Summary
Ollie Troward is a seasoned engineering leader with 11 years of experience delivering large-scale retail and consumer products, currently serving as Principal Consultant after senior engineering leadership roles at Sainsbury’s and Bumble. He has driven end-to-end digital transformations—scaling SmartShop to 525+ stores and £1bn monthly transactions, launching pay-on-handset NFC payments, and delivering an AI-driven online search that generated £4.8M in three months. Comfortable bridging product, data and hardware, he’s led multi-team organisations, architected microservices to decouple monoliths, and built high-velocity CI/CD and observability practices. He combines hands-on technical roots (PHP, Python, Java, front-end frameworks) with a talent for mentoring managers and turning complex stakeholder needs into pragmatic roadmaps. Based in Tewkesbury, he brings a proven track record of shipping customer-facing innovations that reduce friction and unlock new revenue streams.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computing, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computing at Solent University
Sir John Lawes School
Sir John Lawes School Sixth Form
Spanish