Technical Boffins
We are a core team of seasoned veterans in Digital / IT / Tech, supported by a globally distributed talent pool to support flexible delivery models
We also design and built our own commercial products
We work with companies solving complex challenges across People, Process and Technology from Startups through to Global Enterprise Companies
Our Products
 
			About ArchiTech360°
ArchiTech360° is an Enterprise Architecture Platform that acts as the blueprint to your complex organisation, covering People, Process and Technology. Connecting to the specialist domain tools already in use throughout your organisation. Gain unparalleled insights into the inner workings of how things work to inform strategic decision making and empowering digital transformations.
It is a tool to give your organisation the visibility it needs on the IT and Technology platforms that keep your business running. Surfacing hidden insights across your technical teams.
 
			About GeezerCloud
GeezerCloud is an IoT Remote Temperature Monitoring Platform designed for commercial use where the importance of temperature is business critical, such as Restaurants, Catering Establishments, Food Production, Pubs & Bars, Hospitality, Cafes & Take-a-Ways, Chilled Logistics & Transport, Pharmaceutical, Agriculture & Food Producers.
Empowering organisations to track the temperature of their critical assets in real time, with built in alerting so you never have to worry about incidents happening after the fact.
 
			About TendoJobs
TendoJobs is a recruitment marketplace, empowering job hunters and employers to easily connect directly without the need of recruitment agencies in the mix. The AI powered platform uses machine learning and predictive analytics to help job hunters identify potential employers that require their skills, even if they aren’t actively recruiting.
This enables employers to build a pipeline of potential employees so at the point in time when a role becomes available, it can be filled rapidly. The modern workforce is actively looking to work with forward thinking organisations, supported by seamless processes for recruitment.
 
			About Yum Info
Yum Info is a technical platform for software engineers that surfaces packages on Linux operating systems that are managed by the Yellowdog Updater, Modified package management utility that runs on various operating systems such as Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Alma Linux and more.
Traditionally software engineers had to crawl around using the command line to find and discover these packages. We made this accessible via a web interface for ease of use.
Our Services
We have a breadth and depth of expertise across a wide range of technical and delivery aspects under the banner of IT, Digital and Technology. Below is just a flavour of the types of work we tend to get involved with supporting organisations with. If you are unsure if we can help, get in touch for an informal chat to discuss your situation and we can get a better understanding of the unique challenges you are facing. If we can’t help, we’ll probably know someone who can help.
Our core offering is tailored aroud three key areas that help align your organisation…..
People – Process – Technology
People
Consultancy
DigitalTransformation
Data & Analytics
Process
DevOps
Project Management
Jira Configuration
Technology
Web Hosting
AWS
Software Engineering
Cyber Security
WordPress
Mobile Apps
System Integrations
Observability
System Architecture
Our Recommendations
“I’ve learnt so much from you in the short 4 months I’ve been here, it’s been a genuine pleasure to work with you and I would very much work with you again given the opportunity.”
“It’s like night and day the transformation that you have made in the 3 months you have been here. It just goes to show that with some focus, desire and knowledge that things can get done”
Don’t just take our word for it, here’s just a snapshot of some of the things people say about the works we do…..
“Your colleagues continually look up to you and respect you as you provide them guidance and work with them to improve their skills”
“In less than a year, you guys have delivered a world class solution”
“Michael is everything you want in a consultant. Good communicator, delivers on time and to a high standard. As someone with limited knowledge of SEO, I expected a lot of his recommendations to go over my head. Not the case. Everything was delivered in a clear and understandable way with instructions of how to implement it. I hope I get the chance to work with him again.”
“Michael is one of those people who not only knows their stuff inside out, but is also happy to share what he knows in a friendly and jargon-free way. I loved working with Michael because he made search fascinating, and I learned a lot from him. I cannot recommend him highly enough. I am looking forward to my next opportunity to work with Michael and will be actively seeking opportunities to do so.”
“You seem to know everything about everything!”
“Working with Michael changed the way I viewed SEO. Michael has an unrivalled knowledge of SEO and was able to communicate this knowledge in an engaging and practical way. I tried to engage Michael as early as possible in the User Experience design phase to ensure I was creating interactions that helped the site perform well in search rankings. He was able to provide clear practical guidance on every occasion. On watching Michael work with his team it was clear they liked and respected him and he appeared to achieve this effortlessly. Michael is a consummate professional and a lovely guy. I would recommend Michael as your go to guy for all things SEO.”
“Whilst sub-contracting I used Michael’s services and advice for the Betta Living build. The build was altering the order of landing / list and detail pages and this would potentially have a huge impact on the sites search engine standings. Michael looked over the layout of the new solution and gave advice on multiple occasions as to where a canonical link, HTML element or 301 redirect should reside. When we put the site live the impact was a better standing within search engine results and a full coverage of support for the outgoing URLs. Michael is committed to his work and delivers what he promises. When a team is in build or altering existing functionality these attributes are incredibly important.”
“Michael is a hard-working, very experienced SEO professional who knows his stuff and delivers on what he promises. He’s also a nice guy! I’m happy to recommend Michael.”
“I have been working with Michael now for a year and I found him absolutely very knowledgeable in the field of Search Engine Optimization. He maintains the Google ranking of AsiaRooms and Hotels-London with little or no help from another SEO Analyst. He is very good at what he does and he would be a very valuable asset to any team he joins.”
“Michael shows great attention to detail, is always very professional but an enjoyable character to work with. He is very adaptable and is skilful in areas that are not in his remit. I enjoy working and socialising with him and would recommend him highly.”
“I have worked with Michael for the past few years. Absolutely fantastic individual to work with. Very entrepreneurial and “out of box” thinking. Michael’s combined coding knowledge puts him right at the forefront of SEO and its ever changing dynamics.”
“Michael is brilliant at SEO and it’s been a joy working with him! He was our go-to person for optimizing excellence and had added great value to our project. He’s extremely dedicated, possessed great follow-through with absolute attention to details – traits pivotal to the success of the project.”
“I have worked with Michael on several SEO and MSEO [Multi-Lingual Search Engine Optimisation] initiatives, and I have constantly been impressed by his knowledge and willingness to adapt to the specific needs and challenges during the project execution. I highly recommend Michael – for ALL SEO and Multilingual SEO related work, as he always delivers.”
“Working across time zones can cause a lot of problems but we found emails answered promptly and Michael was available when we needed him. Also our developers are not native English speakers and we have some very odd configurations that can be hard to communicate, however I felt we worked through these issues well. Michael at Contrado Digital was very helpful and very responsive throughout the project. We are very pleased with the final results of the redirect work that he did for us. In particular the streamlining of our technical configurations was a big help. We feel that Michael has helped us to not just get a result but also have helped us to learn and develop our internal knowledge of redirects, how they work, what effect they have and how best to handle them. Everything is working well, Google Webmaster Tools errors have reduced to almost zero and our sites are ranking higher in Google than before we did the work. The service we received from Michael was excellent and we would be very willing to recommend him to others.”
“Working with Michael at Contrado Digital has been a real pleasure. He understood our requirements and offered a bespoke solution to meet our specific needs. The transition from the old system to the new system was simple and straight forward with his help. He went out of their way to integrate the new system throughout Evolution Park so our staff could start using the system with ease. The time savings from using the new system has enabled us to focus on other activities to support our clients at Evolution Park.”
“The success of the programme wouldn’t have been possible without the dedication of our speakers. I would certainly be willing to work with Michael again in the future should the opportunity arise.”
Our Team
Michael is a rare teckie, someone who is not only deeply technical and keeps his hands dirty. He is able to talk to business owners and senior leadership in a way that they understand. The missing link between IT people and non-technical business people.
He lives and breathes technology. Michael is passionate about utilising technology to bring innovative solutions to market and transform legacy businesses into forward thinking/technology first organisations.
Experience
Michael is a well rounded multi-specialist across a core range of both technical and non-technical disciplines which enables him to navigate the vastly complex world of IT, Software, Digital, Technology and Business to determine the optimal route forward for your organisation.
 
			What We Do
Organisational and
Systems Thinking
Enabling your organisation to optimise business processes and leverage technology to increase profitability.
Digital Transformation, Enterprise Architecture, Solutions Architecture, Technical Architecture, Data Architecture, TOGAF.
DevOps
Philosophy
Enabling your organisation to significantly increase the throughput and quality of application configurations and software development changes.
Focusing on the core principles of Tools, People, Processes.
Project
Management
Enabling your organisation to deliver value to your internal and external customers faster while providing full visibility of work items and accurate delivery deadlines so you can plan better.
Utilising modern Agile / Scrum / Kanban delivery methodologies and tools to facilitate collaborative working and multi-disciplined delivery squads.
Cloud
Agnostic
Enabling your organisation to either move into the modern world, or optimise your modern cloud workloads to both save time and money along with increasing productivity.
Utilising public cloud platforms including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Software
Development
Enabling your organisation to either deliver software faster in-house through the use of CI/CD processes and technologies – or – allowing us to do the hard work for you.
Through utilising modern software development concepts such as Micro Services, Back End, Front End, Data, Cyber Security, APIs and Integration.
Digital
Marketing
Enabling your organisation to drive more traffic, sales and enquiries through your digital platforms to grow your bottom line.
By utilising digital marketing channels such as SEO, PPC, Ecommerce, Email Marketing, Social Marketing and more.
Business and
Commercially Focused
Enabling your organisation to focus on value added activities to work towards your goals faster.
By focusing on activities that provide real value to your organisation that are either going to save money or grow your bottom line.
Digital & Tech
Innovation
Enabling your organisation to become the leader in new markets through innovation and technology.
By focusing on 10x innovation and industry changing opportunities you can create new markets to enter and grow your business.
Key Results
Results gained through both Contrado Digital and professional career of Michael.
Organisational and
Systems Thinking
Set up an Enterprise Architecture function within a £6.5 billion organisation to ensure business and IT architecture became visible resulting in better decision making and a solid understanding of how the organisation works.
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Designed, architected and built custom mini-ERP software solution connecting core IT systems together for a one-view of the business for people at all levels.
DevOps
Philosophy
Embedded DevOps philosophies within an IT department to look at how the holy trinity of Tools, People, and Processes work together to make DevOps work effectively. Introduced relevant tools throughout the DevOps lifecycle.
Trained people and teams on how to use the DevOps tools. Setup processes within the IT department to ensure relevant governance was maintained throughout the software development life cycle.
Project
Management
Introduced and coached on Agile principles within an IT team of 150+ transforming the ways of working.
From a starting position where the IT department wasn’t even aware of the active projects that were on-going to a finishing position whereby near to 100% of projects were delivered on time and to budget.
Utilised Burndown Charts and agile metrics to accurately estimate delivery dates of work items.
Cloud
Agnostic
Utilised SaaS services on cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to modernise IT workloads and provide full visibility of systems.
Significant amount of time and money saved through the use of out of the box solutions rather than re-inventing the wheel.
Provided system dashboarding solutions from cloud data sets to understand IT system performance levels to staff could proactively respond to limits before they became an issue.
Software
Development
Digitally transformed a leading UK logistics organisation connecting multiple business critical systems together in an interactive control system used throughout the business to get a single source of the truth across the business.
Connecting all manufacturing processing sites with transport management systems (TMS), power stations and automated Weigh Bridges across over 15 sites throughout the UK. Processing 10 million transactions annually.
Digital
Marketing
Endless of result, see case studies page which primarily contains these results.
Results across SEO, PPC, Social and Email marketing focused on driving traffic and sales through web platforms.
All work tracked accurately through digital analytics tools such as Google Analytics.
Business and
Commercially Focused
Over 100 SME solutions delivered for organisations improving their profitability, productivity and improving their ways of working through innovative technology.
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Managed £xx,000 / month budgets for organisations utilising cloud services to ensure costs don’t run away with their self.
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Key lead on a £xx,000,000 digital transformation programme.
Digital & Tech
Innovation
Launched job search engine Tendo Jobs with AI and machine learning technologies powering the platform. Which has identified and analysed over 5,000 Companies UK Wide and is being used by job hunters throughout the UK.
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Launched GeezerCloud IoT device and platform to enable regulated food and pharmaceutical companies to remotely monitor the temperature of their critical inventory and proactively respond to issues.
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Launched YumInfo, a teckie search engine for searching the Linux level Yum Package Manager of over 20,000 packages. This has been used by over 250,000 people globally since launch.
Get in Touch
As you can imagine, every scenario described above is very unique to the organisation who was involved. Get in touch to discuss your individual needs and requirements and we can tailor a package that works for you. If I can’t help directly, I’ll know someone who can. Let’s have a conversation, get to know each other and let’s go from there.
