We are proud to announce that three members of our leadership team, Reema, Jacob, and Adam, have each achieved Platinum OMVP (Optimizely Most Valuable Professional) status.
This is the highest level of individual accreditation within the Optimizely ecosystem, awarded to professionals who demonstrate sustained technical excellence, thought leadership, and meaningful contribution to the community.
If your organisation runs business-critical websites and digital services on Optimizely, this is a strong signal that you're working with people who really know the platform and how to get measurable results from it.
What is Platinum OMVP status?
The Optimizely Most Valuable Professional (OMVP) programme recognises individuals who make exceptional contributions to the platform and community.
Platinum status is the highest level within this programme.
In practice, it means:
- Proven expertise in delivering successful Optimizely implementations
- Deep understanding of platform capabilities and best practice
- Active leadership within the Optimizely ecosystem
- Commitment to innovation and continuous improvement
- Formal recognition by Optimizely that your work is making a measurable difference
For anyone investing in a business-critical digital platform, it's reassuring to know the people you're working with have earned this kind of recognition through proven, hands on experience.
The people behind the achievement
Reema Pathak – Director of Growth
Reema brings over 20 years of commercial and leadership experience to DotCentric. Having previously served as UK Managing Director of Optimizely (formerly Episerver), her focus has consistently been on:
- Building strategic partnerships with global enterprises and leading product growth across regions
- Connecting customer insight to digital platform capabilities that drive results
- Helping organisations align their digital investment with the “real jobs to be done” to deliver better business outcomes
- Coaching and developing senior leadership teams to manage business growth and change more efficiently
Her Platinum OMVP status (strategy) reflects her unique experience of someone who has led within the Optimizely ecosystem and brings product knowledge and understanding how to help solve clients challenges through
Jacob Spencer – Head of Engineering
Jacob leads DotCentric's development and QA teams, specialising in the architecture and build of enterprise-level DXP, CMS and commerce solutions on Optimizely and Umbraco.
With over 15 years of experience, he has played a key role in:
- Designing and building enterprise-level solutions across Optimizely and Umbraco
- Building and mentoring high-performing engineering teams that deliver secure, accessible and future-proof platforms
- Driving best practice across clean code, test automation, DevOps automation and performance optimisation
- Ensuring every solution scales with client demand while remaining easy to maintain and extend
His Platinum OMVP recognition reflects not just deep platform knowledge, but the kind of engineering leadership that makes complex implementations work in the long run.
Adam Boulahlib – Director of Operations
Adam oversees operations at DotCentric, ensuring projects run on time and to the highest standards of delivery. With a proven track record managing large-scale DXP re-platforming and continuous-improvement programmes.
He has built a reputation for:
- Building multidisciplinary teams and governance frameworks that take the risk out of complex digital projects
- Driving process optimisation and client transparency at every stage of delivery
- Keeping programmes on track, predictably, sustainably, and without compromising on quality
- Helping clients navigate the operational complexity that large-scale platform programmes inevitably bring
His Platinum OMVP status is a recognition that operational leadership is just as critical to digital transformation as the technology itself and that the best platform in the world will only deliver if the delivery behind it is equally strong.
What this means for our clients
Ultimately, expertise only matters if it translates into outcomes.
Platinum OMVP status reflects real, hands-on experience delivering complex platforms where performance, reliability, and scalability are essential.
Here's what that looks like in practice:
Technical capability: Deep platform knowledge applied to architecture, integration, and performance.
Delivery reliability: Proven frameworks and practices that support predictable, sustainable delivery.
Platform confidence: Experienced practitioners who understand how to operate and evolve business-critical systems.
A shared achievement
Honestly, this recognition wouldn't mean as much without the organisations we work with. Our clients' ambition to deliver better digital experiences and their willingness to tackle complex challenges head-on is what drives us to keep improving.
We're proud to be active contributors to the Optimizely community and to keep raising the bar for what great digital delivery looks like.
