Chris Allen
CTO at Ontrack Management Solutions Ltd
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Allen is a seasoned CTO and systems architect with over two decades of experience designing scalable, high-performance internet and embedded systems. He combines deep low-level hardware and IoT expertise with cloud-native architecture—using AWS since 2008 and Infrastructure-as-Code tools like CloudFormation and Terraform—to migrate and scale systems to petabytes and tens of millions of users. A pragmatic problem-solver, he’s known for rescuing legacy and obscure architectures, improving throughput and security, and advising C-level teams with hands-on technical authority. His background spans building billion-image storage platforms at PhotoBox, industrial hardware products sold globally, and bespoke software/hardware solutions for regulated industries. Based in London, he blends a Linux-focused infrastructure mastery with practical embedded experience (Raspberry Pi, Arduino, assembly) that helps bridge product and platform engineering.
11 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Ipswich SchoolMEng, Electronic Systems Engineering, MEng, Electronic Systems Engineering at University of York
Github Skills (25)
internet-connection8
security7
kali-linux7
portal6
truncated6
admin6
captive-portal6
social-network-analysis5
internet5
social-engineering5
openvpn5
virtual-network5
4g5
python5
vpn4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Hanked/hackathon
May 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:2 PRs, 10 pushes, 3 branches in 5 days
chrisotherwise/ssc
Nov 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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