Summary
Christopher Marsh is a Technical Architect at AKQA, and a passionate technologist. He works with teams of software engineers to design and deliver technical solutions to business problems, for clients such as Fiat, Acer and Heineken.
For more than ten years, Christopher has specialised in building web applications using Microsoft technologies; providing internal training on frameworks, patterns and practices. He provides technical oversight of software engineering effort, ensuring that the quality attributes of a system meet requirements, and acts as liaison between business owners and technical practitioners. When he is not delivering technical leadership to development teams, he provides mentoring services, and evangelises best practices in software engineering and other technical disciplines.
Specialties
Developing high volume, integrated web applications.
Experience
Technical Architect
AKQA
Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry
March 2010 – Present (1 year 11 months)
Responsible for designing technical solutions for £2.5m+ projects producing distributed applications, technical oversight of software engineering effort, ensuring that the quality attributes of a system meet requirements, and providing liaison between business owners and technical practitioners. Also responsible for providing technical leadership within project teams, mentoring members of the technology department, and evangelising best practices in software engineering and other technical disciplines.
Senior Software Engineer
AKQA
Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry
July 2008 – March 2010 (1 year 9 months)
Responsible for the design of object oriented software systems for large multinational clients, leading the technical team through development and integration with external services and relational databases. Promoted the use of configuration management and automation in order to optimise the development effort, increasing the maintainability of the product.
Senior Software Engineer
Priocept Ltd
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry
September 2007 – July 2008 (11 months)
Led a small team in providing software engineering and configuration management expertise to the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and other clients. Worked closely with the in-house technology department at LSE to deliver high quality projects on time and to budget.
Software Developer
Globet Ltd
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry
June 2005 – September 2007 (2 years 4 months)
Responsible for developing and maintaining online gambling and back office systems supporting a £50m+ turnover. Spearheaded an initiative to overhaul the email marketing system, provisioned and configured the required software system, and worked with the marketing team to define and execute a successful online marketing campaign.
Software Engineer/Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1993 – 2005 (12 years)
Responsible for configuring and supporting software systems, providing technical consultancy, and designing and developing websites and web applications across different projects for different companies.