Experience

Product engineering with delivery ownership

Building commercial M365 products, leading AI adoption, and delivering enterprise communication platforms. Greenfield builds, brownfield migrations, and a documented track record of knowledge transfer and quality improvement.

Senior M365 Platform Engineer & Product Developer

Content Formula — Lightspeed365 & Xoralia products

2019–present

Product engineer delivering two commercial M365 SaaS products — Lightspeed365 (SharePoint intranet) and Xoralia (policy compliance) — alongside enterprise consulting for communication platforms. Leading AI adoption across the team, transforming delivery standards, and driving higher quality through AI-assisted workflows.

  • Core product engineer for Lightspeed365 — built 30+ SPFx web parts, prebuilt templates, Teams integration, and branding tools. G2 5.0 rating, deployed at Womble Bond Dickinson, K.Hovnanian, Severn Trent, LEK, Baringa
  • Core product engineer for Xoralia — policy lifecycle automation on M365. G2 Momentum Leader, deployed at Oxford University, LifeArc, Killik & Co, ClientEarth
  • Leading AI adoption and transforming how the team works: documented the onboarding process in a dev.to article, improving knowledge transfer and delivery quality across projects
  • Pushing higher quality standards across the board — AI-assisted code review, structured delivery patterns, and practical automation that sticks
  • Delivered multiple enterprise communication platforms — greenfield builds from blank tenant and brownfield migrations from legacy on-premise SharePoint
  • Built AI-enabled workflows with Azure OpenAI integrated into M365 — document summarisation, metadata extraction, attestation quizzes, policy layer for Microsoft Copilot
  • Established reusable SPFx component architecture, delivery patterns, and governance frameworks that reduced delivery time for new solutions
  • Full product lifecycle ownership from architecture through implementation to post-launch iteration
  • Consistently shipped in highly regulated environments: financial services (FCA/SMCR), healthcare (CQC/ISO 27001), education, and public sector
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Selected work

Products and platforms I've built

Commercial SaaS products, enterprise communication platforms, and open-source agent infrastructure — all in production, all delivering value.

Enterprise communication platforms

Designed, built, and delivered multiple enterprise-grade communication platforms — intranets, collaboration hubs, and employee portals — from greenfield builds to brownfield migrations across regulated industries.

SharePoint OnlineSPFxPower PlatformTypeScriptAzureMicrosoft GraphTeams
  • Delivered greenfield intranet builds from blank tenant to production, including information architecture, governance, and adoption
  • Executed brownfield migrations — legacy on-premise SharePoint to modern SharePoint Online with preserved content, restructured IA, and modernised UX
  • Built communication platforms that drive measurable engagement: adoption rates, reduced email dependency, and streamlined content operations
  • Established reusable delivery patterns, component libraries, and governance frameworks that reduced time-to-value for subsequent projects

AI-enabled operational workflows

Practical AI integration for document processing, triage, and content operations—using Azure OpenAI, SharePoint Premium, and Power Automate with proper governance and human oversight.

Azure OpenAIPower AutomateSharePoint PremiumMicrosoft GraphCustom connectors
  • Automated document summarization and metadata extraction
  • Reduced manual triage time in support workflows
  • Maintained enterprise compliance with audit trails and approval gates
  • Delivered measurable time savings, not just novelty

Lightspeed365 — SharePoint intranet product delivery

Core product engineer on Lightspeed365, a SharePoint intranet solution-in-a-box. Built and maintained 30+ SPFx web parts, prebuilt site templates, Teams integration, and branding tools — delivered to enterprises globally.

SharePoint OnlineSPFxTypeScriptTeamsMicrosoft GraphAzurePower Automate
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  • Shipped a commercial SharePoint product with G2 5.0 rating across AppSource, Google, and G2
  • Delivered to enterprises including Womble Bond Dickinson, K.Hovnanian, Severn Trent, LEK, Baringa, and Thomas Bravo
  • Built 30+ feature web parts with proper lifecycle governance, component architecture, and accessibility baked in
  • Enabled launch-in-days deployment model through prebuilt templates and branding tooling
  • Held accountability across product iterations, client implementations, and brownfield migrations

Microsoft 365 platform foundation

Reusable architecture for intranet, collaboration, and process automation—combining SharePoint structure, SPFx components, Power Platform governance, and Azure integration points.

SharePoint OnlineSPFxPower AppsPower AutomateAzure FunctionsTypeScript
  • Reduced delivery time for new solutions by establishing repeatable patterns
  • Enabled self-service content governance through structured information architecture
  • Created foundation for AI-assisted workflows on structured M365 data
  • Improved maintainability with component-based SPFx architecture

Xoralia — M365-native policy compliance platform

Product engineer for Xoralia, a policy management and compliance automation platform built entirely inside Microsoft 365. Automates the full policy lifecycle — distribution, attestation, audit trails — for regulated industries without adding infrastructure.

SharePoint OnlineSPFxTypeScriptTeamsPower AutomateAzure OpenAIMicrosoft GraphPower Apps
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  • Delivered a G2 Momentum Leader, Easiest To Use, and High Performer product — Summer 2026
  • Serves regulated clients including Oxford University, LifeArc, Killik & Co, and ClientEarth
  • Built attestation engine, automated review workflows, precision targeting via Entra ID, and continuously-built audit trails
  • Integrated Azure OpenAI for AI quiz builder and verified policy layer for Microsoft Copilot
  • Greenfield product build from concept to enterprise-ready deployment in months, not years
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Writing

Notes and technical writing

Selected articles on M365 platform engineering, product delivery, and agent infrastructure.

April 2026

How to onboard an existing project with AI tools

A practical walkthrough of using AI-assisted development to ramp up on an unfamiliar codebase — with real bug fixes delivered during a collaborative onboarding session.

Read on dev.to
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