Adam Nicholson
Chief Technology Officer at Preferred Management Solutions
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorAdam Nicholson is a pragmatic technology leader and current CTO based in Newcastle with 11 years of experience building and scaling product-led engineering organisations. He has progressed from hands-on web and e‑commerce development to defining technology strategy and leading cross-functional teams that support 200+ employees and millions of customers. At Opia he combined product and platform ownership—including a proprietary Opia Cloud—and still steps into architecture and complex engineering problems when needed. Known for translating commercial goals into technical roadmaps, he balances delivery, security, and infrastructure while empowering teams to execute. Now steering technology strategy at Preferred Management Solutions, he focuses on measurable business outcomes and scalable systems. An unconventional strength is his retail-to-tech background, which gives him a practical lens on customer experience and revenue-driven engineering decisions.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
English
Github Skills (56)
monolog10
dispatcher10
logger10
laravel10
php10
log-parser10
psr-310
bus10
prooph10
php-library10
logging10
psr-119
shiny9
databases9
laravel-framework9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
adamnicholson/Chief
Jan 2015 - Jan 2023
Command bus package for PHP
Contributions:1 review, 162 commits, 4 PRs in 8 years 2 months
psr-11phpbusphp74dispatcher
adamnicholson/bag
Nov 2015 - Nov 2022
A simple parameter bag to make working with arrays easier
Contributions:2 releases, 14 commits, 6 PRs in 7 years 1 month
bagarrayparameterarrays
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