Andrew David Nimmo

Summary

Product development and project delivery on-time, hands-on decision maker.
Development and production Engineer. Experienced, articulate and focused
problem-solver.
Core competencies: risk minimization, reliable systems, problem investigation
and resolution. Expert knowledge and understanding of problem decomposition,
prototyping, complex systems and how to achieve successful project delivery.
Technical lead, mentor. Clear unambiguous business, technical and project
management.

Technologies and skills

Ansible, Apache, C, DNS, DNSSEC, Docker, Dovecot, Drupal, Exim, HAProxy, Hardware,
IoT, Jira, JVM, Linux (Centos, Debian, Ubuntu), LXC, LXD, macOS, Monitoring,
MySQL, Networking, Nginx, OpenProject, OpenVPN, pfsense, PHP, Postfix,
Programming (varios lenguajes), Prometheus, Proxmox, Redes, Routing, RPi,
Security, Solaris, Varnish, Weakforced, Windows, WordPress, Zerotier, ZFS

Experience

Autónomo
SysOps/DevOps/CTO
January 2018–Present
Barcelona
Hands-on experienced SysOpsDevOps/CTO/Tech Lead, practical, risk-aware,
focussed on delivery and continuity. Professional management, research, dev,
ops, integration and maintenance background.

2BPublished S.L.
CTO/Tech Lead
April 2016–December 2017 (1 year 9 months)
Barcelona
Hands-on timely project delivery focussed on data aggregation systems for
publishing. Strategy, project/team management and tech communication for
structured and organized work from conception through completion.

Jobisjob S.L.
Senior Developer
June 2011–March 2016 (4 years 9 months)
Barcelona
Information logistics, data analysis and classification, XML data management,
workflow and transformation. Problem analysis and reliability. Team
management and coordination.

Illumas Limited
Technical Director
November 2007–October 2015 (8 years)
Edinburgh, UK/Remote
Remote systems research and monitoring services. Applications, hosting and
messaging systems.

Qapacity
Senior Developer
March 2010–May 2011 (1 year 2 months)
Barcelona
Application development and maintenance for business-based social
recommendation network.

Freelance
Freelance Consultant
July 2006–July 2007 (1 year)
Remote
Application development, systems consultancy, messaging systems. Technical
project management.

opus 5 medios interactivos S.L.
Technical Director
May 2005–June 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Barcelona
Technical project management. Application development. Staff management,
development and mentoring.

Freelance
Freelance Consultant
September 2004–April 2005 (8 months)
Remote
Application development and maintenance. Custom service management and
messaging systems.

Easypress Technologies Ltd (Highbury House Communications plc)
Technical Director/Network Manager
2000–2004 (4 years)
London, UK
Staff management and mentoring. Product planning, development and support.
Web application maintenance. System administration, network management and
maintenance.

Lovely Limited
Technical Director/Co-founder
1996–2000 (4 years)
London, UK
Analysis, briefing and consultancy. Technical lead, technical project
management, application development and integration. Network management
and services.

Queen Mary, University of London
Lecturer, Researcher
1992–1996 (4 years)
London, UK
Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in software development, computer
graphics, UI and VLSI design. MSc and PhD research supervision and mentoring.
Research in dynamic and collaborative web systems, computer graphics
architectures, UI and usability, distributed systems.

Education

University of Sussex
Brighton, UK
PhD, Electronics & Computer Science · (1987–1991)
“VLSI Systems for High Performance Image Generation”

The University of Dundee
Dundee, UK
BSc, Electronics & Computer Systems · (1983–1987)