Peter French

Software Architecture · Engineering Leadership

Services

I help organisations assess, modernise and extend business-critical software, from legacy .NET platforms to practical AI-enabled products.

Start with the outcome, not a predetermined technology

The right engagement may be an independent review, a modernisation roadmap, a focused delivery sprint, an AI proof of value or ongoing technical leadership.

Architecture and technical direction

Independent clarity before a significant technical or commercial commitment.

Architecture Review

Assess structure, delivery risk, resilience and technical debt, then turn the findings into a prioritised improvement roadmap. Focused reviews are scoped around the platform, its risks and the depth of analysis required.

Fractional Technical Leadership

Senior architectural and engineering direction during growth, organisational change or a critical delivery programme.

Modernisation and delivery

Move important software forward while protecting customers, operations and accumulated business knowledge.

Legacy .NET Modernisation

Create a staged route from .NET Framework towards modern .NET and Azure without relying on a high-risk rewrite.

Modern .NET & Azure Delivery

Focused delivery for APIs, integrations, cloud services, performance, resilience and production-ready software.

Practical AI enablement

AI Opportunity & Readiness Review

Prioritise valuable use cases, assess data and architecture readiness, and define a governed proof of value. Reviews are scoped around the priority use cases, current readiness and the level of technical validation required.

AI integration and delivery

Design and implement RAG, knowledge assistants, agentic workflows and AI-enabled product capabilities with security, evaluation and human accountability built in.

A typical route from uncertainty to delivery

  1. Assess: establish the problem, evidence, constraints and risks.
  2. Decide: agree priorities, architecture and a proportionate roadmap.
  3. Deliver: run a focused implementation, prototype or stabilisation phase.
  4. Embed: transfer knowledge and provide ongoing leadership where useful.

Start with the decision you need to make

You do not need a perfectly defined brief. Tell me about the platform constraint, delivery problem, AI opportunity or strategic decision that is difficult to resolve.