Benjamin Mallon

Track Record & Commercial Impact

Demonstrated operational outcomes delivering cloud efficiency, architectural resiliency, and organizational velocity across high-scale global environments.

Cloud Economics

Multi-Cloud Cost Optimization & Governance

Achieved a direct, audited saving of £27,000 per month in GCP expenditure through rigorous infrastructure optimization and asset reclamation. Combined this financial governance with a newly designed UK internship program and strategic vendor training initiatives to systematically lower long-term engineering overheads.

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Delivery Velocity

Platform Engineering & Architectural Innovation

Introduced a democratized architecture model that successfully eliminated cross-functional delivery bottlenecks and created clear professional growth paths for senior technical talent. Utilized this modern platform model to accelerate the seamless adoption of cutting-edge AI/ML infrastructure workflows, specifically leveraging Google Vertex AI.

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Risk Mitigation

High-Traffic Resiliency & Rapid Debt Remediation

Delivered record platform uptime in FY25 for global multi-region infrastructures supporting millions of daily active players. Achieved this by embedding proactive monitoring, structured incident response, and advanced reliability engineering practices while concurrently identifying and resolving 130,000+ high/critical vulnerabilities to secure the perimeter.

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Systems Leadership

Global Scale Org Design & Follow-the-Sun Operations

Led a distributed, cross-border cloud engineering function of 25+ senior operators across the UK, Europe, and North America. Expanded global infrastructure resilience by standing up a specialized DBA function in Mexico and building a dedicated Platform Engineering team to support robust, continuous follow-the-sun operations.

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