Andrew Barlow
CTO at Secure Digital Exchange
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Barlow is a veteran technology leader and CTO with four decades of experience designing and implementing corporate IT solutions, and three decades focused on information security. He is a recognised expert in applying Digital Rights Management to practical security problems, having presented to the W3C DRM working group and co-invented a granted US patent for content protection. Andrew combines engineering rigor—grounded in an Honours degree in Civil Engineering from Newcastle University and chartered European engineering credentials—with deep applied knowledge of Digital Object Architecture and CNRI Handle deployments for organisations such as the UK Department for Education and Monash University. Based in London, he leads Secure Digital Exchange, translating standards-level insight into operational systems for governments and enterprises. Colleagues rely on his rare mix of academic credibility, patent-backed innovation, and long-term hands-on delivery across complex IT and security landscapes.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BSc, Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BSc, Civil Engineering at Newcastle University
Github Skills (22)
kotlin10
http-service10
typesafe10
tdd10
immutability10
http9
testability9
http-server9
http-client9
http4k9
fluent-api8
java-programming8
javascript6
dsl6
java5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
andy-barlow/docs-millstream.sdxmessaging.com
Sep 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
sdxmessaging/http4k
Feb 2026 - Feb 2026
Contributions:4 PRs, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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