Alastair Mccormack
All4 Architecture Lead (Contract) at Channel 4
London, England, United Kingdom
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SeniorAlastair Mccormack is a pragmatic, hands-on architecture lead and digital transformation manager based in London, with over two decades in IT and 12 years focused on designing cloud-native, serverless and container platforms. Currently leading All4 architecture at Channel 4 and running his consultancy Alumedia UK, he helps SMEs and broadcasters migrate to resilient, cost-effective serverless solutions using tools like Lambda, API Gateway, CDK and Terraform. He has a strong media and OTT pedigree—delivering multi-region live-streaming, SSAI and DRM systems for clients including beIN Sports, Comcast and Channel 4—and has repeatedly cut TCO while improving availability. A former CTO/Chief Architect, he blends technical delivery, team building and pre-sales influence, having managed budgets, 20+ headcounts and cross‑shore teams. Known for practical innovation, he often applies big-data and managed-service patterns (EMR/Spark, DynamoDB) to simplify operations and expose new product opportunities.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (146)
python10
utf10
null-safety10
testing10
infrastructure10
bug-reporting10
encoding10
arduino-library10
dynamodb10
boto10
aws-cloud10
typescript10
cloud-infrastructure10
character-encoding10
development-kit10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
alastairmccormack/keyutil
Mar 2014 - Aug 2016
Contributions:1 release, 6 commits, 1 PR in 2 years 5 months
sensiblekey-managementnormalmanagement-tooljava
alastairmccormack/HDS_Fragmenter
Jan 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:12 commits, 2 PRs, 10 pushes in 6 months
hdspythonstream
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