Nick McKenna

Since 2004, Nick McKenna, BSc, MBCS has been the CEO and founder of McKenna Consultants. He holds a First Class Honours degree in Computer Science and has been a professional programmer for over 27 years, having written his first program at the age of nine on a BBC Micro. Nick is a full member of the British Computer Society (MBCS) and has led the company from a small bespoke development consultancy into a recognised specialist in Microsoft document integration, B2B eCommerce and applied artificial intelligence. Nick now leads the company's AI-first transformation. He is responsible for the technical strategy behind McKenna Consultants' enterprise AI agent work and the firm's investment in AI-accelerated software delivery — using large language models and AI tooling to compress build timelines for clients while raising, rather than diluting, engineering quality. His day-to-day client work focuses on the areas he has spent the longest in: WOPI integration through the Microsoft Cloud Storage Partner Program, SharePoint Embedded as the modern API-only successor to WOPI, Office Add-In development for Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, B2B eCommerce on Elastic Path, and Microsoft Azure cloud architecture. He has been the lead consultant on projects for SaaS vendors, regulated enterprises, public-sector organisations and international engineering firms. Nick writes regularly on the McKenna Consultants blog about WOPI, SharePoint Embedded, Office Add-Ins and AI agent architecture, and speaks at industry events on AI in professional services and on the realities of embedding Microsoft 365 into third-party SaaS products. Outside work, Nick is a professional scuba diving instructor and holds a Black Belt 5th Dan in Karate.