Chris Hewison
Chief Technology Officer at SicPama
Seoul, South Korea
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Top SchoolChris Hewison is a seasoned CTO and principal software engineer with over 25 years of hands-on experience building resilient, cross-platform systems from embedded VMS/Fortran satellite control to cloud-native Docker/Kubernetes deployments. based in Seoul, he blends deep systems knowledge (C/C++, Java, C#, Go, Python, Kotlin) with practical product delivery—recently leading an MVP and then scaling an F&B QR ordering platform as CTO. He has led teams through technology shifts (introducing Kotlin, moving Scrum to Kanban) and implemented robust CI/CD and infrastructure automation across AWS, GitLab/Jenkins, Ansible and Terraform. Chris pairs mission-critical operational experience (24/7 satellite systems and payment/DRM services) with modern web3 and blockchain work, contributing backend services and validators for energy-efficient PoS chains. Known for quick problem analysis and clear communication under pressure, he equally embraces functional and object-oriented paradigms and continuously adopts current best practices. An unusual throughline is his long-running comfort across legacy and cutting-edge stacks—making him effective at migrating and modernizing complex systems.
11 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc. (Hon's), Mathematical Sciences, B.Sc. (Hon's), Mathematical Sciences at University of Portsmouth4 A Levels, Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Further Maths., 4 A Levels, Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Further Maths. at Ryde SchoolDNF, Manufacturing Engineering, DNF, Manufacturing Engineering at Brunel University
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Github contributions (5)
Sicpama/sicpama-shared
Mar 2024 - Mar 2025
Common code to share with order service, kds and diner app.
Contributions:43 releases, 14 reviews, 81 PRs in 1 year
hewison-chris/faucet
Mar 2021 - Oct 2022
Your friendly transaction-happy bot
Contributions:53 pushes, 50 branches in 1 year 7 months
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