Alasdair Cowie-fraser
Head Of Data And Digital
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAlasdair Cowie-fraser is a London-based technology leader overseeing data and digital delivery with over a decade of experience in building scalable platforms. As Head of Data and Digital at Wellcome Trust since 2021, and formerly Head of Digital and Head of Software Development, he leads multidisciplinary teams including software developers, UX designers, and agile practitioners to deliver high-impact digital programs. His career spans freelance Drupal development and senior back-end roles, combining hands-on engineering with strategic architectural oversight. He holds an MSc in Data Science with Distinction from Birkbeck and a Masters in Orchestral Conducting, reflecting a unique blend of analytical rigor and disciplined leadership. This rare combination underpins a track record of turning complex requirements into reliable, scalable solutions in complex organizations.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Music (MMus), Orchestral Conducting, Master of Music (MMus), Orchestral Conducting at Royal Welsh College of Music & DramaMaster of Science - MSc, Data Science, Distinction, Master of Science - MSc, Data Science, Distinction at Birkbeck, University of LondonBachelor of Music(BMus), Music, Upper second-class honours, Bachelor of Music(BMus), Music, Upper second-class honours at Manchester UniversityLawnswood School
French, Spanish
Github Skills (16)
drupal-810
drupal9
frontend8
waffle8
nodejs8
sass8
monorepo8
typescript6
openscience4
project-management4
python3
science3
charts1
data-visualization1
visualization1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
alfraser86/playing
Apr 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:16 PRs, 13 pushes, 12 branches in 10 months
wellcometrust/together-science-can
Aug 2017 - Jun 2018
Site for the Together Science Can campaign.
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch, 20 comments in 10 months
opensciencepythonscience
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