Consultancy
Marcus Povey, was the Senior architect on the team that developed the open source social networking platform, Elgg, currently being used by institutions such as Harvard University, the United Nations and the World Bank.
During his career, he has also developed a secure medical platform used by hundreds of patients on various medical trials. This allowed operations to be streamlined, resulting in reduced costs and improved patient experience.
He is an experienced platform engineer with many years of experience he can bring a wealth of experience to you and your company helping with your team, strategy and any number of technical challenges.
Elgg development, consultancy and premium support.
As a core developer working on Elgg and architect of many of Elgg’s key features, there are few who know Elgg better.
- Installation, configuration and premium support of your Elgg install. Advice on infrastructure and scaling, incident management & your Elgg questions answered: From £60 ph / Daily and longer term rates available.
- Custom development. New features implemented & plugins developed: From £495 per day / per project quotes available.
Custom web application and platform development.
I have detailed industry experience in the languages and technologies you need to build scalable and secure online applications and the platforms they run on. I have knowledge of the whole application stack, from bare metal up to web browser.
I can guide your project through a complete life cycle, from design to release. I can also work closely with your own staff, providing training where required.
Do the tools you need not exist yet?
Software project management
Do you need expert technical or strategic advice for your company but don’t want the expense of hiring a full time member of staff?
I can help!
I can supervise your team, using experience gained in other projects to avoid costly mistakes. I can give creative input as well as providing strategic advice.
“Do you have an awesome idea but don’t know how to make it happen? I can help!”




















