Sam Hope-Evans

My tech career began with building the Sony Playstation Europe website, this ignited a passion for all things digital and data, fuelling my journey from hands-on developer to strategic leader in web engineering, business applications and DevOps. I'm a champion for creating a positive developer experience (DevEx) by fostering a culture of empowerment, well-being and collaboration that enables engineering teams to thrive. I have pivoted into the Solutions Engineering & Architecture space (GitHub & SoundCloud) and applied my passion for people & technology to maximise customer value and employer revenue through pre and after sales services. I bring a continuous growth mindset to every opportunity, actively seeking out ways to expand my skillset and maximise my value contribution. Achievements: * Leading, attracting and preserving high-profile web and business apps teams * Championing cross-functional collaboration on enterprise projects to achieve company objectives * Building strategies with sales and engineering to increase adoption and revenue for global products Specialities: Technical: Music AI, Cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP), APIs, DevSecOps (GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps), IaC (Terraform, Bicep), Web & Business Apps (Webflow, Oracle, M365, Power Platform), ITSM (JIRA, ServiceNow, FreshService) & Solution Architecture Sales: Pre & post solution engineering, SaaS sales strategy & process, product value proposition, technical demos & PoCs, strategic customer relationships & influencing key decision makers Leadership: Digital strategy, Agile scrum, public speaking, team, project & resource management, recruitment, financial budgets, vendor selection & supplier management Passions: DJing, Taekwondo, Gym & Acting Blog: sam.hope-evans.com GitHub: @futuredesignUK SoundCloud: @scratchsam