Summary
Mike Wilks is a Distinguished Engineer and IBM Consulting CTO for Public Sector in UKI, blending hands-on technologist skills with executive architecture leadership across cloud, infrastructure, integration and application domains. With a career rooted in large-scale systems integration, he has served as Chief Architect on complex programmes across Public Sector, Financial Services and Telco, translating demanding requirements into pragmatic, auditable solutions. An Open Group Distinguished Architect and RHCE, he remains actively technical—especially with OpenShift, Linux and Python—bridging strategy and code. Based in Sheffield, he combines broad technical generalism with deep delivery experience, often shaping both pre-sales architecture and in-flight delivery for mission-critical public clients. An unusual strength is his comfort switching between boardroom-level technology strategy and hands-on implementation.
8 years of coding experience