Meet the team behind the Build.
Proven delivery. Real people who care about your business outcomes.
Our team brings together senior engineers and delivery specialists who’ve led some of Europe’s most complex cloud, AI, and platform modernisation projects. We don’t just deliver, we work alongside your teams, embedding our expertise so your people leave stronger than before.
Our Leadership Team
Leadership you can trust. Engineers at heart.
CEO
James Parsons
People-focused leader with a proven track record of building high-performing teams and driving exceptional business growth. Experienced in digital transformation, data, and AI. Passionate about empowering people to achieve impactful results.
Managing Director
Rory Seabrook
Experienced commercial leader with over a decade in the technology sector, driving growth across startups, scaleups, and enterprises. Skilled in building long-term client partnerships and delivering scalable solutions.
Co-founder & CTO
Henry Keen
Technology leader with 16+ years’ experience delivering major projects across e-commerce, retail, and media. Formerly with Tesco, NewsUK, Just Eat, and Moonpig, Henry excels at building high-performing teams and driving growth.
Co-Founder
Tom Harris
Proven technology leader with experience spanning startups to FTSE 100 companies. As CTO at ClearBank, Tom drove 21% annual growth, secured £175M in funding, and led the company to win Deloitte’s UK Technology Fast 50 in 2021.
Technology Director
Chris Sewell
Technology leader with experience at Accenture and unicorn Just Eat, Chris has led engineering teams across early-stage startups. Skilled in lean product development, he’s delivered results across banking, logistics, e-commerce, and retail.
Technical Director
Marco De Bortoli
Technical Director with decades of engineering experience across industries, including e-commerce for brands like Kurt Geiger and Boohoo. Marco has led scalable system builds at Just Eat, Cable & Wireless, Schroders, and Skyscanner.
Our Engineers
Hands-on experts. Embedded in your success.
Lead Engineer
Tom Day
Technical leader and certified AWS specialist with a passion for scaling startups and driving growth. Tom helped expand HealthTech startup Cera Care to national coverage and excels at translating complex ideas into clear, actionable strategies.
Software Engineer
Yoan Poulmarc'k
Yoan is a globally experienced software engineer who has honed his skills in Sydney, Montreal, Berlin, and London informing his diverse approach to coding practices, company culture, and team dynamics.
Software Engineer
Alex Marriott
Alex brings a unique problem-solving mindset to software engineering. He's delivered solutions for clients like Infonetica, RTGS, BPP and played a key role in developing a Chrome extension for LinkedIn as well as designing unified Edtech component libraries.
Software Engineer
Jacob Cummings
As a full-stack engineer, Jake brings years of experience, specialising in React, Node, Kotlin, .NET, and Python. He's delivered powerful engineering solutions for companies like Motorway, Floom, RTGS, and other scaleup enterprises.
Software Engineer
Jamie Gardiner
Highly competent and AWS certified Software Engineer with a strong DevOps mindset. Experienced in working with serverless technologies and using infrastructure-as-code. Proficiencies include process design & mapping, coding bespoke solutions, system performance monitoring and technical support.
Software Engineer
Joe Stead
Passionate about building software that truly delivers value, Joe believes operability, accessibility, and testability are essential to every project. With a focus on both the technical and human sides of software development, he champions collaboration, learning, and the socio-technical nature of engineering.
Software Engineer
Brunel Johnson
An accomplished software engineer and product developer, specialises in Typescript, AWS, Node.js, React, Jest, and Python. Brunel excels in backend and frontend development and CI/CD pipeline creation.
Software Engineer
Nikolay Mishev
Highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with deep expertise in building scalable, high-performance backend systems. With a strong foundation in Golang, Python, and cloud-native architectures, he’s passionate about solving complex technical challenges and delivering robust software that drives real business impact.