Summary
Alex Shaw is a seasoned product and technology leader with 24 years’ experience building product-centric organisations, high-performing engineering cultures, and outcome-focused teams across legal, consumer and enterprise markets. Currently driving Mishcon de Reya’s shift to a product operating model and simultaneously advising as CTO at MDRx, he blends strategic vision with hands-on delivery across cloud platforms, data science and ML initiatives. He has a strong track record of transforming delivery—introducing DORA metrics, microservices and DevOps practices—to achieve rapid lead times, high uptime and exceptional NPS scores. Alex has repeatedly scaled teams and processes (from startups to 1000+ employee reorganisations), led ISO 27001 efforts and shipped generative AI/LLM integrations that opened new revenue streams. Based in London, he also teaches software engineering, bringing practical industry insights back into the classroom and into board-level change programmes.
24 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Business Information Technology, Business Information Technology at Northumbria University