Asim Hussain
Chief Technology Officer at zaneteknits
Crawley, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAsim Hussain is a seasoned technology leader and CTO with 25 years of experience building critical software across mission control at ESA, low-latency trading systems at Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan, and cloud teams at Microsoft and Intel. He co-founded and grew the Green Software Foundation to 70+ member organisations, shaping industry standards and earning coverage in CNN, Bloomberg and MIT Technology Review. Equally at home in C++, Java, Python and cloud-native stacks, he combines hands-on engineering—evidenced by backend work on parse-server integrations—with strategic ecosystem building and developer advocacy. Recently he has turned his attention to digital sustainability, slow fashion e‑commerce at Zanete Knits, AI-driven software, collective intelligence research and breathwork for technologists. Known for translating complex systems into practical, low-impact solutions, he brings a rare mix of financial systems rigor, space-grade reliability, and climate-focused stewardship.
14 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at University of LeedsA; B; B, Biology; Maths; Chemistry, A; B; B, Biology; Maths; Chemistry at Xavarian College
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830reputation
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Github Skills (19)
javascript10
server-configuration10
parse-server10
nodejs10
expressjs9
amazon-s39
aws-s39
s3-bucket9
mailgun9
mongodb8
mongodb-database8
django-static-files6
django-models6
facebook-graph-api6
mod-wsgi6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
codecraft-tv/parse-server-codecraft
Jun 2016 - Jul 2016
Example server using Express and the parse-server module.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:24 commits, 2 PRs, 7 pushes in 27 days
Contributions summary:Asim primarily focused on configuring and extending the functionality of a Parse Server instance. Their work included integrating email verification using Mailgun, adding support for file storage with S3, and enabling cloud code features. They also made adjustments to LiveQuery settings. Their contributions demonstrate a focus on setting up and configuring the server-side infrastructure.
expressjsparse-serverexpressnodejsparse
codecraftpro/ng1-migrate-workshop
Feb 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:38 commits, 12 PRs, 16 branches in 17 days
angular-1migrateangular
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