Alistair Stead
Chief Technology Officer at HeyLight AG
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAlistair Stead is a seasoned technology leader and Chief Technology Officer at HeyLight with 11 years of experience building data-driven systems across healthcare, telecoms, finance, pharma, education and e-commerce. He combines hands-on software engineering in Java and Python with data science and full‑stack web development, having moved from research in programming languages to leading product engineering at scale. His background includes a PhD and postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge, where he worked on educational technology and user studies for the Isaac Physics project. Alistair has led engineering teams and advised FinTech and proptech startups, shipping production systems from Android apps for medical imaging to enterprise risk tooling. Known for bridging rigorous academic thinking with pragmatic product delivery, he focuses on measurable user impact and robust data management. Based in Cambridge, he blends deep technical craftsmanship with strategic CTO-level decision making.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree MEng Computer Science, Master's Degree MEng Computer Science at The University of ManchesterPh.D Computer Science, Ph.D Computer Science at University of Cambridge
Japanese, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (24)
api-platform10
python9
machine-learning9
server9
api9
deep-learning8
api-server8
tensorflow8
data-science7
neural-network7
jquery7
maven7
responsive6
puppet6
java6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
alistairstead3408/dtg-puppet
May 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:18 pushes, 2 comments in 8 months
dtgpuppet
alistairstead3408/SoundCoder
Oct 2015 - Dec 2017
Contributions:3 pushes in 2 years 2 months
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