Chief Information Officer at Sporting Index
London, United Kingdom
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- Chief Information Officer at Sporting Index
- Owner at Natural Intelligence
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- Engineering Director at Betfair
- Head of Group Solutions at Betfair
- Global Infrastructure Architect at Betfair
- Engineering Manager at Betfair
- Consultant at Lexel
- Senior Engineer at Lexel
- Education
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- Auckland University of Technology
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Eachan Fletcher’s Summary
Technical leader experienced in building new teams and revitalizing old ones – always seeking business value from technology by driving commercial and product activities as well as engineering. Background in leading projects where technology is the business; dotcom, finance, insurance, defense and telecom with more classical IT management experience in export, manufacturing, media and retail.
Eachan Fletcher’s Specialties:
Distributed systems, lean thinking, Agile with SCRUM and XP, webscale computing, cloud computing, architecture, TOGAF, content networking and delivery, biological systems, ITIL, virtualisation, KT, OLTP, startups, due diligence, regulatory compliance, conferencing and negotiation.
Eachan Fletcher’s Experience
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Chief Information Officer
Sporting Index
(Privately Held; Gambling & Casinos industry)
February 2009 — Present (6 months)
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Owner
Natural Intelligence
(Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2002 — Present (7 years 6 months)
A small company started to explore the commercial value of new ideas in the community space. Currently developing a unique approach to generating relevance through user-generated content.
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Engineering Director
Betfair
(Privately Held; Gambling & Casinos industry)
January 2007 — February 2009 (2 years 2 months)
Running a division of engineering, taking overall responsibility for the games, mobile, and risk-management technology from idea to implementation. Leading major change programmes, development philosophy, and building a successful offshore development center.
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Head of Group Solutions
Betfair
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Gambling & Casinos industry)
August 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 6 months)
Chief architect role, governing both software and infrastructure and leading a team of architects. Promoting quality practices and delivering a reference architecture and technical strategy to the organization.
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Global Infrastructure Architect
Betfair
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Gambling & Casinos industry)
January 2005 — August 2005 (8 months)
Design authority for Betfair’s infrastructure and systems software, taking care of platform strategy and technology choice. Oversaw international expansion, a number of new products, and key scalability changes.
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Engineering Manager
Betfair
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Gambling & Casinos industry)
March 2004 — January 2005 (11 months)
Running the team and technology for Betfair’s networking, communications, content delivery, and security infrastructure. Managing vendors, SLAs, and delivering quality projects against time and budget.
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Consultant
Lexel
(Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2001 — March 2004 (2 years 9 months)
Contracted to a number of clients to provide design and project management of enterprise class systems and software. Reference sites are Royal & Sun Alliance, NZ Air Force, NZ Navy, Telecom NZ, Television NZ, and Sky TV.
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Senior Engineer
Lexel
(Information Technology and Services industry)
February 1999 — July 2001 (2 years 6 months)
Contracted to a number of clients to provide implementation and support for small to mid sized systems and software. Reference sites are Mainzeal, Briscoes, Loreal, Baycorp, and Rentokil-Initial.
Eachan Fletcher’s Education
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Auckland University of Technology
Anthropology & Physics 1995 — 1998
Started anthropology with an interest in people and behavior, and then a passion for technology drove a switch into computer science. Continued professional training with a number of industry certifications.
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Eachan Fletcher’s Groups:
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Gaming People - The Gaming People Expert Network (+8.000) -
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