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John Cairney

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General Manager, Digital Strategy, Architecture & Platforms at Scottish Water
📍 Greater Edinburgh Area, United Kingdom

John is a seasoned technology leader at Scottish Water, driving the companys digital transformation with a focus on AI, cloud computing, and automation. He has a passion for technology that simplifies work and enhances productivity, ensuring solutions are future-ready and commercially sound. People who have worked with him describe him as tenacious, intelligent, and conscientious.

Outside of his professional life, John values the opportunity to slow down, reflect on the past year, and plan for the future. He particularly appreciates spending this time with his family, an outlook he notes is shaped by not having children of his own.

Under his leadership, Scottish Water became one of the first organizations to implement and embed Microsoft Co-Pilot and custom GPTs at scale.

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General Manager, Digital Strategy, Architecture & Platforms
Location
Greater Edinburgh Area, United Kingdom
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Generative AI Adoption
He is driving Scottish Water's strategy with a focus on AI, including leading one of the first enterprise-scale implementations of Microsoft Co-Pilot and custom GPTs.
Cloud-First Strategy
He is transforming the company's tech infrastructure with a cloud-first approach and is actively hiring for Azure cloud engineering roles to build their next-gen platform.
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Career

Work history

3-2024
General Manager, Digital Strategy, Architecture & Platforms
Scottish Water
4-2014 - 2-2024
Head of Digital Strategy & Architecture
Scottish Water
2-2010 - 3-2014
Principal Solution Architect / Solution Owner / Account CTO
Fujitsu Services
1999 - 4-2010
Senior Solution Architect / Lead Technical Design Authority
Fujitsu Services
1997 - 1999
Freelance IT Consultant
Freelance
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