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I build technology organisations — and leadership teams that outlast me.

Enterprise CIO and CTO across JPMorgan Chase, Blackstone and KPMG. Twice a founder, once a patent holder. British by origin, American by citizenship, curious by default.

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30 years

In enterprise technology

2 startups

Founded · one patent secured

8 articles

Leadership, strategy, technology, music

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Got married in it

“Gareth is a forward thinking and inspiring leader with extensive knowledge and experiences. He is one of those rare individuals who can move easily across organizational boundaries, from strategic discussions to tech-talks on a broad range of topics. I have had the privilege of working in Gareth’s CTO organization, during which time I was always amazed by his passion, enthusiasm, persistence and decisiveness. No matter how hard we worked and how much adversity we faced, Gareth always managed to make it light, fun and enjoyable. He is a true leader of integrity and vision.”

Yanchun Zhang

Executive Director, Global Technology at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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“Gareth is [a] dynamic and innovative technology leader that delivers reliable results. His broad technology background makes him well suited for a variety of challenges facing a modern IT organization.”
Dustin Goodwin — CIO at Icahn Enterprises
“Gareth is very bright and knowledgeable in the tech world. He was a great source of support for me in my UK CIO role. Gareth was very clear in his communications and has the ability to tailor his message to the audience by either being technical or less technical depending on who he was talking to. Gareth will challenge when he disagrees with a point, but ultra professional in his counter argument.”
Edel McGrath — Partner, Group Head of Technology at Knight Frank
“Gareth quite simply has the sharpest technical mind it has ever been my pleasure to work alongside. It is my ambition to work as closely with him for as long as possible hoping that some of his genius rubs off on me.”
Gregory Collins — CEO at JP Reis

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Thoughts

All writing

Leadership · 11 min

The Courageous Leader

We’re drawn to leaders & organizations that set ambitious goals and communicate a clear vision, but STAY where our leaders show courage and integrity.

Technology · 15 min

Protecting your Digital Identity

As we conduct more of our lives online, the use of unique complex passwords, password managers and multi-factor authentication (MFA) becomes increasingly important to our security.

Strategy · 14 min

Journey to the Cloud

The need to develop a Cloud Strategy is one of the most pressing challenges for today's IT leaders. This article explores what goes into developing a good one.

Also as

Every article above is also a short video and a podcast episode — same argument, whichever way you prefer to take it in.

Five facets

Who am I?

The real me Pratchett, and the plot

Adventurer Dum vivimus vivamus

Technologist Teens to the top table

Musician Keys, guitar, bass, drums

Citizen Named for a knight

Bookshelf

The books I keep going back to — and keep pressing on other people.

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From the basement studio

Sidechain compression, four ways.

Three isolated stems and four processed mixes of the same eight bars. Thirty years of playing with other people turns out to be the best management training I have had — and this is the closest I can get to showing you why.

Raw mixNo processing
Sidechain compressionCompressor, keyed off the kick
LFOTool sidechainSame idea, done with LFOTool
Trance gatePushed further
BassIsolated stem
SynthIsolated stem
DrumsThe sidechain trigger

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Board seats and advisory roles
Fractional or interim CIO / CTO work
Speaking on cloud strategy, digital identity and courageous leadership
A conversation about music, with no agenda at all