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Steven Joseph
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Steven Joseph

Chief Technology Officer · Enterprise Architect · Digital & AI Transformation Leader
In post Project Management Kent, London & Europe

25+ years turning technology into a commercial weapon — not a cost centre. Owned budgets north of £30m, led teams of 70+, and drove year-on-year savings in the millions for a UK Government agency without ever dropping service quality. Built enterprise architecture practices from scratch, took organisations from legacy estate to cloud-first, AI-enabled platforms, and negotiated the exits and re-structures that made it all pay off.

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Profile

Deep technical grounding in infrastructure, cloud and enterprise architecture — paired with board-level credibility advising Ministers, Cabinet Office and C-suite executives.

Regulated & Compliance-Heavy

DORAGDPRGAMP 5ISO 27001NISTCyber Essentials+

Delivery Turnarounds

Managed exit from a Tier 1 provider to a multi-sourced SIAM model, rebuilding underperforming supplier and delivery models.

Career Breadth

Central GovernmentGlobal TelecomsFinancial ServicesLife SciencesAerospaceDefencePower Systems

Contract, interim and fractional leadership placements from Shenzhen to Amsterdam to Whitehall.

Core Competencies
Technology Strategy & CTO Advisory Enterprise Architecture & Operating Model Design Cloud & Infrastructure (Azure, AWS, GCP) Governance & Compliance (ISO 27001, 42001, 14001, 9001, NIST, DORA, GAMP 5) Digital Transformation & DevOps LIMS & Control Systems SIAM & Service Transformation Budget Ownership (£30m+) Vendor & Supplier Management Artificial Intelligence & Automation Stakeholder Engagement (Board / Ministerial)
Career History
Jun 2026 – Present
London & Tokyo

Co-Founder & Fractional Chief Operating & Technology Officer

Aspiro AI
  • Co-founded and set company-wide AI strategy across UK and Japan markets
  • Built and shipped AI-powered platforms and intelligent automation applications
  • Established AI governance, security and deployment standards ahead of scale
  • Set the Generative AI, ML and automation roadmap for commercial client offerings
Aug 2024 – Present
London, with European travel

Co-Founder & Fractional Chief Technology Officer

Regal Evolve
  • Co-founded a managed services organisation on a scalable multi-entity structure
  • Onboarded the business onto major UK Government frameworks — G-Cloud 15, DOS7, Tech Services 4, Cyber Security Services, DPS
  • Built an AI & Automation practice from zero
  • Designed and stood up SOC and data-centre operations aligned to ISO 27001, NIST and Cyber Essentials+
Oct 2014 – Feb 2024
London

Head of Infrastructure, Platforms & Technology (Contract)

MHRA — Central Government (Cabinet Office)
  • De-facto CIO for infrastructure, platforms and technology, leading a team of ~70 and owning £36m OPEX / £4–5m CAPEX — delivering multi-million-pound savings year-on-year without loss of service
  • Sat on the senior leadership team, advising Ministers, Cabinet Office and C-suite stakeholders
  • Founded the agency's first Enterprise Architecture practice and governance boards
  • Led a multi-million-pound Digital Transformation programme onto Azure, AWS, O365, Appian, MuleSoft, MDM, Oracle ERP
  • Directed the managed exit from Tier 1 provider Accenture to a multi-sourced SIAM model
Dec 2013 – Oct 2014
Shenzhen, Shanghai, Santiago, Qatar, Cairo, Rome & Madrid

Global Infrastructure Lead

Huawei
  • Led global infrastructure architecture and C-level advisory across major telecom operator engagements spanning seven countries across Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Europe
  • Directed regional teams and mentored consultants across the programme
Feb 2013 – Nov 2013
Solihull, UK

Enterprise Architect (Permanent)

Dell
  • Delivered key phases of the National Grid transformation programme (£49m)
  • Directed migration from legacy infrastructure to a new £45m Dell/Cisco architecture
  • Led TDA for the UK Gas Defence Front Offices network
Jul 2012 – Feb 2013
Paris, France

Principal Enterprise Consultant (Contract)

L’Oréal
  • Assessed and optimised the global retail infrastructure estate
  • Remediated IT governance and embedded ITIL practice and performance metrics across business units
Dec 2011 – Jul 2012
Derby, UK

Enterprise Architect & Infrastructure Manager (Contract)

Rolls Royce
  • Validated technical designs and ensured infrastructure readiness for major data centre and application migration programmes
  • Negotiated delivery objectives directly with senior stakeholders
Jul 2010 – Sep 2011
Multiple European locations

EMEA Lead Infrastructure Architect (Contract)

HP Enterprise Services
  • Led infrastructure architecture for the EMEA data centre consolidation programme
  • Migrated clients including Ericsson, AON, Kuehne + Nagel, MOJ, BMW and Nationwide into four flagship data centres with minimal service disruption
May 2008 – Jul 2010
Amsterdam, Netherlands & London, UK

European Infrastructure Manager

ABN Amro Bank
  • Managed a 40-person BAU, engineering and project delivery team across Europe
  • Owned £35m OPEX / £28m CAPEX budgets covering 4.2PB of data across 55,500 media assets
Jan 2000 – Apr 2008
London, UK · Cork, Ireland · Boston, USA

Various Senior Roles (Permanent)

Dell (formerly EMC Computer Systems UK&I)
  • Progressed from technical support through design authority to regional management
  • Led EMEA design authority and “fly and fix” teams supporting critical client environments across the UK, Ireland and US
Jan 1996 – Apr 2000
Weybridge, UK

Infrastructure Engineer (Permanent)

IBM (formerly Sequent Computer Systems)
  • Delivered enterprise infrastructure engineering across major client environments
  • Established the technical foundation for the architecture career that followed