
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.
Open to board & advisory roles
Enterprise CIO and CTO across JPMorgan Chase, Blackstone and KPMG. Twice a founder, once a patent holder. British by birth, American by citizenship, curious by default.

“Gareth is by far one of the smartest technologists I have ever had the pleasure of working with in my entire career”


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

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.

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.
Every article above is also a short video and a podcast episode — same argument, whichever way you prefer to take it in.
The books I keep going back to — and keep pressing on other people.
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing ImprovementEliyahu M. GoldrattFast-paced and gripping, The Goal is one of the most influential business books of all time
Leaders Eat LastSimon SinekSinek has a great way of conveying ideas, providing context and real-world examples to illustrate his points
The Art of WarSun TzuPerhaps the definitive work on strategic thinking
The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business WinGene KimCrisis situations and IT catastrophes in a story that too-closely mimics many real-world companies
Real Business of IT: How CIOs Create and Communicate ValueRichard HunterPractical advice for CIOs on demonstrating and communicating value
Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and SoftwareCharles PetzoldThe foundational elements of how computers work, with interesting historical contextFrom the basement studio
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.



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