Senior judgement
Pattern recognition from product, platform and transformation work across large organisations and founder-led businesses.
ABOUT JOHN
Practical experience solving complex business problems.
A product, digital and transformation leader with experience spanning enterprise organisations, venture-backed businesses and founder-led growth companies.
Across BT, Vodafone, Hive and other organisations, he has led products, platforms, operating models and transformation programmes designed to improve delivery, unlock growth and create greater commercial control.
Today, Lumia combines that experience with modern AI-native delivery methods to help organisations identify operational bottlenecks, improve execution and build practical systems that scale.
Why it matters
What this experience means for clients.
Senior product, technology and transformation experience applied directly to the problem in front of the business. Clients get practical judgement, fast diagnosis and hands-on support from someone who has built products, led teams and delivered change across complex organisations and growing businesses.
Fast diagnosis
A practical ability to separate symptoms from root causes and focus attention where it will have the greatest impact.
Hands-on delivery
Support that moves beyond recommendations into the operating rhythm, product decisions and systems needed to make change stick.
Modern build approach
AI-native ways of working used where they genuinely reduce effort, improve visibility or speed up useful delivery.
Key numbers
A career built across enterprise scale, product invention and operational change.
12+
years building product, platform and venture capability
£15bn+
annual transaction readiness supported through BT Pay
8
countries reached through Vodafone Smart Tech launches
10,000+
engineers trained through connected home transformation
Industry recognition
Recognition that follows meaningful work.
Selected awards, patents, speaking engagements and media coverage linked to products, platforms and transformation programmes delivered across enterprise and growth-stage businesses.
Define the right bets
Get to the real customer, commercial or operating problem fast.
Build what matters
Create the product, platform, team or workflow that makes the strategy executable.
Deliver with focus
Create pace, ownership and visibility so momentum turns into measurable outcomes.