London, UK

Jonathan Lhrar

Enterprise transformation and agile delivery consultant.

I’ve worked in technology for more than 25 years, in France, the US and the UK, starting as a webmaster in the 90s. Today I help organisations improve how they deliver software, for clients including BP, HSBC, the Home Office, the Ministry of Justice and RAF Air Command. I also build my own products, working with AI agents.

Get in touchExperience

Clients and employers

  • BP
  • HSBC
  • Home Office
  • Ministry of Justice
  • RAF Air Command
  • BBC
  • Capgemini
  • Apigee
25+years
in technology, across France, the US and the UK
20teams
supported through a scaled agile transformation of BP’s BPme portfolio
40people
engineers, architects, testers and DevOps specialists in the Home Office team I led
7squads
line-managed as a people lead at BJSS

What I do

Most of my work is with organisations changing how they deliver technology, from the operating model down to individual teams.

01

Enterprise transformation

Target operating models, and helping organisations move from projects to products.

  • Target operating models
  • Value stream mapping
  • Lean portfolio management
  • Working with senior stakeholders
02

Agile delivery at scale

Planning and coordination for programmes where many teams, often from several suppliers, work towards the same outcome.

  • SAFe and PI planning
  • Delivery metrics and reporting
  • RAID and dependency management
  • Azure DevOps and Jira
03

Coaching

Coaching for teams and leadership, and training for Scrum Masters and Product Owners.

  • Team and leadership coaching
  • Scrum Master and Product Owner training
  • Communities of practice
  • Retrospectives, TDD and BDD
04

SDLC modernisation

Improving how software is built and released, including the use of AI coding agents.

  • CI/CD and DevOps
  • Cloud platforms
  • APIs and microservices
  • AI-assisted development

Career

I started in the 90s as a webmaster, when the job covered design, code, servers and deployment.

  1. 1980s

    Paris

    First computers

    Born and raised in Paris. An Apple IIe as a kid, then a Macintosh SE and later a Compaq 486DX, mostly for games.

  2. 1990s

    California

    Webmaster

    Left biochemistry for the early internet. Webmaster for several sites, including Simcombat, handling design, code, servers and deployment. Played in a band in LA.

  3. 2000s

    Paris · London · LA

    Web, mobile and teams

    Webmaster and designer at Natexis Asset Management, then the BBC, technical director at Helpguide.org and mobile at Cellfish.

  4. 2010s

    Paris → London

    Agile delivery

    Agile project management at Capgemini, API programmes at Apigee, then coaching and delivery management for the Home Office, BP and HSBC.

  5. 2020s

    London

    Transformation consulting

    Enterprise transformation for pharmaceutical, defence and public-sector clients. Building my own products with AI agents.

Full experience and timeline

Projects

Outside consulting I build my own products with Claude and Codex, using my own harnesses, skills and review workflows.

MARIAGE on mobile: menu scanning and wine pairing

Food & wineLive · iOS, Android & web

GETMariage

A live food and wine pairing service for guests and restaurants, with mobile apps, payments and analytics.

Jab four-band stereo mixing interface
Jab
Uppercut interface with Depth, Room and Mix controls
Uppercut

Audio pluginsPrivate beta

Jagger Audio

Jab and Uppercut: native audio plugins for stereo balance and front-to-back placement.

AI Workbench development view with sample data

Coding workspaceIn development

AI Workbench

A place to follow coding agents, their work and their reviews.

Dispatch Console’s mobile composer and model controls

AI toolingPersonal workspace

Dispatch Console

Multi-model conversations with engineered review loops, web evidence, escalation and visible costs.

All projectsHow I work with AI
Black-and-white portrait of Jonathan in a cap, playing guitar

Music

In the 90s I played in a band in Los Angeles, at venues including the House of Blues, the Troubadour and the Whisky a Go Go, and worked at LP Studios in Burbank. In London I play guitar with Lord Algae, build my own pedals, create and share NAM amp profiles, and mix in Cubase.

  • Lord Algae
  • Pedal builds
  • NAM profiles
  • Mixing in Cubase
More about music

Aviation

I’ve been interested in military aviation since the flight-sim days, when I was webmaster for Simcombat. My son and I go to air shows every summer. At RAF Air Command, I worked on data science tools alongside some of the most distinguished pilots in the RAF’s history.

  1. WPT 011990s

    Simcombat

    Webmaster for a combat flight simulation site.

  2. WPT 02Every summer

    Air shows

    With my son.

  3. WPT 032020s

    RAF Air Command

    Data science tools, working alongside some of the RAF’s most distinguished pilots.