Craig
Evans.
Director
Bringing clarity, pace, and AI-enabled efficiency to technology and delivery. I specialise in aligning platforms, teams, and delivery to business goals — leveraging AI and automation alongside core engineering practices to reduce complexity, improve stability, and drive operational efficiency, while bridging the gap between technical teams and the wider business.
Experience
Technical Director
Leading technology strategy across platforms, products, and internal systems — with a focus on reliability, governance, and embedding AI into how the business builds, tests, and operates.
Solutions Quality Manager
Led quality analysis and software testing for business-critical products, and delivered cross-functional projects including a multi-country internal learning platform.
Operations Controller
Led a technical team spanning solution design, testing, and implementation, while strengthening core processes such as development scheduling and server virtualisation.
Support Manager
Grew and developed the support team while leading a full infrastructure move to new offices with minimal disruption to customers.
Support and Systems Engineer
Supported a network of workstations and servers, and delivered customer network installations from design through to router and firewall configuration.
Network Manager
Developed and maintained the head office network of desktops and servers.
IT Training and Support Officer
Responsible for the support, training, and development of systems across the business.
Side projects
Above Me Now
A live radar of the planes overhead, with a photo card showing each one’s airline, aircraft type, route, and which way to look. Includes a kids’ version with a sticker book, and push alerts when a plane is about to fly over.
Open Above Me Now ↗Kids Chat
Voice chat for children playing games together, where parents approve every friend. Any parent can start a family and sign in with a passkey, children’s devices are set up by QR code, and no one gets a call without both families’ say-so.
Open Kids Chat ↗More on the way
A few more projects are in progress, built the same way: small, useful, and running on Cloudflare.
Focus areas
- Platform Strategy
- AI & Automation
- Engineering Governance
- Reliability at Scale
- Team Leadership
- Quality Assurance
Open to connecting — reach out via LinkedIn or email.