Peter Hepburn

Peter knew from the moment he finished his first program on his Commodore 64 that career in technology lay ahead. Initially wanting to develop games and code all day, after getting his first full-time job as a software engineer, he has found himself fascinated and perplexed by the problems encountered within organizations and how they were using technology.

Over the next 10 years, he worked less as a software engineer and more as, initially, an integration consultant eventually becoming the solution architect, working directly with organizations to design and implement purchase to pay solutions. Client satisfaction is a key driver for Peter, who always aims to ensure the business and the users are happy at the end of project.

Increasing automation and seamless integration for clients became a passion for Peter, having witnessed the manual processes used by clients, even those who had “automated” systems, but users spent more time in data management than focusing of job specifics, he always targets to reduce user touch points for any process. Integration is almost always key to a successful technology implementation but often it is under appreciated by the business and end-users but when it isn’t great then the user experience is diminished. Therefore, Peter is often the liaison between the client business and IT departments, ensuring that integrations work seamlessly and invisibly to the end user.

Other interests
Peter is based in Scotland and is a family man, who enjoys living in a small village in rural Aberdeenshire. When not walking the dog or playing with the kids, he maintains a collection of “retro” games consoles, a home server and a collection of Raspberry Pi single board computers. Peter considers his greatest achievement (after his children) to be attaining his blackbelt in Tae Kwon Do.

Peter joined Velocity in 2020 and became the first employee of the Velocity Procurement European expansion.

Favourite quote
“Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to go to his class” -General Choi Hong Hi