Location: Oxford, UK
Remote: Yes or local
Willing to relocate: No
Expert Technologies: PHP5 (Symfony2, MODX, WordPress), ElasticSearch, Salesforce, System Integration, Data Processing, Continuous deployment, RDBMS, PDF generation, graphics algorithms (custom graphing/charting), analytics & user tracking, Git, HTML5/CSS, JavaScript & jQuery, Change management, coaching. DevOps & monitoring. System design, planning & technical strategy.
Am pragmatic - get the business built, deal with technical debt along the way.
Other likes: UX research & design. I am a user advocate and will champion their cause. Enjoy Product managing and keeping it on-vision. Business development and strategy.
Non-expert: JS frameworks (in line with pragmatic view, waiting for market to settle down - AngularJS, EmberJS, React). Visualization (D3 et al). Dashboard design. CRO. Graph databases. Working on improving my management and negotiation skills.
Enjoy new ideas.
Resume: 15 years' experience as consultant and business owner. Consulting CTO. I enjoy startups & training/progressing staff. Worked with one fintech startup founder taking his idea to £1M funded w in-house dev team, another startup training dev team on best practices & setting them on a productive trajectory. Trained both to use Git effectively (so many teams struggle!)
http://uk.linkedin.com/in/peterbowyer
Background in computational physics, but bit rusty now!
Email: peter+hnmar15 [ at] peterbowyer[dot ]co.uk