Business thinking with enough technical depth to make it real.
I’m Brian Crocker, a Plymouth-based systems and software consultant with more than 15 years’ experience spanning development, SaaS, technical leadership, operations and client work.
The useful bit is the overlap.
I have worked as a software developer, technical project lead, CTO, agency managing director, consultant and business-development lead. I have built production web applications, internal business systems, APIs, integrations, automation and e-commerce platforms, while also handling commercial decisions, client requirements and operational change.
That combination matters because business systems rarely fail for purely technical reasons. They fail because the process is unclear, the wrong thing gets automated, data ownership is fuzzy, users work around the system, or the technology was selected before the problem was understood.
Experience
Software & SaaS
Production web applications, internal systems, workflow software, databases and document-generation systems.
APIs & integration
Connecting software, automating data movement and reducing repeated manual entry between systems.
Technical leadership
Former CTO with responsibility for technical teams, systems, security, continuity and technology decisions.
Commercial delivery
Former digital/software agency MD, working directly with more than 50 client organisations.
How I work
I start with the operational problem, not a preferred vendor or platform. Sometimes the right answer is automation. Sometimes it is an integration, a custom internal tool, a change to the existing system, or simply removing unnecessary steps.
The objective is not to make the technology impressive. It is to make the business work better.