Chris Hedgate

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Head of Development at PinMeTo @ PinMeTo
Chris Hedgate's Location
Lomma, Skåne County, Sweden, Sweden
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About Chris Hedgate

I am a veteran of over 25 years in software development with a broad experience from different roles and industries, including more than half of this time in various management and product leadership positions. With my values and principles grounded in agile software development, my expertise and passion is the intersection of people, process and product. 
I help organizations, teams and individuals create high quality software by fostering an environment that empower people to solve problems and collaborate effectively.

Chris Hedgate's Current Company Details
PinMeTo

Pinmeto

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Head of Development at PinMeTo
Chris Hedgate Work Experience Details
  • Pinmeto
    Head Of Development
    Pinmeto Jan 2024 - Present
    Malmö, Skane County, Se
    Responsible for product development (including development, design, and testing) at PinMeTo, building a SaaS platform that connects multi-location brands with the biggest search, map, and social media platforms.
  • Pinmeto
    Engineering Manager
    Pinmeto Oct 2022 - Jan 2024
    Malmö, Skane County, Se
    Responsible for the engineering department at PinMeTo, building a SaaS platform that connects multi-location brands with the biggest search, map, and social media platforms.
  • Self-Employed
    Technical Consultant, Speaker And Coach
    Self-Employed May 2009 - Present
    As a technical management consultant I support my clients on topics such as agile software development, teamwork and collaboration.Examples of my assignments:* Technical management consulting, such as advising on technology strategy and evaluating products and codebases* Acting in various technical roles, from agile coaching to managing product development teams* Professional coaching for individuals* Planning and facilitation of workshops, meetings and retrospectives* Training through courses and seminars
  • Joint Academy
    Vp Of Engineering
    Joint Academy May 2022 - Oct 2022
    Malmo, Skane, Se
    I am responsible for all of the engineers working in our product development teams at Joint Academy. Together, the teams manage our mobile and web products for patients suffering from chronic joint pain and the physiotherapists that treat them. I work in close collaboration with our product managers to ensure that the teams are focused on delivering both the technical and commercial results required in a fast paced and growing scaleup company.
  • Joint Academy
    Engineering Manager
    Joint Academy May 2021 - May 2022
    Malmo, Skane, Se
    Line manager for multiple product development teams at Joint Academy.
  • Axis Communications
    Engineering Manager
    Axis Communications Jan 2019 - May 2021
    Lund, Skåne, Se
    Line manager for the Application Partners team in R&D at Axis. As an Engineering Manager my focus was on developing the people in my teams and creating an empowering environment where the teams have clear goals and everything they need to execute on them with high engineering standards.
  • Kwiff
    Senior Technical Advisor
    Kwiff Nov 2018 - Dec 2018
    London, Gb
  • Kwiff
    Cto
    Kwiff Apr 2015 - Nov 2018
    London, Gb
    kwiff / Gaming Factory / Eaton Gate Gaming is a rapidly growing startup in the online gambling industry, implementing and operating the innovative mobile gaming app kwiff.As CTO I was part of the company from when it was founded, with responsibility for everything related to technology and product development.* As part of the senior management team defining the strategy and vision for the company.* Creating and leading a world-class tech organisation of 35+ mobile app developers, backend system developers, DevOps engineers, testers and data scientists.* Driving the design and implementation of the architecture and infrastructure for our bespoke gaming platform.* Working closely with product owners and stakeholders such as finance, compliance and marketing to define specifications for the product.* Coordinating external contractors (in-house and outsourced) as needed to boost the capacity of the tech organisation.Key technologies we use include AWS, Kubernetes, Node.js, Angular.js, native iOS and Android, MySQL.
  • Football Utd
    Cto
    Football Utd Oct 2013 - Apr 2015
    Football Utd has built a network of professional tipsters specialized at betting on football. Through the technical platform of Football Utd these tipsters post tips based on bets they have placed with various betting companies, and these tips are then distributed to end customers.As CTO for this startup I was responsible for and fully hands-on with the implementation and operation of all parts of the service, including web sites and mobile apps with integrations to sports betting operators. Key technologies used include Ruby, Ionic, PostgreSQL and Heroku.
  • Edumanity
    Technical Project Manager (Contract)
    Edumanity Apr 2014 - Dec 2014
    Malmö, Se
    Edumanity is an e-learning company with an innovative learning process. I was brought in as a contractor to manage the technical side when they were awarded a United Nations endorsed project to build a new technical platform and mobile web application based on this process. I was responsible for planning and co-ordinating the development work done by external contractors.Key technologies included Javascript/Node.js, PostgreSQL and Rackspace.
  • Spelkultur I Malmö Ab
    Product And Development Director For Hattrick
    Spelkultur I Malmö Ab Jul 2012 - Aug 2013
    I managed everything related to our main product Hattrick, the original and free online football management game. This included staff management, project and product portfolio management, strategic planning, daily operations and more. I had about 15 employees who reported to me and whom I depended on for us to achieve the amazing results we did. Together with the CEO and the Marketing Director we touched everything that drove the company and product forward.
  • Spelkultur I Malmö Ab
    Ceo And Development Manager
    Spelkultur I Malmö Ab Aug 2010 - Jul 2012
    I was responsible for building a new development organization to take over the development and maintenance of Hattrick, the original and free online football management game. This involved everything from recruiting a development team to planning projects and managing the day to day work. When Hattrick, and Spelkultur, was bought by a third party I moved focus more to the product and development and less on administrative tasks.
  • Xp2012 Conference
    Program Design Co-Chair
    Xp2012 Conference Apr 2011 - May 2012
    As a member of the XP2012 conference program committee I was part of the group creating the program. Over a few months we took on applications for potential speakers at the conference, evaluated them, worked with the speakers to refine their suggestions and finally put together the program.
  • Hattrick Ltd.
    Advisory Board Member
    Hattrick Ltd. Aug 2009 - Apr 2012
    Gi
    Holding leadership positions in first Extralives, then Spelkultur, the companies that developed and operated the game Hattrick, I was a member of the advisory board of the parent company. In quarterly meetings we discussed and planned strategies for the company and the games it operated.
  • Øredev
    Member Of Program Committee
    Øredev Feb 2010 - Nov 2011
    Malmö, Se
    I was a member of the program committee for the 2011 and 2010 Øredev conference in Malmö, Sweden. Responsible for the content of the tracks Collaboration and Agile.
  • Extralives Ab
    Development Manager - Hattrick
    Extralives Ab May 2009 - Aug 2010
    Se
    Hattrick is the original online football management game. Extralives was responsible for the development and maintenance of the game and everything around it. As development manager I was responsible for organizing the team, coordinating projects and tasks and also took part in the daily work of the team as a senior developer. I was also a member of the advisory board for Hattrick Ltd, the company operating Hattrick.
  • Blueplane
    Co-Founder And Consultant
    Blueplane Sep 2007 - May 2009
    I co-founded Blueplane together with Andrés Taylor and Marcus Widerberg, and later we recruited Joakim Karlsson as a partner. Our mission was to help software development organizations continuously improve, focusing on three key areas; process, technology and collaboration.I worked with multiple clients on project and organizational assessments, technical mentoring assignments, and agile transformation initiatives. Together with my partners I was also involved in sales and marketing and all other aspects of running the company.
  • Epsilon It (Now Åf)
    Senior Consultant
    Epsilon It (Now Åf) Oct 2006 - Aug 2007
    I was recruited to join and help build Epsilon IT (now part of ÅF) from the start of the company. Apart from consulting with clients I was also involved in recruiting, competence increasing activities and marketing through public speaking engagements.As a consultant I worked as a senior developer in a very large client project, implementing a new framework for building client-side applications to operate the customer’s hardware.
  • Dotway
    Consultant
    Dotway Nov 2004 - Oct 2006
    Malmö, Se
    As a consultant at Dotway I worked both inhouse and at clients as a developer, tech lead, mentor and agile coach.
  • Extralives
    Database Specialist
    Extralives Oct 2003 - Nov 2004
    Se
    As the first paid employee of this startup I worked as a developer focusing specifically on the database systems. During this very expansive growth period the number of users as well as amount of data doubled about at the rate of every three months, and a large part of our focus was on continually monitoring and improving the performance.
  • Apptus Technologies
    Database Specialist
    Apptus Technologies Oct 2000 - Oct 2003
    Lund, Se
    As a consultant at Apptus I worked on both inhouse and external client projects. My main focus was on Microsoft SQL Server and .Net development, but I also contributed to our proprietary data management platform built in Java. During the later part of my time at Apptus I also was involved in a lot of technical presales work.
  • Merkantildata
    Consultant
    Merkantildata Jun 1998 - Oct 2000
    No
    I worked mainly as a developer on inhouse client projects, sometimes alone and at other times as art of a larger team. I also did a lot of techical presales work, wrote estimates and quotes for client projects and evaluated new technologies.

Chris Hedgate Skills

Scrum Agile Methodologies Software Development Agile Project Management Test Driven Development Team Leadership Web Development Software Project Management Extreme Programming Databases Software Design Continuous Integration Start Ups Project Management Mobile Applications Program Management Leadership Retrospectives Game Development Team Building Coaching Lean Software Development Web Applications Monetization Social Games Product Management Organizational Development Knowledge Management Process Improvement Collaboration Teamwork Team Effectiveness Personal Coaching Group Workshops Architecture Change Management Communication Analytics Strategic Planning Operations Management Recruiting Consulting Management Strategy

Chris Hedgate Education Details

  • Ihm Business School
    Ihm Business School
    And Related Support Services
  • Coachcompanion
    Coachcompanion
    Coaching
  • Lund University
    Lund University
    Software Development

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Chris Hedgate's current role is Head of Development at PinMeTo.

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