Head of Software

• Nov 2022 - Present

Scientific Software Group Leader

• Oct 2018 - Nov 2022

Lead the Scientific Software Group within the ISIS Neutron and Muon Facility. My responsibilities include:- Managing a team of around 20 developers spanning three major areas: Data Reduction, Data Analysis/Analytics Projects and Systems/Infrastructure for Data Treatment.- Engage with Senior ISIS and SCD stakeholders to harvest and prioritise requirements for the delivery of key milestones.- Technical management of software development processes using agile practices.- Monitoring and reporting against project timelines.- Provide technical design input into the architecture of new features.- Contribution to the development of key features within our framework using C++/Python. - Member of several committees for the governance of local and international software collaborations and initiatives (e.g. Ada Lovelace Centre Technical Steering Board Member). Show less

Software Engineer

• Oct 2015 - Oct 2018

Key project team member and Senior Developer within the Computing Group of the ISIS Neutron and Muon Facility. My main role involved the delivery of the data reduction software for the European Spallation Source (ESS) as a project team member. My responsibilities included:- Provided technical design input on key areas of the data reduction solutions for the ESS.- Leading several development efforts using the C++/Python programming language.- Developed strategies for the processing of high throughput data. This involved developing understanding of all technologies along the pipeline (Full stack) of the software/hardware infrastructure (e.g. Kafka, HDF5, MPI/OpenMP).- Implementation of features to time and budget.- Working closely with scientists in the development of prototype scientific workflows.- Developing reports and monitoring tasks against project deliverables.- Self-managing software development tasks using an agile process in conjuction with the project manager. Show less

Systems Engineer

• Oct 2013 - Oct 2015

Knowledge Transfer Associate/Software Engineer

• Jun 2014 - Jul 2014

SOFORT knowledge transfer program between FORTH IESL and Photek Limited. SOFORT knowledge transfer program between FORTH IESL and Photek Limited.

Software Development Engineer - KTP Associate

• Oct 2011 - Oct 2013