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Tim Jackson · Senior ICT Leader · Innovator & Futurist

A CV tells you what I've done. This tells you how I think. Eight exhibits, each one interactive — scroll when ready.

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An overview of achievements and capabilities

The following sections highlight my skills, my experience, and my approach to problem-solving. I have tried to make this more fun than reading a CV - but please feel free to skip ahead if you want.

Exhibit 01

The Synaptic Map

Think of skills as neurons; connections as the real projects where they fired together. Hover a node to trace its network. Toggle a domain to isolate it.

Visualisation vs Text: A fun way of linking areas to skills. Visualsation of boring CV text.

click to filter hover a neuron
Exhibit 02

A Career, git log --graph

Eighteen years rendered the way engineers read history: roles as branches, achievements as commits, team milestones as tags. Hover any commit.

A different way of visualising a timeline: every technical person reads this format fluently, and it flatters them — the timeline speaks their language instead of HR's. Merges show careers compounding, not just progressing.

$ git log --graph --all --oneline · 2003..2026
Exhibit 03

Impact, Measured

Leaders are judged on outcomes. Four headline numbers, each with its trajectory.

Managed security revenue0from zero in two years — a business built, not inherited
Disruptive technologies researched0agriculture, fintech, healthcare, governance
TaaS towers secured0all-of-government telecommunications, lead architect
Councils on managed security0unit cost falling as each one joined
Exhibit 04

The Capability Radar

Not a technology hype cycle — a capability map. Mastery at the centre, emerging at the rim: an honest read of where two decades have compounded, and where the next chapter starts. Hover a blip.

My take on capabilites: a self-assessed capability radar is a judgment exercise about what I can do, and how I place my maturity and capability. With a grounding as an Architect and the need to relate everything done to an enabling capability - I have structured my presentaion of this data to business enabling capabilities.

Exhibit 05

The Lab Bench

Real examples of innovation you can click. Recent prototypes and products from the last few years — each one a working thing, not a slide. The ones with a link are live; the rest are a conversation away.

This is just a sample of published or working prototypes: every leader claims innovation; a shelf of working prototypes helps support this claim.

thoughtlabs r&d · concept → working prototype
Exhibit 06

Flight Levels

Strategy and leadership, measured as altitude. Most careers climb to one level and hold it. Mine changes altitude on purpose — Executive teams in the morning, code in the evening. The amber line is the actual flight path, 2003 to now. Hover the waypoints; open each level for the evidence.

Levels are important: evidence shows that I am “strategic but hands-on”. This draws it: board-level governance, commercial strategy, architecture and working code — each with evidence, and the path between them. Leaders who can still descend are the ones frontline teams trust.

altitude log · 2003–2026hover a waypoint
Exhibit 07

How Do I Measure Up?

Every requirement of the role. Throw them at me — one at a time or the whole inning — and watch what gets caught. One of them I'll be honest about.

How this helps: a visual mapping between common job requirements and my evidence, but in a fun and interactive way. Another example of thinking outside the box, to make information more accessable and informative. A visual pitcher / catcher concept.

caught 0 / 8

The brief throws…

THE ROLE ME
thwack.

// pick a requirement from the lineup — or pitch the full inning

All clean catches. One taken on the bounce — and I named it before you asked.
Knowing exactly where the gaps are — and saying so unprompted — is the job. In the interview, throw the curveballs.

The box score

The same mapping, flat — for the reader who skips the theatre and for screen readers. Fit is my honest self-assessment; every claim has a longer story behind it.

RequirementFitStrongest evidence
Exhibit 08 · a bit of fun

The Terminal

A bit of fun to finish — for the techies who view source. Try help, skills, or sudo hire-tim.

Just a bit of fun: it's the easter egg you will remember. Interactive playfulness signals curiosity and looking for new ways to score engagement and fun with people. Visualisation and interactivity are key to retention and keeping people informed.

tim@portfolio — zsh
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