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    "name": "Geoff Clayton",
    "label": "CTO | Platform Lead | Software Engineer",
    "image": "",
    "email": "me@geoffclayton.com",
    "phone": "+44 7813 894211",
    "url": "https://github.com/jefc1111",
    "summary": "A CTO and career technologist with over a decade of experience shaping end-to-end architecture, product delivery and cyber security for an established full service analytics platform. Experienced in setting company-wide technical strategy, leading engineering teams and delivering technology improvements that create tangible business value. Geoff is a versatile communicator able to align technical decisions with organisational goals in a variety of stakeholder contexts.",
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      "city": "Axminster",
      "countryCode": "UK",
      "region": "Devon"
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      "name": "Bright Analytics",
      "location": "London",
      "description": "Full service data analysis & visualisation platform",
      "position": "CTO",
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      "startDate": "2020-01-01",
      "endDate": "",
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        "Handled all technology and software engineering operations across the company; defined architecture, delivery standards and cyber security practices for the platform.",
        "Developed and executed the product roadmap, introducing scalable microservices, leveraging cloud products to support business growth and evolving usage patterns.",
        "Implemented process improvements and technical best practices; increased development efficiency and reliability of product delivery.",
        "Recruited, mentored, and managed the engineering function; built a high-performing, diverse and geographically distributed team.",
        "Oversaw 3rd party security audits and led remediation efforts, strengthening the platform’s security posture and compliance.",
        "Delivered measurable improvements in platform stability, operational efficiency and client-facing analytics capabilities."
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      "name": "Bright Analytics",
      "location": "",
      "description": "",
      "position": "Platform Architect",
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      "endDate": "2019-12-31",
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        "Designed a new iteration of the platform, moving from the legacy monolithic architecture to a blend of microservices and full stack apps.",
        "Hired and managed contractors and permanent employees in a variety of technical roles.",
        "Led scoping and requirements gathering activities. Took on Project Management duties when required.",
        "Created documentation for both internal and external non-technical stakeholders."
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      "description": "",
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        "Full-stack software development.",
        "Team leadership and mentoring; process development and establishing team culture.",
        "Devised and implemented a novel approach to supporting customised semantic layer configuration across multiple tenants.",
        "Designed and built from scratch a flexible SQL-based semantic layer and reporting engine.",
        "Data visualisation development."
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        "2nd / 3rd line application support.",
        "EDI configuration and development.",
        "EPOS support.",
        "IBM AS/400 application support."
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        "Microsoft Windows desktop IT Support.",
        "1st line Windows Server support."
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      "description": "",
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      "endDate": "2007-09-01",
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      "highlights": [
        "Helpdesk phone & email support for retail store and Head Office users.",
        "Out of hours support."
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      "url": "https://www.exeter.ac.uk/",
      "area": "Cyber Security Analytics - With Distinction (2023-2025)",
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      "endDate": "2025",
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        "TM353 IT systems: planning for success",
        "TM354 Software Engineering",
        "TM351 Data Management and Analysis",
        "M364 Fundamentals of Interaction Design",
        "MST224 Mathematical Methods",
        "M269 Algorithms, data structures and computability",
        "MS221 Exploring mathematics",
        "M255 Object-oriented programming with Java",
        "MST121 Using mathematics",
        "Credit transfer from Oxford Brookes University (1998 - 2000)" 
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      "endDate": "1997",
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        "Economics" 
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        "PHP", 
        "Laravel",
        "HTML",
        "CSS",
        "Javascript",
        "React"
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        "Elixir",
        "Bash",
        "Python"
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        "MongoDB",
        "Elastic Search",
        "Redis"
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        "Linux",
        "Docker",
        "Vagrant",
        "SSL",
        "nginx",
        "DNS",
        "CI/CD",
        "DX (developer experience)"
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        "Hardware",
        "Software",
        "Humans"
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      "name": "Music",
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        "Keys",
        "Drums",
        "Production"
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      "name": "Swimming",
      "keywords": [
        "Exercise"
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      "name": "Science fiction",
      "keywords": [
        "Books",
        "Films",
        "TV"        
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      "name": "Vegetable gardening",
      "keywords": [
        "Carpentry",
        "Tiling",
        "Allotment"
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      "name": "DeltaKeep",
      "description": "A novel web reconnaissance framework for front-end JavaScript assets.",
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        "Git-based change monitoring and persistence",
        "MSc dissertation project",
        "Cybersecurity reconnaissance",
        "Blue team tooling",        
        "Automated de-minification / de-obfuscation",
        "Forensic change analysis"
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        "Requirements gathering and technology selection",        
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        "Ongoing maintenance and continuity planning"
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        "AWS Lambda",
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        "Side / hobby project"
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