Stephen Gibson Email & Phone Number

Belfast, Gb

Belfast, United Kingdom

I founded a software consultancy and services business, specialising in product development and cloud-based software architecture. Details about the clients and projects I’ve worked on are detailed below.- Encom Energy-- Created an Energy Management System for residential users to optimise their renewable energy installations (e.g. solar panels, heat pumps, etc).-- This included creating a cloud platform, a mobile app and firmware for a gateway/hub. There are also integrations… Show more I founded a software consultancy and services business, specialising in product development and cloud-based software architecture. Details about the clients and projects I’ve worked on are detailed below.- Encom Energy-- Created an Energy Management System for residential users to optimise their renewable energy installations (e.g. solar panels, heat pumps, etc).-- This included creating a cloud platform, a mobile app and firmware for a gateway/hub. There are also integrations with OCPP EV chargers, immersion heaters, smart plugs and subscription management.-- Involved in as aspects of the project including architecture, product management and software engineering.-- Created an electric vehicle charger, with accompanying software platform and mobile application.- Instil Software-- Subcontracted to a UK Government project responsible for providing a service for people to apply for the EU Settlement Scheme and to provide the mechanism to prove their rights in the UK (e.g. enter, work, settle, healthcare). I worked on the core platform that consumed applications to the scheme and determined someone’s rights. There was a mix of event driven architecture for processing the applications, and RESTful APIs for retrieval of someone’s persisted rights.- Surecert-- Updated SureCert’s core platform to have enterprise integrations with Experian and DocuSign.-- Created new micro-service which integrated with AWS Cognito to enable and control developer access to the core platform via RESTful APIs.- Voscuris-- Integrated Voscuris’ core platform with AWS Cognito to provide user authentication and management.-- Re-architected, implemented and automated their deployment architecture to be 100% AWS based and repeatable across many instances because they have a deployment per customer.-- Added access controls, firewalls and enhanced security because the data they process is very sensitive. Show less

Belfast, United Kingdom

I was responsible for the product and engineering side of the business. When I joined the company the product had been developed by several different services companies, and there was no consistency in between the several applications that formed the platform. I took overall ownership for the product, brought it back to Belfast, and grew a team.I established the engineering practices and lead the team, whilst also carving out time to remain hands-on with the code. I am additionally… Show more I was responsible for the product and engineering side of the business. When I joined the company the product had been developed by several different services companies, and there was no consistency in between the several applications that formed the platform. I took overall ownership for the product, brought it back to Belfast, and grew a team.I established the engineering practices and lead the team, whilst also carving out time to remain hands-on with the code. I am additionally involved in business strategy, planning and sales processes which involved establishing partnerships and early adopter customers.Key achievements:• Re-architected and re-implemented the platform from PoC, to MVP and then fully productised with modularity, elastic scalability and 99.5% stability time.• Drastically improved the user experience and received very positive customer feedback.• Reduced the running costs of the platform by 72%.• Operational excellence in establishment of professional development practices (introduced Scrum, CI, CD, DevOps for deploying and managing multiple environments). Show less

Belfast, United Kingdom

I was responsible for leading the design and implementation on an IoT and Service Creation platform performing multiple roles including Software Architect, Product Owner and Technical Lead. The product is built to leverage the AWS PaaS offering and has a distributed micro-service architecture, whilst enabling ease of extension for specific customer deliverables.I was still hands-on with the code whilst performing the other "bigger picture" roles. I am a keen advocate of automation and… Show more I was responsible for leading the design and implementation on an IoT and Service Creation platform performing multiple roles including Software Architect, Product Owner and Technical Lead. The product is built to leverage the AWS PaaS offering and has a distributed micro-service architecture, whilst enabling ease of extension for specific customer deliverables.I was still hands-on with the code whilst performing the other "bigger picture" roles. I am a keen advocate of automation and best practices, as well as DevOps & CI/CD processes to ensure development and delivery are as streamlined as possible but quality is also high.In addition to technical leadership, I undertook line management duties for several members of staff.My other responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:• Product Owner within Scrum teams• Producing estimates and delivery plan• Qualifying and quantifying feature requests from the Sales organisation• Working with a local marketing and digital design company to improve the product’s UI/UX and sales collateral• Representing the company at conferences and trade showsKey Achievements:• Creating an IoT & Service Creation Platform which specialises in data modelling and security so that it can be used within any industry vertical.• Contributing to the sales process and having a positive effect on wins. Show less

Belfast, United Kingdom

Leading multiple teams of up to 25 Engineers at once working across both the Product Roadmap and customer facing Professional Services organisations.Re-architected the main Product Telco API services to apply a consistent, modular and reusable design. Whilst also improving performance and drastically reducing the time it would take to write new services.Responsible for the architecture, technical design and implementation of large enterprise solutions, whilst also working with… Show more Leading multiple teams of up to 25 Engineers at once working across both the Product Roadmap and customer facing Professional Services organisations.Re-architected the main Product Telco API services to apply a consistent, modular and reusable design. Whilst also improving performance and drastically reducing the time it would take to write new services.Responsible for the architecture, technical design and implementation of large enterprise solutions, whilst also working with the customer to capture requirements and write Technical Specifications.My other responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:- Product Owner within Scrum teams - Leading the project implementation- Working with the Solution Architects to write Functional and Technical Specifications- Producing estimates- Helping the Project Manager plan the project- Assisting and mentoring the other engineers, as well as reviewing and keeping track of their work- Assisting the Test Lead in producing the Test Specification- Track and monitor all technical issues and open questions- Trouble shooting all integration, QA and customer issues Show less

Belfast, United Kingdom

Technical Lead for various Professional Services deliveries. Involved in all aspects of the project life cycle from requirements definitions, planning, design and implementation.For the Technical Lead role my responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:- Designing the project solution- Leading the project implementation- Working with the Solution Architects to write Functional and Technical Specifications- Producing estimates- Helping the Project… Show more Technical Lead for various Professional Services deliveries. Involved in all aspects of the project life cycle from requirements definitions, planning, design and implementation.For the Technical Lead role my responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:- Designing the project solution- Leading the project implementation- Working with the Solution Architects to write Functional and Technical Specifications- Producing estimates- Helping the Project Manager plan the project- Assisting and mentoring the other engineers, as well as reviewing and keeping track of their work- Assisting the Test Lead in producing the Test Specification- Track and monitor all technical issues and open questions- Trouble shooting all integration, QA and customer issues Show less