Chris Thorn
Interm Director at Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolChris Thorn is an experienced digital transformation leader and interim director with 11+ years of senior public- and third-sector delivery experience, currently leading digital at the UK Department for Work and Pensions. He blends user-centred design, product-led delivery and infrastructure management to build teams and systems that improve customer experience at scale, having led 90-person functions at the British Heart Foundation and shaped Defra’s first AI strategy. Comfortable switching between hands-on technical decisions and board-level stakeholder negotiation, he has a track record of reducing costs and stabilising platforms in fast-moving environments. A pragmatic strategist who started in engineering and CTO roles, he combines entrepreneurial instincts from agency and startup days with public-sector governance and procurement know-how.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Business Administration, MBA Business Administration at The Open UniversityBSc Computer Science, BSc Computer Science at University of Brighton
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Github Skills (88)
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
chris-thorn/portainer-docs
Mar 2021 - May 2022
Portainer documentation
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 year 2 months
kubernetesdockerportainer
chris-thorn/home-assistant.github.io
Dec 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
jekyll-projectblueassistanthome-assistantjekyll
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