James Topham
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Credentials
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Certified ScrumMaster
Scrum AllianceJul, 2017- Nov, 2024
Experience
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BCG Digital Ventures
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United States
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Software Development
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300 - 400 Employee
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Lead Engineer
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Sep 2022 - Present
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IBM iX
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Tech Lead
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Sep 2019 - Sep 2022
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Solution Engineer - Microservices
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Oct 2017 - Sep 2022
Design, create and deploy highly reliable, containerised NodeJS microservices, from scratch, for a high profile mobile app.
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IBM
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Mobile Application Developer
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Mar 2017 - Sep 2022
Developing a hybrid banking app using Apache Cordova. Experience writing front ends in JavaScript (using Sencha and React frameworks), backends in C# interfacing to a multitude of complex systems and native code in Java and Objective C.Working in an cross-discipline, Agile team, ensuring the client is always engaged by regularly demoing our work and refining the requirements.
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Technical Consultant
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Dec 2015 - Sep 2022
DevOps Team Lead:Lead code deployment for the entire project and am responsible for setting up and configuring build and development tools for 150+ team with a focus on open source software. At the heart of this is Jenkins, a Continuous Integration engine which integrates with Mulesoft, Artifactory and RTC, and delivering to multiple environments.Striving to have a fully automated end-to-end build pipeline using cutting edge DevOps tools whilst maintaining vital security layers.Experience with creating complex network and infrastructure architectural designs for high availability environments and part time Linux sysadmin. Show less
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Application Developer
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Oct 2015 - Dec 2015
Created a minimum viable product for a (Windows) phone app that created a security layer between the previously developed hybrid apps (cross platform using Cordova) and ISAM, the security product of choice by the client. This involved using numerous built-in privacy features of the Windows Universal App framework as well as some custom written creations - all based around the OAuth protocol.
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MBDA
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Electronic Engineer (Summer Placement)
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Jun 2013 - Sep 2013
-Worked in a small team to develop a mixed-signal board for a proof of concept study/initial prototype. -Designed an FPGA processor board, including power supplies and motor control, from scratch to a manufactured 16-layer PCB and tested the end product. -Rapidly familiarised myself with complex Xilinx FPGA design tools and wrote drivers in Verilog to allow full system testing. -Authored detailed documentation, justifying design decisions and providing end user guides. -Created automation software (C#) to ensure thorough project testing in a timely fashion Show less
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NASDAG Performance Marketing
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Watford, United Kingdom
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Social Media Co-Ordinator
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Jul 2012 - Oct 2012
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Education
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University of Southampton
Master of Engineering (MEng), Electronic Engineering -
Watford Grammar School for Boys