David Morris
Chief Technology & Product Officer @Mazuma
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WORK HISTORY
Chief Technology & Product Officer @Mazuma
Cardiff, GB
Created & Led on Key Digital Transformation, Product & Technological Strategic areas focused on supporting organizational success & rapid growth, including Product & technological roadmaps, Information Security, Operational security, Technology Operations, Technology Vendor relationships & Key Compliance areas, accountable for prioritizing & delivering in a transparent manner key business value using OKRs, KPIs & roadmap milestones.• Managed out a pre-existing Software consultancy that incurred costs well into six figures per annum & replaced with an onshore, remote first team, that began \'storming\' within 2 months of the team coming together. • The hiring strategy that formed a corner stone for Technology and Product meant a direct to Market approach where possible, and saved over in Recruitment costs alone in the first 6 months, with a 0% churn rate to date.• Managed out a pre-existing MSP & Helpdesk in favor of one that was able to hit the ground running and immediately began & continues to deliver on the organizations strategic, operational, growth, compliance and security needs. Huge measurable & ongoing progress in this space & something I take great pride in.• Led & Supported in engagement & negotiations with Key strategic Product & Technology partners ensuring preferable vendor relationships and rates & ensuring clear understanding of recurring commitment costs & an ability to model these costs into the Cost of Customer Servicing & Acquisition. In terms of measurable success a reduction on initial quotes for goods & services on average of between 30%-50% depending on contract term and size.• Strategically built a remote first team that\'s delivered on key milestones of architecting & building a scalable, secure SaaS & infrastructure Platform on AWS that hosts the core operational back bone of the business & enables Double Entry Book Keeping & a new and exciting bookkeeping methodology, MVP completed in 6 months.
EDUCATION
Trinity College Carmarthen
Information Systems and Technology, IT and Business
Swansea Institute of Higher Education
MSc E-commerce (Technology), Computer Software Engineering
SKILLS
ABOUT DAVID MORRIS
I have 20+ years in leadership Technology & Product roles across the globe including the US, UK, Argentina and India in Finance/Fintech, Domain name products & technology & Accounting Tech. I specialize in building and embedding cultures that focus on delivering business value on time and in budget with full transparency for the business at large. I\'m currently overseeing an exciting Scale-Up & Digital Transformation journey. Leading on Product, Engineering, Platform, Data, Infrastructure, TechOps & Cloud, ensuring Security and Compliance is a Cornerstone of all initiatives & maintaining a Laser focus on business value delivery. I have a history in building and growing teams from startup to scale-up and beyond having managed and led teams internationally around the clock and ranging in size from 10 to in the 100\'s. To Summarize My specialty is Digital Transformation Leadership & key product, technology & business value delivery on budget, while building and growing a strong culture in co-located or remote teams.
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