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I AM GARETH DAVIES

CTO | Technical Leadership | Digital Transformation | Cloud Native | Solutions Architect

About

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death - Albert Einstein

I am a experienced technology leader, mentor and architect with a deep understanding of working at scale, risk management, security related issues and complex cloud based web architecture.

With over 15 years of experience, my previous roles have given me skills and understanding of multiple areas including software development using traditional paradigms (3-tier, SDLC), systems administration (Windows & Linux), information security (Attack & Defence), technical pre-sales, business growth, complex migrations, systems integrations and web scale.

At Mindvalley I manage a very multi-cultural tech team across multiple complex platforms spanning payment processing, media streaming, high traffic web properties, customer service tools, financial reporting, shipping/logistics, e-mail handling/reports and cross-platform SSO for auth/identification.

We run the entire team process using Scrum and agile methodology with 2 week sprints and I am a certified Professional Scrum Master.

My long standing passion in the technology arena is what is going on in the Information Security – the latest developments, techniques, tools and happenings around the globe. This is reflected by the ‘top 5’ security blog I founded and write for at https://www.darknet.org.uk – which I update multiple times a week with the most useful infosec tools and news.

Along the same lines, I also co-founded http://www.security-forums.com in 2002 which lead me to make a lot of useful contacts in the security industry.

And later based around my hobby at the time the fastest growing photography community in South-East Asia http://www.shutterasia.com

Gareth Davies & Liam

Skills

If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.

Network Security

Information Security

Systems Administration

Leadership

DevOps

Agile

Web Development

Social Media

Drop me a line to chat

If you think any of my skills could be useful to you, drop me a line using the contact form below so we can have a chat and I can see how I can contribute.

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

Work

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

  • Reading a book
  • What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.
  • Be content with who you are
  • Brain needs more caffeine
  • Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.
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You don't believe in the force, do you?

He is here. A tremor in the Force. The last time I felt it was in the presence of my old master. I’m surprised you had the courage to take the responsibility yourself.

Great things in business are never done by one person.

Services

I have traced the Rebel spies to her. Now she is my only link to finding their secret base. You don't believe in the Force, do you?

Design

He is here. A tremor in the Force. The last time I felt it was in the presence of my old master. Hey, Luke! May the Force be with you.

Video Edit

He is here. A tremor in the Force. The last time I felt it was in the presence of my old master. Hey, Luke! May the Force be with you.

Development

He is here. A tremor in the Force. The last time I felt it was in the presence of my old master. Hey, Luke! May the Force be with you.

Photography

He is here. A tremor in the Force. The last time I felt it was in the presence of my old master. Hey, Luke! May the Force be with you.

SEO

He is here. A tremor in the Force. The last time I felt it was in the presence of my old master. Hey, Luke! May the Force be with you.

Content Writing

He is here. A tremor in the Force. The last time I felt it was in the presence of my old master. Hey, Luke! May the Force be with you.

Let's Talk

I'm here to help.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.

Contact

I'm very interested in helping companies with technical issues (especially architecture, scale, security) and process (hiring, scrum, agile, testing, ci/cd), drop me a line if you want to chat.

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