Summary
Chris Middleton is an IT manager and seasoned CAD engineer with over 10 years of professional experience and a long history building system-level tools in C, C++, Perl and TCL across Unix/Linux environments. He has designed and maintained source-control and synthesis front-ends for semiconductor workflows, created disk-space and performance monitoring utilities, and led migrations toward distributed C++ client/server models. At GF Micro he now applies that embedded/CAD tooling background to broader IT management responsibilities, having previously delivered traffic-control software for Costain and low-level PCB CAD applications at Zuken-Redac. He combines hands-on systems programming with practical infrastructure choices (NetApp filer experience) and a knack for translating hardware needs into reliable software solutions. An understated strength is his track record modernising legacy Perl tooling into scalable C++ architectures while keeping production services highly available.
10 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
2:2 Bsc (Hons), Computing and Realtime Computer Systems, 2:2 Bsc (Hons), Computing and Realtime Computer Systems at University of Gloucestershire