Mark Shipton Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

London, England, Gb

London, England, Gb

London, Uk, Gb

Over 10 years of delivering leading digital products for a wide range of industries including tech (Google), automotive (Ford, Nissan, JLR), TV/media (Sky), entertainment (Sony), mobility (Uber), retail (H&M, LateRooms) and loyalty (Nectar).- Specialised in Android development across multiple platforms (phone, tablet, TV, wearables and voice). Working with Kotlin, Java and Rx. Created Unit, functional and UI test suites and configured their running across a variety of CI systems and device farms.- Founded the Android team and led technical alignment and consistency through mentoring and the development of technical standards. Continued to refine these standards in parallel with Android’s own progression and in collaboration with the team. Instrumental in the team’s recruitment process at all skill levels.- Combined technical depth and product leadership to assist clients with backlog prioritisation and sequencing, release planning and risk management.- Practised and coached clients and team members in a range of agile tools (BDD, story mapping, estimation).- Coordinated and delivered technical handovers for multiple large scale projects. Assisted with recruitment, onboarding and training for the client’s development teams, both domestic and international.- Led the adoption of cross platform technologies (React Native, Flutter) to increase development efficiency and diversify team skills.- Championed the use of data driven design to help shape new products and refine existing ones. Created analytic specifications to help clients answer their most important questions.- Line manager to the Android team members, helping support personal development and career progression.

London, Uk, Gb

London, Uk, Gb

Provided technical consultancy to IoT startup BleepBleeps in the delivery of their second Kickstarter funded project, a baby monitor / sleep trainer. Technologies included Android, Bluetooth, TLS secure sockets and audio streaming via NDK.

Provided technical consultancy to IoT startup BleepBleeps in the delivery of their first Kickstarter funded project, a motion sensor for parents. Technologies included Android, Bluetooth and cloud services.

Seoul, Seoul, Kr

Freelance software development realising YISIA's HCI navigation system for mobile devices.

Founder and creator of the Festival Buddy; a mobile guide to music festivals. Delivered as a white-label app providing line-up information, schedule planning and maps. Licensed for multiple events for Virgin and Sony.

Freelance software development helping Picsel create a mobile publishing platform for Condé Nast magazine content.

Creating pre-installed games and applications for Sendo's range of mobile phones.