Steve Blake

Steve is a senior technical professional who has been working in the technology industry for over a decade. He is based in London and has spent most of his career working in startups, although also has some experience in enterprise software consultancy. In his current role as Head of Technology & Architecture at SportPursuit, he is responsible for the technology platform, software development process and technical team. He joined the startup during the seed funding stage and has since architected a scalable cloud-based infrastructure capable of supporting over 4 million users. As part of his role he acts as the Lead Architect for the development of the Magento E-Commerce platform. He has been responsible for building an internal technical team and provides hands on technical leadership and mentorship to them. He is a huge advocate of Agile SCRUM methodology and is always looking to improve the development processes within the team.