Connor Read Email & Phone Number

Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

• Crowdhelix is an Open Innovation platform that forges links between an international network of excellent researchers and innovating companies, so that they can plan, deliver, and exploit pioneering collaborative.
• Laravel, VueJS and GraphQL development for re-platforming an open innovation app in the academic research space
• Developing in a tight-knit startup environment adopting Agile principles to deploy on-time and within budget, utilising test driven development (TDD) practices
• Playing a pivotal role in weekly meetings, collaborating with team members to translate requirements into user stories
• Utilising Github for version control and Shortcut for project management
• Built CI/CD pipelines leveraging Github Actions

Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Consulted for Atos Syntel, focused on introducing the latest Identity Management technologies for the Client using Okta, Java and Terraform
• Collaborated with a large team to deliver a company-wide project on-time. Planned and executed the creation of SSO SAML Okta applications that were crucial to success. This involved implementing a new feature within 3.
• Coordinated the registration and amendment of Okta applications using Terraform
• Facilitated Okta technical support in the case of arising issues for all environments including Production
• Implemented time-saving solutions by automating diagnostics in Java

• Inspired confidence in GCSE/A-level students to see their potential and motivated many to pursue a career in STEM
• Took many students from average (B) to high (A*) grades with some being admitted to prestigious institutions, including Oxford University

• Made major contributions to the publication of a scientific paper in a high impact factor journal (>100 citations)
• Led the design, fabrication and testing of spray-coated solar cell technology with a team of researchers
• Developed Python code that applied machine learning algorithms to large datasets in order to gain valuable insights

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

• Engaged in teaching and outreach events
• Applied an enthusiastic approach to engage students, whether they were prospective undergraduates or high school pupils just getting in to science

Master'S Degree Mphys, Physics, 2:1

Education record

A Levels: Mathematics - A* Physics - A Chemistry - A EPQ - A* AS Levels: Further Mathematics - A Biology - A