John Marsden Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

Initially engaged at the behest of a board member for advisory purposes, I conducted a thorough evaluation of the company's technical operations. Transitioning to the role of CTO in Q2 2023, my contributions have been central to the company's transformation into a SaaS business.Key Achievements:- Client Relationship Revitalisation: Transformed client satisfaction, converting clients into advocates.- SaaS Model Transition: Led shift from bespoke software to a scalable SaaS product.- Technical Enhancements: - Implemented new ETL pipeline. - Transitioned to event-based systems and microservices.- Product Transformation Collaboration: Partnered with CPO to develop a core product solution; contributed to a 4x client adoption increase.- Team Reorganisation: Optimised team structure, enhancing efficiency and communication.- Sales and Marketing Support: Involved in pre-sales, strategy development, and stakeholder presentations.

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Vivo Digital Ltd is an innovative privately owned company pioneering IPTV and Digital Signage solutions. We differentiate ourselves through development and design, providing a thorough range of technical solutions in order to deliver on clients specifications. Our systems typically range from 50 to 1000 users and are deployed in hotels, military bases, leisure complexes, student accommodation and schools.I manage all technical aspects of the business including both new and existing IPTV and Digital Signage projects and developments. Some of my responsilbilities include:- Designing bespoke user interfaces and features for our STB range.- Integration of new STBs to our TV system.- Managing a team of remote and local developers.- Project costing and planning.- Calculating integration deadlines to ensure bespoke work is completed for clients on time and in budget.- Market research and technical feasibility studies.- Product design (software / hardware) and development.- Performance analysis of STB's web engines and apache web servers.- Controlling and maintaining support issues to ensure excellent response times.- Interfacing with clients to give them an understanding of the technology and aid them in making the best choice to suit their projects requirements.

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Vivo Digital Ltd is an innovative privately owned company pioneering IPTV and Digital Signage solutions. We differentiate ourselves through development and design, providing a thorough range of technical solutions for delivering clients specifications. Our systems typically range from 50 to 1000 users and are deployed in hotels, military bases, leisure complexes, student accommodation and schools.Some consultancy work due to the high demand:Complete design and programming of an interface to provide Live TV viewing/recording as well as VOD play back including third party online services such as BBC iPlayer via standard web browsers.Set top box software rework.

United Kingdom

At Nixplay, we enable families and friends to privately share memories through our platform and enjoy them in their homes through our beautiful Smart Frames. Our ownership of the entire journey from the product design and manufacturing through to our sophisticated cloud platform and software affords us with the opportunity to build unique and engaging experiences for our users.

United Kingdom

My duties at Nixplay include but are not limited to:- Managing and growing a medium size team of full stack javascript (node.js/AngularJS), mobile and consumer electronic developers.- Development strategies and future system feature designs.- Design and implementation of large scale cloud infrastructures from the inception stage, utilising modern micro services architectures (AWS).- Implementing modern development practises, including TDD, version control, CI/DI, automation and containers. - Web application and database design including UI and UX, Hardware UI design.- Implementation of monitoring systems and data statistics collecting.

Cardiff, United Kingdom

I worked as a product developer and was involved in the VoIP and IPTV space. One of the major projects that I worked on was a VoIP SIP phone and the design and creation of a Trixbox based IP PBX.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Computer Science

A Levels

Activities and Societies: Rugby CCF