Marcus Gardiner
Marcus Gardiner is a Technical Capability Head at Softwire.
Marcus hosted LeadDevLondon 2024 with Meri Williams and has spoken at 2022 and 2025. Since 2022, he has served on the programming committee and hosts the LeadDevLondon meetups.
As a technical leader, Marcus rescues Energy & Utilities companies from the nightmare of legacy software while unlocking their data & AI potential.
In just 6 weeks he saved Utility Warehouse £1m+ per annum in energy billing and over 6 months he led the transformation of BBC Sport for hundreds of millions of fans from the World Cup to the Olympics.
Drawing on his rare dual background in both software development and business operations, Marcus delivers cost savings and revenue growth through technology.
Leader or engineer? Navigating our technical identity crisis
Am I still technical enough? What does my team think?
Drawing from the hard-won lessons of a leadership initiative for 250 engineers, this talk uncovers unexpected truths in the conflict between technical depth and leadership.
Career Changers: enabling the huge untapped potential in developers from different backgrounds
Marcus Gardiner shares lessons and personal perspectives from walking the path from Graduate to Lead in both Business and Software Engineering, so that your team and organisation can thrive through attracting and developing Career-Switching Tech talent.
