Chris Franks is a pragmatic Lead Software Engineer based in York with over a decade of experience delivering enterprise .NET solutions and leading engineering teams. He combines deep hands-on skills in C#, VB.NET, SSRS and integration technologies like WebSphere MQ with a track record of guiding teams through Agile delivery across sectors from utilities and finance to SaaS practice management. Chris has moved from hands-on development and IT leadership at a GPS-tracking startup to senior and lead roles driving product and delivery improvements at IRIS and Sustainware, and now Stratacent. He’s comfortable across the stack—databases, reporting and middleware—and has helped define SDLC, development standards and database designs that improved reliability and maintainability. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he also provides out-of-hours support experience for mission-critical systems, showing a willingness to own operational as well as development responsibilities.
10 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Foundation degree Information Technology, Foundation degree Information Technology at Leeds Beckett University
Contributions:143 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
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