Anthony Somerset
Group Chief Information Officer
Bedford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAnthony Somerset is a seasoned technology executive with 15+ years designing and operating large-scale internet and cloud infrastructure across Africa and the UK, now serving as Group CIO at Cassava Technologies. He blends strategic leadership of globally distributed engineering teams with hands-on expertise in Azure, DevOps, automation and scripting (Ruby, Python, PowerShell, Bash) to keep fleets of 1000+ servers and mission-critical services running 24/7. Known for turning product ideas into production-grade systems, he has overseen web, mobile, traffic management and unified communications platforms while driving cloud migrations and site-speed optimisations. An advocate of Open Source and operational excellence, he contributes maintenance-focused fixes to telecom OSS like CGRateS, demonstrating attention to reliability and protocol compliance. Based in Bedford, England, he brings a rare mix of low-level systems craftsmanship and executive-level strategy across pan-African shared services and digital infrastructure.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
AS & A Levels, Electronics (AS), Music Technology (AS), Maths (A2), Physics (A2), Information Technology (AVCE), AS & A Levels, Electronics (AS), Music Technology (AS), Maths (A2), Physics (A2), Information Technology (AVCE) at Sharnbrook Upper SchoolBachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at City University LondonGCSE, IT, Science, English, Maths, Statistics, Media Studies, History, 5A's 5B's 2C's, GCSE, IT, Science, English, Maths, Statistics, Media Studies, History, 5A's 5B's 2C's at Broadgreen High School
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Github Skills (18)
telecommunication10
go10
telecom10
testing9
network-protocol9
sql8
curl6
database-design6
css6
bash6
jquery6
forms6
magento6
git6
javascript6
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
cgrates/cgrates
Dec 2018 - Aug 2021
Real-time Charging System for Telecom & ISP environments
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 commits, 10 PRs, 40 comments in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Anthony primarily focused on bug fixes and minor enhancements to the CGRateS charging system. They addressed issues related to RFC4006 compliance, request number handling in Diameter protocol tests, and database versioning. Additionally, the user corrected documentation typos and improved test coverage. The contributions demonstrate a focus on maintaining the system's reliability and adherence to telecommunications standards.
vmssoftware-designtelecomchargingiot
liquidtelecom/puppet-cgrates
May 2019 - Aug 2021
Contributions:61 commits, 58 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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