Alex Hudson is a seasoned technology leader and Principal with over 15 years of hands-on experience guiding e-commerce and SaaS organisations through large-scale technical change. A former CTO across digital subscription, healthcare SaaS, and online retail, he combines practical product delivery with operational rigor drawn from Operations Research and lean manufacturing to drive incremental improvements and scalable systems. He excels at aligning technical execution with business strategy—helping teams validate demand, secure compliance, and migrate to cloud-native platforms. An active full‑stack contributor to projects like SparkleShare, he brings familiarity with cross-platform client work, build pipelines and integration of external services. Based in the UK, he’s focused on helping firms move beyond “digital transformation” into the DARQ-powered future.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BEng Computer Systems & Software Engineering, BEng Computer Systems & Software Engineering at University of York
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Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:44 commits in 11 months
Contributions summary:Alex contributed significantly to the SparkleShare project by addressing a variety of tasks. Their work includes refactoring build configurations, merging code branches, and modifying both the Mac and Linux client interfaces. They also introduced configuration options for announcement servers and the underlying listener implementation, demonstrating a solid understanding of the project's architecture and the integration of external services. Further contributions involved streamlining configuration functions and implementing more robust URI handling.
Contributions:5 releases, 50 commits, 35 pushes in 8 months
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