Background
I’m currently working for Cendyn who produce large scale applications and websites for the hospitality industry but I also have my own company called Big Bear Studios.
I’m a developer with 10 years of experience building high performance games, mobile applications and websites. I’ve worked on five high quality games, over thirty mobile applications across all major platforms, four websites with user bases over 100k users per month and too many small freelance projects to count.
Experience
Lead Software Engineer / Product Lead Giki (2021 – Present)
Giki is an evidence-led B Corp and Social Enterprise. Our mission is to help people cut carbon. The platform helps people understand their personal carbon footprint and then find steps to reduce it.
Achievements:
- TODO
Senior Software Engineer / Team Lead Cendyn (Jan 2016 – 2021)
Cendyn provide hoteliers around the globe with innovative technology solutions that enable deeper, more meaningful guest relationships by empowering hotel staff with the data they need at every touchpoint in the guest journey.
Achievements:
- Managed large scale migration of data for a large profile client
- Release of several large scale enterprise applications
Managing Director / Developer Big Bear Studios Ltd (May 2015 – Present)
Big Bear Studios is a software development company based in the North-East of England. We specialise in mobile, web and games development with over 10 years experience in each of these fields.
We are currently in development of a our first major title for PC and have a wide range of Open Source libraries which can be accessed at Gitlab.
Freelance Developer Ursa Digital (Mar 2010 – Present)
Ursa Digital is the name under which I carry out all of my freelance work from 2010 till present. All of the work I do is contract based and has included both working remote and also on site for various companies in the UK with some high profile clients such as Natwest and the NHS.
Achievements:
– Produced 23 apps for the App Store
– Produced 3 apps for the Android Store
– Produced 2 apps for the Windows Store
– Produced 45 websites ranging from single page applications to large React apps.
Lead Developer Deminos (March 2015 – Jan 2016)
Deminos is a human resources firm which provides services to local businesses around the North-East Area. During my time at Deminos I headed up the development team working on a bespoke HR tool similar to PeopleHR.
Duties included:
– Project Management using Jira
– Fullstack development using Node.js, React
– Maintaining production environment using Ansible and AWS
Fullstack Developer Blooie (Jan 2014 – Feb 2015)
Blooie offered an online chat software which attempted to bring back the face to face sales technique of owning a shop to the online marketplace.
Duties included:
– Mangement of work load using Jira
– Fullstack development using Node.js, Ember.js
Lead Mobile Developer Audacious (Sep 2012 – Jan 2014)
Heading up the mobile development team at Audacious in which I’m tasked with bring the Audacious brand to various mobile platforms which include iOS (iPhone & iPad), Android and Windows mobile.
Duties Included:
– Creation of cross platform applications
– Liaising with the product team to create innovative user experiences
– Training / Mentoring new members of staff
Games Developer Fluid Pixel (Jan 2010 – Mar 2011)
Heading up the mobile development team at Audacious in which I’m tasked with bring the Audacious brand to various mobile platforms which include iOS (iPhone & iPad), Android and Windows mobile.
Duties Included:
– Creation of cross platform applications
– Liaising with the product team to create innovative user experiences
– Training new members of staff
Testimonials
I am currently working with Stuart at the moment as a Junior Android Developer and from day one he has gone out of his way to try and teach me some neat little tricks with code and how to approach different scenarios the most efficiently with maintainable and easily readable code.
Stephen Jefferson, Developer @ Hedgehog Lab
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Stuart has a great understanding of all aspects of mobile application development with deep knowlege of iphone, android and windows mobile platforms – and being able to develop natively accross platforms has been very helpful.
Haniff Din, Visionary Entrepreneurial Digital Architect @ iBod
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I’ve worked on a fair number of projects with Stuart now and have yet to be disappointed with what we managed to accomplish. He always produces high quality, extendable and understandable code, even under the most stressful conditions.
Sean Tromans, Developer @ R8
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I’ve worked with Stuart at both Audacious as a colleague, and also on several side-projects together. Stuart is an excellent developer who genuinely inspires me on a daily basis.
Kerry Gallagher, Developer @ Elastic
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Stuart is an exceptional individual with an outrageous knowledge of every aspect of code.
His attention to detail and ability to fix any issue thrown his way makes him one of the most rock solid people we’ve ever used. Topped with a wry sense of humour and dogged persistence to solve problems, he’s the definition of awesomeness.
Although, the only thing is, we always want him all for ourselves. So if your reading this, I’d have to end with the note to never use him – he’s useless.
Nic Heywood, Owner @ Highground Design
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I have had the privilege of working with Stuart on a high profile DEV project where Stuart brought his excellent programming skills. Stuart is very proactive and always brings creative and innovative ideas and solutions to the task at hand, I have no hesitation in recommending Stuart and hope to employ his services again in the future.
Neil Dixley, Principal Architect @ Orchard Information Systems Limited
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Stuart is a hardworking programmer. His approach to programming is always positive and engaging. He gets work done quickly and efficiently and worked great in solo and group projects. His coding standard is also a pleasure to work with, highly commented and easy to read.
Gavin Woods, Senior Developer @ Blockdaemon