built detection rules, and created threat hunting playbooks. What I enjoyed most about my time here was being part of implementing the first threat hunting programme in the SOC.

Responsible for the overall performance and growth of several car-rental branches. I did everything across all business functions including growth, sales, customer service, operations, marketing, and employee development.

Implemented an IT infrastructure project to modernize legacy transport systems. In simple terms I was manually converting handwritten bus timetables into a route planning software, and then sending large zip files to someone in Glasgow, who was uploading them to Google Maps so that tourists could figure out how to get to Loch Ness.

I wasn't missing or stuck in a time warp for three years. After university I had a few jobs and did some travelling. But that was too long ago for the hiring team to care about.

How many economists does it take to change a light bulb?...None, if it really needed changing, market forces would have caused it to happen.

How many quantum physicists does it take to change a light bulb?...If you know how many, you can’t be sure if they’ve actually changed it.