Tom Murton

“Tom is an exemplary Director of Engineering. I had the privilege of reporting to him from April 2022 to December 2023. Tom’s exceptional leadership was instrumental in our team’s success. His expertise in Agile methodologies and DevOps principles contributed significantly to our achievements, resulting in strong benchmarking against DORA metrics. Tom’s commitment to coaching and mentorship greatly impacted my own engineering leadership skills. Tom distinguishes himself as an exceptional leader through consistently demonstrating key qualities such as clear and impactful communication, a commitment to openness, servant/purposeful leadership, and an unwavering dedication to a metrics-driven approach. His proactive efforts to foster diversity within the team have not only created an inclusive work environment but also fueled innovation throughout the organization. I have no doubt that Tom’s skills and leadership will be valuable assets to any organization. I would absolutely endorse him for future opportunities.”

“I worked closely with Tom during his tenure as an Engineering Director at Skedulo. As the Engineering Director for the EMEA region, Tom played a pivotal role in scaling our product engineering teams. He was instrumental in expanding our engineering teams and capabilities in the EMEA region, leading those teams to deliver our product roadmap and achieving key product milestones. Tom effectively managed engineering managers and senior engineers, whilst fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment. One of Tom's standout qualities was his ability to build a cohesive and inclusive culture across remote team members and teams in the region. Through his leadership, he created an environment that encouraged collaboration, innovation, and mutual respect. Tom's influence extended beyond regional boundaries and he actively collaborated with global engineering leadership peers to drive engineering best practices across our global product engineering organisation. I unequivocally endorse Tom for any leadership role in software engineering. His demonstrated track record of driving successful outcomes, coupled with his collaborative leadership style and dedication to cultivating robust organisational cultures, positions him as an outstanding candidate.”

“I have had the pleasure of working closely with Tom during his tenure as the Director of Engineering (EMEA) at Skedulo from April 2022 to December 2023. Tom is an outstanding leader who has had an amazing impact on our EMEA engineering team but globally as well. In their role, Tom demonstrated exceptional technical acumen, strategic vision, and a relentless commitment to excellence. He successfully led our engineering efforts in the EMEA region, driving innovation and ensuring the delivery of high-quality products and services. Tom played a pivotal role in scaling our engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. Tom is an excellent communicator and collaborator. He fostered a positive and inclusive team culture, inspiring cross-functional collaboration and knowledge sharing. Tom consistently sought opportunities for professional growth for their team members, resulting in a more skilled and motivated engineering workforce. I wholeheartedly recommend Tom to any organisation seeking a dynamic and results-driven engineering leader. His contributions to Skedulo were invaluable, and I am confident that he will bring the same level of excellence and dedication to any future endeavours.”

“Tom is an exceptional line manager who really puts his team first. An extremely approachable person who has helped me develop as a Software Engineer within my first job in tech. I couldn't recommend Tom enough, hopefully, our paths cross again in the future!”

“Tom is an incredible line manager with a great approach to line managing engineers. The effort that is put into both formal and informal 1:1s across the team has been unparalleled in my career thus far. I can't recommend Tom enough in this position and hope to work together in the future.”

“Tom was only my manager for a short time and joined while a lot was going on around OKRs and team changes. He jumped straight into working with the team and helping us out on processes while also making sure we were able to own and drive any decisions ourselves. Tom was also really supportive of my career building and only really just got started along that path with me before I left, but even so, he’s had an impact on my plans and aspirations. I'm really interested to see what changes Tom makes at Gousto to help drive the culture in both Tech and across the business as he was starting up a few projects to make it a better place to work long-term. ”

“It has been a pleasure working with Tom. He is extremely proactive and always looking to improve how the team delivers products. Tom’s clear and no-nonsense leadership has been instrumental in delivering some key microservices for Compare the Market. I would recommend him without hesitation.”

“Tom has a solid knowledge of agile (especially scrum). He is very good at keeping the team focused and protecting it from the corporate noise. I particularly liked Tom for his directness, no-fluffy management and clear communication. He is not afraid of asking the hard questions to get everything crystal clear. I enjoyed mostly asking Tom's opinion on different agile situations. It was always helpful to view the problem from his point of view. I have learnt in the past 3 years that I can always count on Tom's refreshing opinion and out of the box solutions. I hope we will exchange agile opinions again in future! ”

“Tom is an incredibly results-oriented person. His creativity and out-of-the-box thinking in Agile methodologies always impress me. He is also very disciplined and well organised. As a development manager he knows how to assemble a great team and setup a perfect work atmosphere. Tom is also a great line manager. He helped me to be constantly on track with my personal development within the company. If you are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Agile expert or development manager, you _definitely_ shouldn't think twice before choosing him.”

“I was working under Tom's management for around 4 years. I really liked working with him because he built a very good balance between flexibility and knowing when we could break the rules. As a result, we experienced a disciplined but relaxed working environment under his management. He implemented Scrum almost from the scratch and we mixed and matched things as we went. By following his tips, we became a successful, self organised agile team in TomTom. Tom was also a great line manager; one thing we changed that stands out is our format of doing yearly objectives to much shorter term so they would fit us in the team a lot better and so we could actually have more relevant and interesting objectives, along with the regular 1:1s, team outings lunches etc Tom always worked really closely without me ever having to worry about any sort of micromanagement. I hope to work with Tom in the near future and I would definitely recommend him as an agile expert and team manager.”

“I worked with Tom for more than 2 years. As a manager he created a really comfortable environment around the team, making it very productive. It was a great inspiration for the Agile methodologies. He helped me a lot during my period as Scrum Master.”

“Tom has been my line manager for about 2.5 years. During that time I have come to know him as a manager who keeps up to date with the people he manages with regular one-on-ones and also tries to solve any problems that may arise. The same can be said of his role as Scrum master/Agile coach in which he applies agile principles to solve, streamline or improve the process. He is also not afraid to try something new and drop it if it doesn't work.”

“Tom is the kind of manager every competent developer would prefer - facilitating the smoothness of the process, rather than micro-managing. His agile competence means that the team doesn't blindly follow a set of prescriptions, but gets things done in a manner most appropriate for the context. And the positive atmosphere that Tom creates is rather important for a team-focused effort.”

“Working with Tom has been a great experience! He’s a real expert of agile methodologies with a strong experience in coaching and managing distributed and collocated teams. Agile is a complete failure if you apply it by the book and without focusing on the people first. He's also your ideal Line Manager, passionate and always open and honest, never micromanaging or playing games. He has always been a facilitator and an "enabler", setting up frequent 1:1 to keep track of performances and people needs, empowering others and supporting them in building up their career. As Product Owner of the mydrive.tomtom.com web portal, he has been able to effectively manage the backlog of the involved devops teams, defining mature stories with clear priorities. Having Tom in your team is therefore a guarantee of success, building up an happy agile dream team will always be his main priority.”

“Tom is enthusiastic and proactive advocate of Agile methodologies. He is very attentive to teams, working to get the best out of developers and making sure we all enjoy what we do; encourages innovating and experimenting as well. We had interesting discussions on certain topics that broaden our Agile horizons. Acknowledging our different styles of approaching things we constructively used them as complimentary to each other when resolving issues: like team sizes, team dynamics, resolving impediments, backlog, roles in the team, etc. As Agile coach Tom contributed to my learning.”

“I worked in one of Tom's teams for about a year and a half. During this period Tom showed good knowledge of Scrum and other agile methodologies. More important: he knew the intentions and core values of agile. Tom is able to adopt the way he approaches and practices agile to the circumstances: agile is all about being flexible! Tom also managed the teams well: paying attention to matching personalities in the teams in order to make a great place to work for the developers. I would recommend Tom.”

“Tom put together a great team from scratch when we moved a chunk of our development capability offshore and was key to getting us integrated with them professionally and socially as well as one of our first truly Agile (scrum) teams. An attentive manager and excellent host, he laid the foundations for what's still a thriving example of co-located development.”

“Tom has proven himself a great asset to the organisation. He has strong knowledge & experience in Agile/Scrum methodologies and has been at the fore-front of modifying existing processes to increase the throughput of the development and QA teams.”

“Tom has taken the role of QA Manager at Launchpad within Orange into a much more agile-oriented style, with his experience of Scrum and other Agile principles, he has provided his team with the opportunity to use their initiative while also mentoring when necessary. Tom manages the relationship with the business in a professional manner while always maintaining the QA position and supporting his staff. Alongside his working relationship with his colleagues and team, Tom is also a pleasure to know outside of the office and I would highly recommend him for QA Manager.”