About John Kesterton
Meet John Kesterton, the Technical Director at Support Stack, John’s priority is helping organisations simplify technology, make their systems more secure, and build an IT environment that can support long term growth.
With over 20 years of experience in software engineering, systems integration, infrastructure, and IT consultancy John has developed deep technical knowledge and an understanding of the challenges businesses face everyday.
Every business is unique, with its own goals, pressures and ways of working. That’s why John makes sure he understands each business he works with before jumping to a solution. He takes pride in developing long-term partnerships, providing no nonsense advice and creating technology strategies that have a visible impact.
John’s experience helps him identify lasting solutions that improve reliability, strengthen security, and support long term performance.
John believes technology should empower businesses, not impede them.
Career Highlights
John has extensive experience in software engineering, systems integration, cloud infrastructure, and technical programme management.
Technical Director at Ndaba Ltd: As Technical Director at Ndaba Ltd, he leads systems integration projects, helping businesses build scalable web applications, SaaS platforms, and bespoke software that improves performance and supports growth.
Systems Engineer at Seme NEDIS Ltd: Previously, as a Systems Engineer at Seme NEDIS Ltd, John developed software solutions for clients across a range of industries, solving complex technical challenges and improving day to day operations.
International IT Projects: John has also led global IT development and systems integration projects, delivering large scale programmes with cross functional teams.
Skills and Expertise
John’s technical knowledge covers:
- Software engineering
- Systems integration
- Cloud infrastructure
- AWS
- Laravel
- PostgreSQL
- PHPUnit
- Systems administration
- Secure file transfer protocols
- IT strategy
Approach
John starts with understanding the organisation, how the business works and what it’s trying to achieve. He identifies weaknesses, offers practical solutions and implements technology to support day to day activity and growth.
As technical director, John communicates technical concepts clearly, provides straight talking advice and is solutions focused to deliver long-term value. With both commercial awareness and technical expertise John’s clients can have confidence in every technology decision.
Connect with me
Every business faces different technology challenges. I enjoy working with business leaders to find practical solutions that make a real difference.
If you would like to discuss your IT strategy or an upcoming project, please do not hesitate to connect with me.