Alasdair.md

I'm currently

Mobile Engineering Consultant

Mindera — 2025–present

Helping partners solve complex mobile problems — strategy, architecture, and team development across iOS and Android.

Outside work: exploring Kotlin Multiplatform via Garnish, a personal podcast app project.


I'm here


I've done


I've been

Head of Mobile / Technical Product Owner

Travelex — 2023–2025

Led mobile at Travelex — stabilised native apps, migrated to React Native, improved payment success by 50% and cut onboarding drop-off from 35% to 8%.


Head of Technology

VIOU — 2023

Built a live luxury commerce platform connecting brands with communities, leading a small full-stack team end to end.


Head of Mobile

Markor Technology — 2021–2023

Grew a young native iGaming team, introducing product-driven development, clean architecture, and enterprise-grade processes.


Senior iOS Engineer

Trainline — 2017–2021

Delivered high-frequency features across payments, European ops, and UK growth at one of Europe's leading travel apps.


Native Mobile Product & Team Lead

Music startup — 2013–2017

Led a five-person iOS team at a music startup, progressing to Technical Product Owner.


Earlier career

Ocado · NBN · Content Delivery — 2004–2012

Mobile and Java engineering at Ocado; sysadmin and bioinformatics at NBN; first job as a Java developer.


I'm certified

SCRUM Masters Course — Skills Matter, 2011

BSc. Honours Computer Science, Cum Laude (1st) — University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2002