Strategic Technology Leader | Engineering Scale‑Up Specialist | Product & Platform Visionary
UK · +44 7399 429 659 · lloyd@codegood.co · linkedin.com/in/moorelloyd
Engineering executive with 20+ years' experience turning bold product visions into resilient, revenue‑driving platforms. Proven at hyper‑growth scale: expanded Blockdaemon's engineering team 18‑fold and supported a $3.25 bn valuation; delivered sub‑minute release cycles and significant operational savings across multiple organisations. Equally at home in the boardroom and the codebase, translating strategy into shipped, secure and scalable solutions.
Scale at speed -- grew engineering from 10 to 180 while introducing SRE, QA, Security and Data functions at Blockdaemon. Global resilience -- deployed multi‑cloud and bare‑metal infrastructure across six continents, maintaining high availability for blockchain nodes. Delivery acceleration -- cut deployment times from 4.5 hours to 2 minutes on a telematics‑driven insurance platform, halving operational cost.
- Data, Product & Technology Strategy
- Large‑Scale Team Leadership
- Cloud & Edge Infrastructure (AWS │ Azure │ GCP)
- Platform Security & Compliance (ISO 27001, GDPR)
- DevOps & SRE
- Data Engineering & Analytics
- Budget & P&L Management
- M&A Technical Due Diligence
- Stakeholder Communication
Jan 2023 -- Aug 2024 | New York & Remote
- Set and executed company‑wide technology, product and data strategy, supporting new product launches and market expansion.
- Directed cross‑disciplinary teams across Engineering, Product, IT, Infrastructure and Data, embedding agile ways of working.
- Implemented organisation‑wide security and compliance framework, strengthening customer trust and audit readiness.
- Managed multi‑million‑dollar technology budget, aligning investment with OKRs and reducing cloud waste.
Nov 2019 -- Jul 2023 | Global
- Scaled engineering organisation from 10 to 180 across 14 countries; formalised SRE, QA, Security, Data and Architecture practices.
- Led technology through Series A--C growth to $3.25 Billion valuation, steering due‑diligence for investors and acquirers.
- Orchestrated multi‑cloud rollout (AWS, Azure, GCP) and bare‑metal clusters on six continents, sustaining high availability.
- Defined and tracked KPIs and OKRs linking engineering output with business goals, improving delivery predictability.
Jun 2019 -- Nov 2019
- Introduced DevOps governance that boosted deployment efficiency 40 % in five months.
- Mentored engineering staff and embedded SRE best practices, reducing mean‑time‑to‑recovery.
Jul 2018 -- Jun 2019
- Architected AML and Sanctions platform; buy‑vs‑build policy projected to save £4.5 m over three years.
- Led migration from on‑premise to GCP with Kubernetes & Kafka, enabling elastic scaling for a 1 m+ customer base.
Jan 2018 -- Jul 2018
- Re‑engineered CI/CD pipeline, slashing deployment time from 4.5 hours to 2 minutes and doubling developer throughput.
- Restructured teams and processes, cutting operational expenditure by 20 % while clearing a six‑month backlog in ten weeks.
2017 -- 2018
- Reset technical strategy and roadmap, enabling onboarding of first enterprise client (Bank of America).
- Introduced centralised logging and governance, reducing critical incidents.
2015 -- 2017
- Architected API and all services for VR title EVE: Valkyrie, supporting launches on PlayStation VR, Oculus and Vive.
- Designed auto‑scaling infrastructure and matchmaking algorithms to handle global player traffic.
HNC, Mathematics, Electronics & Computer Science -- School of Electrical & Aeronautical Engineering (1994--1996)
Royal Marines Commando Training -- Leadership, Resilience & Team Management (1988--2000)
Languages: Go · Java · Ocaml · Python · Rust · Swift · TypeScript
Frameworks: Consul · Nomad · Kubernetes · Docker · Kafka · Terraform
Cloud: AWS · Azure · GCP · Bare‑Metal DCs
Data: BigQuery · Redshift · Snowflake · dbt · Airflow · Data Governance · Real‑time ETL
Security: ISO 27001 · SOC 2 · Cyber Essentials+ · GDPR