Adam Thornburn
Director Of Engineering Solutions at Sky
Tweedsmuir, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAdam Thornburn is a senior technology leader with 14+ years delivering architecture, platform and engineering transformations at scale, currently serving as Director of Engineering Solutions at Sky. He blends deep technical knowledge—from low-level code to user experience—with pragmatic delivery practices like CI/CD and test-driven development to turn fragmented teams into high-performing, motivated units. Known for bridging business strategy and engineering execution, he has repeatedly led cross-geography supplier integration and culture change across product and platform organisations. Adam is equally comfortable in stakeholder rooms as he is in detailed technical design discussions, influencing architecture and technology choices to achieve ambitious yet achievable outcomes. Based in Tweedsmuir, Scotland, he leverages a hands-on, collaborative leadership style rooted in a Computer Science degree from the University of York. A less obvious strength is his track record of rescuing demotivated teams into agile operations, demonstrating both people-first leadership and technical rigor.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
High School A Levels, High School A Levels at St. Aidens & St. John Fisher Associated Sixth FormBachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at University of York
English
Github Skills (39)
typescript9
animate8
signalr-client8
signalr-core7
browserify6
macos6
webclient6
nodejs6
windows6
linux6
signalr6
javascript6
dependency-free5
dts5
representations5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
CompileThis/CompileThis.BawBag
Feb 2018 - Oct 2018
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Contributions:1 PR, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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