Alistair Stead
Director & Founder at Genie Ventures
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAlistair Stead is a seasoned software leader and founder with 17 years of experience building practical, product-focused systems and advising organisations from startups to the United Nations' World Food Programme. As Director of kodehort and former CTO at multiple companies, he blends hands-on engineering with strategic product guidance, particularly in Lean, Agile and BDD practices. He specialises in simplifying complex problems into the smallest meaningful experiments to validate assumptions and accelerate time-to-value while maximising ROI and sustainability. Known as a tinkerer, he enjoys dissecting systems to understand core issues and isn’t afraid to reinvent parts if it leads to clearer solutions. He frequently operates as a fractional/consulting CTO, helping teams shape MVPs, assess technical feasibility and improve delivery culture. Based in London, he pairs deep technical assurance experience with a practical, business-first mindset.
17 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Higher Cert Fine Art, Higher Cert Fine Art at Oxford Brookes UniversityBachelor’s Degree Computer Science - Multimedia, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science - Multimedia at Teesside University
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Github Skills (166)
python10
serverless10
serverless-stack10
javascript10
golang10
lambda10
pdo10
typescript10
aws-lambda10
full-stack10
sst10
serverless-framework10
csharp10
nextjs10
aws10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
kodehort/prettier-config
Jun 2023 - Oct 2024
Shared config for prettier
Contributions:44 PRs, 80 pushes, 38 branches in 1 year 3 months
inviqa/chef-php-extra
Jul 2012 - Apr 2014
Obsolete, please use php cookbook instead
Contributions:69 commits in 1 year 9 months
cookbookphpphp7pdochef-resource
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