Chris
Technical Director and founder
“I've worked through the internet, the dot-com bubble, web 2.0 and the cloud. Every one was overhyped, and every one became essential. AI will be the same.”
Chris leads technical direction at Elan, covering system design and the hosting, security and support that keep a system running for years. He began his career at IBM in 1988, supporting large business systems, and has seen every major shift in software since. That is why we treat AI as a powerful new tool that still depends on sound engineering.
Chris spent several years as a certified technical trainer for Microsoft, Novell and Citrix, then became Technical Director of an elearning company. There he designed and built a learning management system (software that delivers and tracks online training) used by blue-chip companies. Building systems and explaining them to people are still central to how we work with clients.
Since then he has designed and delivered software for organisations of every size, including national healthcare bodies, pharmaceutical companies, financial services, global logistics firms and small businesses. One example is a service improvement tool used by health trusts across the south of England and recognised at national healthcare awards. The ideas behind it later shaped a separate product: a survey and observation platform for aviation safety. More recently he has led technical work on a platform for real-time music collaboration and teaching over the internet, where audio must stay in sync between players in different places with almost no delay.
Chris also looks after the cloud infrastructure (AWS and Azure) and Microsoft 365 environments many of our clients rely on, acting as their link to best practice, efficiency and security.
On every project, Chris makes sure what we build is sound, secure and still working well long after launch.
