Shaun Dicker

Hello, I’m Shaun. I help software teams turn complex delivery into steady flow.

I’m a delivery lead and programme manager with 25+ years shipping software for blue-chip enterprises, most recently four years at Equal Experts, three embedded as Delivery Lead at the John Lewis Partnership. I bring order to messy, multi-supplier delivery: clear ownership, steady cadence, teams that trust each other and ship. I came up through engineering, I stay current with modern practice, and I’m putting AI to work across the SDLC. I write here about delivery leadership, flow, and what AI is really changing in how software gets built.

Off the clock, I’m a husband, dog dad to four French Bulldogs, and an unrepentant Star Wars and video game geek.

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What I’ve helped teams deliver

John Lewis Partnership

Delivery Lead, 2022 to 2025

  • From a standing start to 18 data products across Banking and Insurance in three years.
  • Delivery cadence up from zero deployments to multiple releases a day.
  • Flow metrics across 17 data engineering teams.
  • Data-governance maturity (CDMC) up 25% in a year.
  • New data-product engineering cut from months to hours.

Intervate

Software Engineer to Senior Programme Manager, 1999 to 2019

  • Ran a PMO of ~50 concurrent projects and 11 project managers.
  • Led teams of up to 30+ on solutions worth R500k to R10m.
  • Lifted gross margin across 65+ consultants.
  • Ran an M&A operational integration.

Equal Experts

Head of Consulting, 2025 to 2026

  • Helped scale the SA unit toward 270 consultants (80+ hired in-year).
  • Absorbed the largest-ever intake with ≤2% on the bench.
  • Joiner operating model 98% of new joiners recommend.
  • Wove AI agents and self-built workflows into the operating model.

What people say

“Shaun ranks as one of the best people I have ever had the privilege to work with… an essential element to our company’s success all the way from start-up to eventual sale… the person you want in your team to run complex projects or to drive execution across your entire organisation.”

Founder & Director, Intervate

“He took this team from delivering its first Data Product… [to] a wide range of Data Products across Banking, Insurance and Payments… An asset to any team set up!”

Data / AI Platform Delivery & Operations Manager, John Lewis Partnership

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