LEON HARRIS

• Built and led engineering team from 3 to 20 (developers, data scientists, DevOps), delivering AI systems used by UK Ministry of Defence, UN agencies, NATO, and universities across UK and USA
• Raised £1.9m Series A funding, scaling platform to serve government and humanitarian clients across multiple continents
• Tech stack: AWS (EC2, Lambda, SageMaker), Python, Elasticsearch, React, PHP, Hugging Face transformers, Docker, Kubernetes
• Developed drone-mounted computer vision system for conflict zone damage assessment, reducing analysis time from weeks to hours through automated image recognition
• Led technical partnerships with King's College London, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins on AI applications for public health crisis response and conflict analysis
• Transitioned to advisory role November 2025, retaining shareholding while seeking faster-paced commercial sector opportunities
• AI-powered intelligence platform for humanitarian organizations and government agencies

• Founded and scaled content licensing platform connecting premium video content with digital advertisers and broadcasters
• Secured content partnerships with major studios (Paramount, 20th Century Fox, BBC) and brand clients (Google, Nike, Samsung, Lexus, GoPro)
• Built automated content matching and rights management system, streamlining licensing workflow and reducing deal processing time
• Exited to focus on AI and humanitarian technology sector
• Digital content licensing and distribution platform

• Led complete platform redesign and redevelopment for comparison platform serving consumers across credit cards, loans, and insurance products
• Managed cross-functional team of developers, designers, and business analysts through 18-month development cycle
• Platform integrated multiple financial service providers via API, handling thousands of quote requests monthly
• Fintech comparison platform

• Managed IT infrastructure and systems for growing media technology company

• Managed vendor relationships and procurement for broadcast technology equipment supplier

Director & Founder

Combicloud Ltd | Sep 2007 – 20014
Technical consultancy and holding company
- Provide fractional CTO and technical advisory services for early-stage technology companies
- Specializations: AI/ML implementation strategy, cloud architecture design (AWS/Azure), blockchain feasibility studies
- Maintained alongside full-time roles to stay connected to diverse technical challenges and emerging technologies