Peter Wilson

Technology leader with around 30 years' experience delivering complex digital platforms across private and public sector environments.

Currently

Head of Engineering with £2.5m budget accountability and Senior Leadership Team membership, leading multi-disciplinary teams across Development, QA and Platform Engineering. C-suite engagement and supplier management. Proven track record in multi-service architecture modernisation, new product introduction, AI enablement, regulated infrastructure, and commercial cost optimisation.

Experienced in aligning technology strategy to business mission, enabling revenue growth, reducing operational cost, and building high-performing engineering organisations with clear governance and career frameworks. Strong background in security-sensitive infrastructure, procurement frameworks, risk management, and cyber assurance. Equally comfortable operating at executive, board and technical depth.

Head of Engineering (Senior Leadership Team) - Everflow

(2021-01)

High-growth utilities and services retailer serving SME markets across Europe. Responsible for Engineering function spanning Development, Automation QA and Platform Engineering. Full budget ownership (~£2.5m). Member of Senior Leadership Team contributing to strategic planning, business transformation and growth initiatives.

• Led functional maturity assessment and developed technology strategy aligned to corporate mission and target operating model.
• Directed complex digital transformation enabling evolution from single-service provider to scalable multi-service enterprise. Designed and implemented modern multi-service architecture integrating legacy systems with structured deprecation roadmap.
• Introduced governance model spanning discovery, prioritisation, estimation and stage-gated delivery. Established Centres of Excellence to strengthen technical standards, knowledge sharing and leadership capability.
• Developed structured career pathways aligned to company values, improving retention and progression clarity. Implemented formalised talent acquisition framework supporting both tactical and strategic hiring needs.
• Reduced cost of launching new market offerings by two-thirds through architectural and process redesign.
• Delivered customer-facing digital platforms (Instant Quoting, Self-Service Portal) driving revenue resilience and reducing support demand. Enabled waste retail business launch providing UK-wide coverage and supporting 100+ contracts per month.
• Managed supplier ecosystem including augmentation partners and digital agencies; negotiated scopes of work and commercial agreements. Reported engineering KPIs, risk posture and strategic narrative to governance forums and C-suite stakeholders.
• Ensured platform integrity aligned to NCSC guidance and cloud adoption frameworks.
• Maintained annual Cyber Essentials certification.
• Currently leading operational adoption and industrialisation of AI as a force multiplier, embedding structured governance and experimentation frameworks.

VP Operations (Company Director) - Coeus Software

(2011-01 - 2021-12)

SME software provider delivering digital mobility and case management platforms to public sector and regulated clients. Board-level role combining operational leadership, engineering contribution, DevOps collaboration and public-sector commercial engagement.

• Directed customer implementations of digital mobility platforms into UK police forces and blue-chip organisations. Enabled transition from paper-based to digital processes, significantly reducing operational time and cost. Contributed to DevOps practices including CI/CD pipeline governance and safe deployment strategy.
• Developed ANPR-based auditing product reducing client audit cycle from two weeks to two days.
• Maintained Cyber posture, including Cyber Essentials and GDPR compliance; managed annual audit processes.
• Secured and retained access to G-Cloud and other public-sector procurement frameworks.

National ANPR Technical Manager - National Policing Improvement Agency

(2005-01 - 2011-12)

National-level technical leadership role overseeing Police National ANPR Infrastructure across 43 forces in England & Wales.

• Member of National ANPR Programme Board and technical representative to National User Group. Directed technical coordination and assurance of geographically distributed infrastructure.
• Oversaw supplier deployment, acceptance testing and national rollout governance. Developed supporting technical tooling and documentation to ensure operational integrity. Successfully delivered full national rollout and subsequent upgrades of critical policing infrastructure.
• Regular conference speaker and stakeholder liaison across government agencies.

ANPR Technical Officer & 3rd Line Support - Northamptonshire Police

(2003-01 - 2005-12)

Early pioneer in ANPR platform development and intelligence-led digital enablement. Contributed to foundations of national infrastructure programme. Awarded ACC Commendation.

Software Developer - Microgen

(2000-01 - 2003-12)

Led small contractor team delivering centralised processing platform for financial services operations.

BSc - Information Sciences - University of Teesside (1997)