Summary
Carl Ellam-speed is a Solution Architect and Blockchain Consultant with eight years of focused experience delivering end-to-end architectures for large, regulated organisations and niche blockchain projects. Based in Fareham, England, he has led high-profile programmes—from designing customer portals and census field-data services to shaping Cardano-based minting, on-chain vending and distribution software. Comfortable operating at the intersection of governance, compliance and engineering, he routinely engages Risk, Legal and Architectural Governance Boards to produce auditable, production-ready solutions. His background includes deep J2EE performance tuning and EA Sparx/Archimate-driven blueprints, giving him both hands-on troubleshooting skills and strategic design discipline. He has selectively prioritised blockchain work in recent years to balance family commitments while still influencing ecosystem standards and interoperability. Outside professional engagements he experiments with Godot game development and produces community tutorials, reflecting a continued appetite for practical, creative engineering.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, 2:1, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, 2:1 at University of Portsmouth
Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Computer Science, Distinction, Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Computer Science, Distinction at Fareham Tertiary College
English