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Clear thinking about charity tech

Hi, I’m Chris.

// charity sector technologist

I help charities choose, set up, and build the software they need - and make sure it actually makes sense to the people using it.

Having spent 14 years working in the charity sector, I know technical expertise is only part of the equation. Real change comes from understanding an organisation properly—its people, its quirks, and how the day-to-day work serves the mission.

I’m not tied to any one platform. I’ve done a lot with Salesforce, but also recently built solutions with Bubble and Zapier, and as a full-stack engineer I can write custom code when nothing off-the-shelf fits. The right tool depends on the problem, not the other way round.

I first taught myself to configure Salesforce out of necessity, to help the charity I worked for scale up. Since then I’ve been on a mission to give the sector software it can actually own and maintain—and to build lasting capacity within the organisations I work with. More about me and what I do.

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