Hi, I’m Hemant :)

A techie based in Manchester. Working in technology for over 15 years, I care about how software is built, who builds it, and its potential to improve lives.

Be it technology modernisation, Data and AI strategy, or just helping engineering teams to make better decisions, I believe in keeping things simple, delivering value quickly and creating environments where people feel supported and inspired.

At the summit of Snowdon, Wales

What I do

I currently head up R&D at Finova, where we’re building the next generation of AI-enabled mortgage lending products. I’ve spent most of my career modernising legacy tech and building engineering and data teams - across financial services, the public sector and healthcare - and that’s taught me how to get teams delivering at pace while keeping governance and security front of mind. If years spent unpicking legacy systems left me with one conviction, it’s that modernisation is what makes innovation possible - and it’s never just about the tech. You can’t build what’s next. Not on a platform or a culture stuck in the past.

Before Finova, I built products at SaaS companies and helped organisations transform at global consultancies, most recently at Accenture, where I guided client executives through modernisation, data and tech strategy, and ran a security community of practice to develop cybersecurity skills across Accenture UK engineering.

I’m interested in creating environments where experimentation, learning, curiosity and a bit of bravery are encouraged - spaces where it’s safe to ask questions, and where “that’s how it’s always worked” is a red flag, not a reason. I like keeping up with what’s new, but I pick technology because the evidence says it solves a problem, not because it’s on a conference slide. I also write and speak about designing, testing and securing software. Amidst rambling about stuff I also manage to ship some code, though these days Claude and its ilk do most of the typing while I steer and review. It’s all on my GitHub page - a bunch of things, from open source contributions to what I am currently learning and experimenting with.

Beyond work

When not at work - cricket, yoga and the outdoors keep me occupied. These days my musings are mostly tech and science - I have an amateur’s love of physics - and philosophy, especially Indian philosophy, which I read and think about more deeply than anyone asked me to. Some of it finds its way onto X and into this space too.